NEW TAMPA Hillsborough County should finish the design for the first phase of an eight-lane Bruce B. Downs Boulevard next month and expects to put the $104 million project out to bid by October. "Construction is scheduled to start in December or January," Hillsborough County Commission Chairman Ken Hagan said. "They told me it might even be earlier." ...more

January 11, 2008

Michael Mattia of Tarpon Springs critical of city officials' opposition to proposed state property tax system changes. ...more

January 8, 2008

Having returned to the Tampa area after living in Seattle the past five years, I am shocked at a multitude of declining quality-of-life issues in the bay area. One strong and dangerous concern is the number of cars that speed through traffic lights as they turn from caution to red. ...more

January 7, 2008

The years they come, and the years they go, but it's unlikely we soon shall see another year like the one just concluded, the amazing, astounding and genuinely history making twenty-ought-eight. ...more

December 30, 2007

Going out for a bite to eat or to do a little shopping may get a bit easier for people living north of Van Dyke Road, near North Dale Mabry Highway. ...more

December 19, 2007

Going out for a bite to eat or to do a little shopping may get a bit easier for people living north of Van Dyke Road, near North Dale Mabry Highway. ...more

December 13, 2007

A Hillsborough County traffic calming project was halted a month ago because of forged signatures on a petition. ...more

December 13, 2007

The $2.17 million drainage improvement project that has frustrated many New Port Richey downtown business owners and inconvenienced many of their patrons will finally cross over Main Street. ...more

December 13, 2007