They cut through the water like a hot knife through butter - 65 feet of fiberglass propelled by brute strength. The coxswain's voice keeps the rowers in unison while a thousand fans cheer along the course. ...more

May 3, 2008

Officials at Tampa Bay Water, the regional water-supply utility, insist its proposal to increase protections for the Alafia River will not affect the local economy or raise the costs of Hillsborough County government. ...more

December 15, 2007

It's a bit of a secret, one held closely among equestrians wrung out of rangeland by the concrete squeeze of urbanization. ...more

November 29, 2007

It's a bit of a secret, one held closely among equestrians wrung out of rangeland by the concrete squeeze of urbanization. Secreted in the midst of three of northeastern Hillsborough County's most occluded asphalt arteries, this 1,500-acre expanse of live oak canopies and primordial scenery has preserved for the mounted a sugar-sweet bit of unspoiled Florida. ...more

November 24, 2007

Since April, members of a new city committee have discussed issues affecting the Hillsborough River within the confines of a meeting room. ...more

November 21, 2007

For a few moments this morning, Veterans Memorial Park will be transformed into a battlefield. ...more

November 11, 2007

A move to provide more protections for the Alafia River was delayed for 60 days to give several concerned groups more time to study technical and economic data collected by the area's regional water supplier, Tampa Bay Water. ...more

October 16, 2007

Students from First United Methodist Church of Brandon had to halt their cleanup project at Morris Bridge bike trails Sept. 22 when they came across glass syringes and chemicals from an old cattle inoculation operation that had been dumped into a sinkhole. ...more

October 6, 2007

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Mark Cook. ...more

September 10, 2007