Tampa Bay: January 18, 2002
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Turf war laid to rest
[Times photo: Scott Keeler]
A homeowners association relents and says Joy Yauslin can keep her artificial lawn. |
North Pinellas County news
City hunts for parking spaces in downtown
The city commissions a $98,000 study -- the first since 1983 -- to examine the downtown parking problem and find solutions.
Enough delay at Stauffer site
At the request of environmental officials, Stauffer Management Co. plans to do a project to prevent further erosion of earth from the Stauffer Chemical Superfund site into the Anclote River.
Pinellas digest
Help kids in shelters, foster care
Accident or suicide? Judgment call applied
LARGO -- The autopsy that determined Andrew Miller intentionally slammed his car into a concrete utility pole was based on circumstantial evidence and medical probability, the chief medical examiner for Pinellas-Pasco County said Thursday.
A dying friend opened her eyes to hospice
A Swiss woman learns in Florida how to ease the passing of those who are dying in her hometown.
Night hours for trail pondered
Stung by the death of radio announcer Carl Metcalf, who was hit by a car in November as he bicycled to work, Pinellas County officials are studying whether to open the Pinellas Trail after dark.
Oldsmar elevator rule takes step forward
OLDSMAR -- The city is a step closer to requiring elevators in apartment buildings with three or more floors, a move some say is an attempt to stymie the controversial Westminster apartment complex.
Two more jump into Tarpon campaign
An inventor and writer, and a hair salon owner plan bids for the City Commission seat held by Jim Archer.
Tarver captures state senior title
St. Petersburg's Alex Tarver took the Division I special singles title last weekend in the 33rd annual Florida State Senior Championships at Seminole Lanes.
With miniatures came passion for painting
Judges at the show of miniature art will award $24,000 in prizes to 65 winners on Sunday at the Dunedin Fine Art Center.
Happenings
Parallel Lives
Society of Arts and Letters to sponsor piano competition
The Clearwater-Tampa Bay Chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters is sponsoring a piano competition March 1 and 2, 2002, at the Gibbs campus of St. Petersburg College. The local competition winner will receive $500 and an all-expenses-paid trip May 17, 2002, to Boca Raton for the $10,000 national competition. Deadline for entering the local competition is Jan. 25. Contestants must be 18 to 29 years old.
