I read Friday that City Pier Beach will be closed for at least a month to fill in the offshore dredge hole. The recent tragic drowning accident at this dredge hole has made this a notable priority. I never knew, and suspect many never knew of this hole. There is another 30-foot deep hole just south of the channel between Lake Jackson and Little Lake Jackson (on the Little Lake Jackson side.) ...more

June 16, 2008

PALM HARBOR - After leaving her adult care center Feb. 26, Mary Gill Zelter was found dead in the Intracoastal Waterway, the victim of an apparent accidental drowning. ...more

June 3, 2008

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

June 2, 2008

Things To Do is a list of some interesting upcoming events. For a complete list of Tampa Bay area events, see this week's Friday Extra. ...more

May 21, 2008

Seventy-seven people died in Florida boating accidents last year, and here's the typical victim: ...more

May 20, 2008

TAMPA - The most common Florida boating fatality last year was a man 36 to 50 years old who was ejected from a gasoline-powered, propeller-driven boat after noon in March -- who could swim but drowned -- and had no formal boating education. ...more

May 19, 2008

Peace Pec was named for the place and manner of his injury. The 4- to 5-year-old manatee was found struggling in the mouth of the Peace River in July, tangled in a crab-trap line. ...more

May 9, 2008

Peace Pec was named for the place and manner of his injury. The 4- to 5-year-old manatee was found struggling in the mouth of the Peace River last July, all tangled up in a crab trap line. The entanglement had cut off circulation to his left pectoral fin and, to save him, veterinarians were forced to amputate. ...more

May 8, 2008

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

February 21, 2008

LAKE PLACID — As firefighters battled flames Monday and Tuesday, they kept talking about defensible space. That's a minimum 30-foot no-vegetation zone around houses, barns, outbuildings and other possessions. Two hundred feet is more desirable. ...more

February 14, 2008