Water service has been turned off to approximately 400 homes in east Hillsborough while crews work to repair a leak at a connection on an 8-inch pipeline. Once water service is restored, these customers are advised to boil tap water used for cooking and drinking through at least Friday morning. Customers affected are along John Moore Road, south of Wild Oak Drive to the Alafia River, including all streets and subdivisions thatconnect to John Moore in this area. Some of the subdivisions impacted include Camelot Woods, Dogwood Hills and Hickory Ridge. ...more

November 26, 2008

A new report by environmental consultants working for Raytheon says the defense company is not responsible for some of the polluted irrigation wells near its plant in St. Petersburg. ...more

September 2, 2008

and usually when it's too late - that when someone says "Not to worry," that's about the time you'd better start doing just that. ...more

July 30, 2008

In the late 1980s Pasco County was contemplating what to do with its swelling stream of solid waste. It could create a new landfill, what people once called a garbage dump. There was only one small problem. Actually it was a huge problem. No one wanted the landfill created anywhere near them. That definitely was a problem, because there was hardly any place a landfill might have been created that wasn't near someone. ...more

July 2, 2008

Instead of waiting for the state to review past assessment reports, the county plans to go ahead with the first step to clean up the former contaminated public works building off West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. ...more

May 8, 2008

SARASOTA - When 15-year-old Alexandra Pickhardt heard that toys were being recalled because they had lead in them, she wanted to make sure her three younger siblings were safe. ...more

February 18, 2008

Design work is under way for waterlines that will provide a safe drinking water source for residents on rural Buster Bean Drive. ...more

December 12, 2007

The city drainage project that has frustrated downtown business owners and inconvenienced their patrons is now making slow but steady progress. ...more

November 12, 2007

Alderman's Ford Park Reopened ...more

September 24, 2007