Monday morning, the board of Tampa Bay Water voted to spend $1 million for a consultant to help the regional wholesale utility select the firm that will get the job of fixing the many cracks that have developed in its 15-billion-gallon C.W. Bill Young Reservoir. Fixing this crack problem at the reservoir, which is less than five years old, is going to cost almost as much as the $146 million it cost to build it. When you're throwing around that kind of dough, what's another million tacked onto the bottom line? ...more

October 21, 2009

TUESDAY: Softball: Wiregrass Ranch at Gulf – 7 p.m. ...more

March 30, 2009

The state Board of Education on Tuesday approved rescue plans for three Hillsborough County schools that could shake up the faculty and staff if they fail to improve. ...more

March 17, 2009

More fallout from the recession could shake up the way court cases, fines and fees are handled if legislation passes. County clerks of court essentially would be fired from handling those court duties if state lawmakers approve the proposal, although clerks still would retain plenty of other duties. ...more

March 7, 2009

The Gasparilla Distance Classic Association and the Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA distributed hundreds of pairs of free Nike running shoes to young people participating in the 2009 Let Me Play Kids Running Program. Included in the distributions were the children at Rampello Downtown Partnership who received their shoes Feb. 13. ...more

March 4, 2009

Each year, billions of people around the planet make their New Year's resolutions: promises they've made to themselves, their friends and family and society as a whole. ...more

January 30, 2009

I wonder how many newspaper subscribers in the Bay Area know how rare our two-newspaper community is. Can anyone name more than one major newspaper currently serving our greatest cities? ...more

December 17, 2008

We all know that the federal budget deficit is huge and will continue to grow as long as Congress continues to bail out one company after another. So here's a budget item that Congress can freeze immediately if they choose to do so: Both the U.S. House and Senate should vote to forego pay increases for themselves and their staffs until the budget is balanced. ...more

November 28, 2008

Re: "Few Would Have Believed Roof Could Fall In" (Our Opinion, Nov. 1): Congratulations on at least having made the attempt to warn people not to extend themselves too much in the real estate bubble. Having lived through similar bubbles long ago, I saw this coming early, but felt like a Cassandra when nobody would listen. ...more

November 20, 2008

A series of public workshops will explain where the rubber meets the road when it comes to U.S. 19 changes in the next few years. ...more

November 15, 2008