Carrie Nation Redux Regarding "A Reasonable Solution" (Letters, Feb. 19): In a letter to Mother Trib, one of the advocates of sin taxes suggested another tax be placed on cigarettes of $1 per pack. Regardless of those advocates against tobacco, people in our country are still free to make choices in their lives and live with the consequences of those decisions. ...more

February 25, 2008

Sunshine Law Violation A letter to fire commissioners suggesting how they should vote, who they should vote for and asking them to expedite the selection process seems to me to violate the very concept of the "Government in the Sunshine" laws. ...more

February 15, 2008

Breaking tradition and the confines of shopping center parking lots, next month's Taste of New Tampa will be held in the community's largest public park. ...more

February 13, 2008

Breaking tradition and the confines of shopping center parking lots, next month's Taste of New Tampa will be held in the expanse of the community's largest public park. ...more

February 9, 2008

Breaking tradition and the confines of shopping center parking lots, next month's Taste of New Tampa will be held in the expanse of the community's largest public park. The 15th annual event will be from 1 to 4 p.m. March 30 at the 40-acre New Tampa Community Park, next to the Freedom High/Liberty Middle schools campus on Commerce Park Drive. In November, the New Tampa Community Council was invited to hold the food fest at Tampa Palms Professional Center, across the street from the park. ...more

February 7, 2008

Police say 107 people were arrested during the weekend's Gasparilla celebration. ...more

January 29, 2008

TAMPA – Police say 107 people were arrested during the weekend's Gasparilla celebration. ...more

January 28, 2008

A 55-year-old Clearwater nurse is the first person to file a complaint against a bar since the Legislature passed a law protecting designated drivers last year, state officials said. ...more

January 25, 2008

SEBRING — Beautification projects in Highlands County were shut down last year because grant funding was pulled from Keep Highlands County Beautiful, the local affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, which funds neighborhood, school and road improvement projects. This year, though, the agency has at least $12,000 in funding, thanks to the Florida Department of Transportation renewing the agency's yearly state funding. On top of that, Keep Highlands County Beautiful officials are hoping to add another $4,000 to $5,000 to the beautification grant pool through its first-ever fundraiser on Saturday. Called the KHCB Fun Shoot, the fundraiser is set to start at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Square One Sporting Clays, 7500 State Road 70, Lake Placid. ...more

January 15, 2008

The ball drops on 2007 today, and 2008 will be upon us. New Year's Eve long has been considered a night of intense celebration. Lovers huddle together to kiss at the stroke of midnight. Fireworks explode in acknowledgement of another year, and the champagne and liquor flow freely, especially in Hillsborough County. ...more

December 31, 2007