Tampa Bay: January 13, 2002
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Swept into media whirl
[Times photo: Scott Keeler]
Journalists descend on the bay area after a teenage pilot's plunge into a Tampa building. The images that emerge aren't all flattering. |
North Pinellas County news
Aungst likely to be alone in mayor's race
CLEARWATER -- After a string of turbulent political years, Mayor Brian Aungst has managed to help stabilize the city and is being rewarded with a second three-year term, political observers say.
Bird count shows more species in north county
More kinds of birds flocked to North Pinellas this winter, but the overall number of migratory birds is down, perhaps because of unseasonably warm weather here and up north.
Candidates remain ho-hum on forum
LARGO -- Elections are the time for promises. But the truth -- the kind that separates one candidate from another -- often surfaces when voters have a chance to ask tough questions.
If red lights don't stop you, then police might
Have you been thinking that it might be time to stop that terrible habit of running red lights? That it might be better to tap the brakes rather than slam the gas when the light flicks yellow or red?
Stauffer to patch up Anclote shoreline
TARPON SPRINGS -- For years, Dave Lewandowski has looked out the back of his Meyers Cove home and worried about the opposite bank of the Anclote River.
Retirees make difference in students' lives
Don Goodall, 83, has two grandsons, but neither of them attends Dunedin High School.
Headlines through the years
A look back at the events, people and places that made North Pinellas the unique place that it is. The information is compiled from past editions of the St. Petersburg Times.
