On the morning of Aug. 18, the busy intersection of Memorial Drive and Valerie Boulevard will become more crowded than ever as about 560 students travel to the new Memorial Elementary School about a half mile away. ...more

July 27, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - When the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority holds a grand opening Tuesday for its new Northwest Transfer Center, public bus riders will have cause to celebrate. ...more

July 23, 2008

The Lake Placid Town Council voted unanimously at Monday's meeting to charge a maximum ad valorem millage rate of 4.1166 mils for $1,000 of assessed property valuation. ...more

July 18, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- Widening of Decubellis Road by 2009 might fix a traffic bottleneck near River Ridge High School, county commissioners learned today. ...more

July 15, 2008

I first started drinking coffee when I was in college, not because I needed the caffeine, but because I was the young tagalong in a group of rich, motorcycle-riding, super-cool, geeky Asians. Please. Disengage your visual cortex and do not try to picture that in your mind. Just take my word for it that they were all that AND got honors marks. ...more

July 8, 2008

So, in the first two months of using cameras to surveil certain troublesome intersections, Port Richey has tagged 570 scofflaw drivers for running red lights. ...more

July 6, 2008

Electronic message boards could soon flash alerts to drivers on northbound and southbound U.S. 19 near Ridge Road. ...more

June 28, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- Pasco County might clamp down on roadside fundraisers who don't get necessary permits to seek money from drivers stopped at traffic signals. ...more

June 24, 2008

In a case that could have statewide implications, lawyers examined witnesses for nearly eight hours Monday in a lawsuit that will decide whether the Hillsborough County school district has to pay for off-site road improvements when a new school is built. ...more

June 24, 2008

Strong thunderstorms that swept through large swaths of the Tampa Bay area Saturday swamped Tampa Fire Rescue dispatchers with weather-related calls for 3 1/2 hours. ...more

June 22, 2008