The question of who was U.S. President James Garfield's opponent in the presidential election of 1880 is not the most pressing for most people - unless you are Dunedin City Manager Robert "Rob" DiSpirito or Dunedin Historical Museum Executive Director Vincent "Vinnie" Luisi. ...more

February 28, 2009

Two special events honor Black History Month and local celebrants, which is traditional at this time of year. ...more

February 21, 2009

Guests of all ages are invited to take a trip back in time. The Hillsborough River State Park will present its annual four-day Fort Foster Living History and Period Rendezvous today through Sunday. ...more

February 12, 2009

Guests of all ages are invited to take a trip back in time. The Hillsborough River State Park will present its annual four-day Fort Foster Living History and Period Rendezvous Thursday through Sunday. ...more

February 11, 2009

While Barack Obama puts the finishing touches on his presidential cabinet, a 9-year-old South Tampa boy is busy filling his cabinet with presidential memorabilia. Third grader Houston Britain is a presidential history buff. In a corner of his family's Hyde Park dining room, a cherry curio no taller than Houston himself is loaded with stuffed JFK dolls, miniature Ronald Reagans, and even a bobble-headed Barack Obama. ...more

January 19, 2009

Ken Lucci still gets a kick out of sitting in the same Cadillac stretch limousine where President Ronald Reagan used to sit. ...more

January 17, 2009

Ken Lucci still gets a kick out of sitting in the same Cadillac stretch limousine where President Reagan used to sit. ...more

January 16, 2009

Lance Maulsby, an 8-year-old history buff, requested a meeting with Mayor Pam Iorio, and on Nov. 5 was granted his request. Iorio chatted with the Academy of the Holy Names third-grader about politics, social studies and history as well as the Tampa Bay Rays, Buccaneers and Lightning. Maulsby has memorized facts regarding past wars and was able to engage the mayor during their brief visit in her downtown office. ...more

December 3, 2008

He has arrived. Now who is "he"? Todd Smith, 43, the new executive director of the Tampa Museum of Art, says he already is pretty comfortable with Tampa and his new job, even though he has been here only about a month. ...more

November 16, 2008

There is no shortage of things to do this fall and winter here on the Suncoast. ...more

October 25, 2008