Motorists can't see them as they drive along alternate U.S. 19, but bicycle riders, joggers and others who use the Pinellas Trail near the Dunn Water Reclamation plant can certainly smell the 2,000 free tail bats that have taken up residence in a tunnel under the roadway. ...more

October 27, 2008

Downtown Palm Harbor's first Oktoberfest is going to the dogs - the canines at the Suncoast Animal League. ...more

October 4, 2008

The city is basking in the glow of publicity garnered during Democratic Party presidential candidate Barack Obama's Wednesday campaign stop here. ...more

September 27, 2008

Dunedin's Community Redevelopment Agency will learn today about plans by its staff and the Dunedin Historical Society to expand and renovate the society's downtown headquarters and museum. At the City Hall meeting starting at 5 p.m. Thursday, city commissioners, acting as the CRA board, will also hear a proposal from agency staff to improve the Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail Plaza, in front of the former railroad depot turned museum. ...more

September 4, 2008

David Parsons stuffed the Summer Cash Florida Lottery ticket into his wallet when he bought it two weeks ago and never gave it much thought after that. The drawing was Aug. 6. ...more

August 13, 2008

During a special Monday morning work session, the City Commission gave City Manager Robert DiSpirito permission to proceed with his multifaceted plan to purchase the J.C. Weaver property and transform it into a park on St. Joseph Sound. ...more

August 11, 2008

When Steve Toll tunes in to the Olympics in Beijing, he'll be more than a casual observer. ...more

August 8, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS -- The former home of what once was one of the city's most notorious nightspots could become a house of worship by early next year. The pastor of the East Lake Church of God in Christ doesn't think this should cause anyone a problem. ...more

August 2, 2008

and usually when it's too late - that when someone says "Not to worry," that's about the time you'd better start doing just that. ...more

July 30, 2008

The state will test air quality inside homes and apartments where groundwater contamination is heaviest from the Raytheon plant site in St. Petersburg, officials said. ...more

July 10, 2008