Nearly a dozen volunteers from area businesses and the Seminole Heights Community Garden recently helped students at Cleveland Elementary plant a butterfly garden. ...more

October 7, 2009

Hillsborough County Water Resource Services will host a gathering Oct. 20 to discuss the planned expansion of its South County Wastewater Treatment Plant. ...more

October 7, 2009

The Hillsborough County Solid Waste Management Department has closed its Wimauma Community Collection Center at 16180 W. Lake Drive due to low usage. ...more

October 7, 2009

CSX railroad crossing repairs at two intersections along U.S. 41 North will require adjustments in bus schedules for five public schools this week. ...more

October 5, 2009

Drivers should brace for downtown streets to be torn up over the next year as work gets under way today to replace miles of water pipelines, some more than a century old. ...more

October 5, 2009

Tampa Tribune reporter Lindsay Peterson has received a second-place award for narrative feature writing from the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors. ...more

October 4, 2009

Thousands of people turned out Saturday morning for the latest Susan G. Komen Florida Suncoast Race for the Cure in downtown St. Petersburg's Vinoy Park. Organizers expected to raise about $1 million for the fight against breast cancer. Events included a 10-kilometer race, a 5-kilometer race and a 1-mile fun run/walk. ...more

October 4, 2009

A family spokesman reported Saturday that Alexander "Avi" Davidson, the Tampa teenager electrified Thursday when he climbed a power pole to photograph the sunset, remains unconscious and is undergoing tests at Tampa General Hospital. ...more

October 4, 2009

Gardens dedicated to attracting hummingbirds and butterflies to the Pioneer Florida Museum & Village in Dade City that were planted this spring were partially successful. The butterflies showed up for visitors at Saturday's first-ever Hummingbird Festival, but the nectar-sipping birds were only to be seen on video at the museum's main building. Visitors had the opportunity to learn about hummingbirds, bats and frogs, as well as tours the gardens and build a bluebird box with members of the Audubon Society. The Pioneer Florida Museum is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Florida's pioneer heritage. For information, visit www.pioneerfloridamuseum.org. ...more

October 4, 2009

The new Gasparilla Parade of the Pirates route through downtown was unveiled this week, and the response to the change has been positive, said Darrell Stefany, president of EventFest, which organizes the event. ...more

October 3, 2009