Relief is on the way for the congested stretch of U.S. 19 south of Gulf to Bay Boulevard. ...more

December 5, 2009

Lemon Street is on the fast-track for a facelift. Tuesday night, city commissioners learned of plans to redesign Lemon Street in the city's downtown Community Redevelopment District as four distinct parcels. ...more

November 21, 2009

Kudos to the Alan Jay employee in the letter regarding Flare Road and Fountain Plaza. It is so inconsiderate of those coming out of the parking lot in front of the Highlands Today office and blocking both lanes of traffic to anyone trying to either turning south on U.S. 27 or going straight across U.S. 27. ...more

August 26, 2009

Authorities have identified the person killed while retrieving a ladder on Interstate 75 Wednesday as a Tampa man. ...more

January 25, 2009

What topic instantly evokes a conversational bond among a diverse array of strangers from both Pasco and Pinellas counties? ...more

January 10, 2009

For a creature that might weigh more than a ton, manatees can be surprisingly hard to see. They often travel just below the surface, and the only thing that shows above is the tip of their nose as they raise their head to breathe, a mouse-sized patch of skin and whiskers that's very difficult to spot from a fast-moving powerboat. ...more

December 7, 2008

Labor Day traditionally marks the end of summer, but for fans of the scenic beach at Fred Howard Park, it means the end of fall, winter and spring, as well, this year. ...more

August 30, 2008

Labor Day traditionally marks the end of summer, but for fans of the scenic beach at Fred Howard Park, it means the end of fall, winter and spring, as well, this year. Forty years of sun, salt and wind have deteriorated the two bridges on the mile-long causeway that leads to the beach, and they must be replaced. To do so, Pinellas County parks officials are closing the causeway until October 2009, beginning Tuesday. ...more

August 29, 2008

A popular waterfront attraction, the county's Fred Howard Park Beach, will be off-limits to visitors for slightly more than a year, starting after Labor Day. ...more

July 19, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - The channel under Johns Pass Bridge will be closed to boat traffic from 11 p.m. Sunday to 8 a.m. Monday as construction crews continue work to replace the aging drawbridge between Madeira Beach and Treasure Island. ...more

June 19, 2008