Step outside Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Studios and into the near west side neighborhood that's been home to her television talk show for two decades, and it's easy to get a sense of what she's meant to Chicago. ...more

November 21, 2009

Everyone with a finger on the business pulse of Tarpon Springs agrees there is a desperate need to attract shoppers to the Sponge Docks, downtown and other commercial areas of the city. Interim City Manager Mark LeCouris said a grassroots marketing plan he brought before the City Commission on Tuesday night, which he has dubbed "Promote Tarpon Springs First," can make it happen. ...more

November 8, 2008

Interim Tarpon Springs City Manager Mark LeCouris says a grassroots marketing plan he brought before the City Commission Tuesday night can give businesses downtown, at Sponge Docks and in other parts of the city a badly needed boost. Commissioner gave the plan its go-ahead. ...more

November 5, 2008

George Billiris, sponge merchant, gift shop owner and operator of the tour boat St. Nicholas, has seen a lot in all his decades living and working at the Sponge Docks. ...more

October 4, 2008

Under better circumstances, Leith ter Meulen would have been addressing a packed house when she unveiled the results of her six-month study of what's needed to make this emerging urban neighborhood an art mecca. ...more

June 21, 2008

The city council's indecision over what to do with Hyde Park Village comes down to this question: Which would you rather look at, a graduated eight-story condo building or vacant storefronts? ...more

December 20, 2007

Some mine disasters happen in a flash, like the Utah cave-in last month that apparently entombed six coal miners. Others unfold in slow motion. ...more

September 8, 2007