Tampa Bay: February 1, 2002
North Pinellas County news
CLEARWATER -- For Tom and Catherine Davis and everyone else who loved Clearwater Mall, Thursday was the day the Muzak died. Story
Pam Baxter of Tarpon Springs takes a short nap Thursday outside the Regis Salon in Clearwater Mall. Regis was the last shop open in the all but empty shopping center, which closed at noon Thursday. She will work at the Regis salon at Countryside Mall.
[Times photo by Douglas R. Clifford]
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Bullets wound 1, enter Tarpon house
[Times photo: Scott Keeler]
TARPON SPRINGS -- Ruby Lee Brooks had just returned to the kitchen after putting a bedspread in the washing machine and was finishing her morning coffee Thursday when she heard shots outside her kitchen window. |
Teacher charged with sex battery
TARPON SPRINGS -- A 29-year-old Tarpon High School teacher and former basketball coach was charged Thursday with sexual battery on a 17-year-old female student, Pinellas County sheriff's deputies said.
A mall no more
CLEARWATER -- For Tom and Catherine Davis and everyone else who loved Clearwater Mall, Thursday was the day the Muzak died.
Debate points are made pointedly
CLEARWATER -- Election season sprang to life this week, with campaign signs appearing and the candidates for two City Commission seats trading opening barbs.
Try this for disposing of toxic trash
Stop! Don't throw that can of hair spray in the garbage can. It could explode and ignite the inside of a garbage truck. That goes for those old chlorine and gasoline containers as well.
Builder accused of lying to buyers
Residents of Virginia Crossing had to pay thousands of dollars for work they say was left undone by the builder of the subdivision.
Escape plot lands jail deputy behind bars
LARGO -- A detention deputy was charged Thursday with slipping a handcuff key to a bank robbery suspect in the Pinellas County Jail to help the inmate escape.
Desal project leads to fear for aquatic life
TARPON SPRINGS -- George Lontakos wears a gold snook pendant and is the captain of a fishing boat called the Snook Hooker. Snook are his life, and he worries that a desalination plant along the Anclote River could kill off his livelihood.
Honest talk is what Dunedin needs
Re: City manager is a credit to Dunedin staff, letter, Jan. 29.
Lawyer tries to undermine gender
Michael Kantaras testifies that his wife had viewed him as "one of the strongest men she knew."
Spotlight on the issues: Beach redevelopment
This is the first in an occasional series about where the candidates stand on issues.
BWTC tour will roll into Seminole again
When 28-time PBA winner Parker Bohn III joined Pittsburgh's Brunswick squad for the 1996 ABCBrunswick World Team Challenge (BWTC) at Seminole Lanes, he faced a record 112-team field.
The big picture
The new Leepa-Rattner Museum unveils an interactive display that explains the history and symbolism of a huge Picasso mural that caused a sensation.
This week
KING REMEMBERED: The Alumni Singers will help perform a program honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called "Fulfilling a Dream" at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Largo Cultural Center, 105 Central Park Drive, south of East Bay Drive between Highland Avenue and Seminole Boulevard.
