February 3, 2002
Tampa Bay: February 3, 2002
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Letters deliver students' fate
[Times photo: Michael Rondou]
Thousands have applied to magnet or fundamental programs. Now the news is on its way, and not all will get into the school they want. What will they do next? |
South Pinellas County news
Amid troubles, a new voice emerges from a troubled place
ST. PETERSBURG -- Johnnie Mack has been saying it for 20 years:
School works on image, new home
The Lealman Intermediate School, where students get individual attention, needs a new facility.
School policy changes after abduction
The principal at St. Petersburg Catholic takes action after a student is forced back into his car at gunpoint.
Code proposal rankles St. Pete Beach residents
A discussion about St. Pete Beach's proposed land development code raises tempers and reveals some politics.
Seniors at home in Seminole Kmart
The store is both a gathering place and a lifeline for seniors, who would consider it a disaster if it closed.
Williams Park downtown is not a pretty sight
St. Petersburg should do something about Williams Park. It is disgusting. I drive to work every morning and have to pass that mess. There are bums sleeping everywhere, on the benches, under the benches and on the grass, with litter all over the place.
A cherished antique needs polishing, and skilled new director probably will
Jan Luth has been hired as the new director of Heritage Village, Pinellas' unique historic museum/village near Largo.
Beaches notebook
Madeira Beach visualizes its future with design planning
Neighborhood notebook
Greater Woodlawn residents support new car wash plans
3 shops to open on 100 block of Beach
Gifts, teas, Italian morsels, clothes and jewelry are coming.
Twin towers plan looms again for Beach Drive
The developer says he is still working on the financing but has had offers.
Art Fest Beth-El lunch pleases the eye, palate
The opening reception for the Art Festival Beth-El is a party I never want to miss, full of fine art, fine people and fine food, but a previous commitment on Jan. 26 precluded attending. Instead, I joined friends for the luncheon two days later.
Five in contest for City Council seats
SEMINOLE -- Dig out your voter identification card.
Business strip ready for banners
ST. PETERSBURG -- Central Avenue just west of Tropicana Field is steadily shedding its old skin for a new identity, redevelopment experts said last week.
Highway exit numbers and mile markers to jibe
We had a nice note from Marcia Hughes of St. Petersburg, who cast one vote heartily in favor of the state roadies' decision to redo all the exit numbers on all the interstates that crisscross Florida. When the project is finished, each exit number will correspond to the nearest mile marker.
Neighbors, bus drivers argue for traffic light
ST. PETERSBURG -- Less than a block south of 49th Street S and Sixth Avenue, county school buses emerge from a depot for their appointed rounds.
Florida Forever grant for land eludes city
SEMINOLE -- The city's request for a $1.9-million state grant to purchase 36 acres of green space didn't make the cut this year.
Shifting of sand may be island's erosion solution
TREASURE ISLAND -- If a major storm hits, city leaders don't want to wait to replenish the sand on their beaches. They are developing a plan to haul sand from their biggest beach in the center of the island to southern Sunset Beach where the shoreline is constantly eroding.
Search is on for Mr./Ms. Seminole
SEMINOLE -- Nominations for Mr. or Ms. Seminole 2001 are now available at the office of the Greater Seminole Area Chamber of Commerce, 8400 113th St. N.
What's up on campus
University of South Florida
Couple buy Stovalls' Landing, plan condos
Prices might start at half a million. The building was once part of a neighborhood dispute.
BWTC rolls 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.
Kaye outlasts competition in tight races
St. Petersburg's Kathy Kaye, 43, has won two races by narrow margins the past two weekends.
Tampa Bay headlines
Pirate party
Suncoast Parkway light on traffic
Airlines relax rules on kids flying alone
LaBrake inquiry taps loan officer
Metro week in review
North Pinellas headlines
Clearwater mayor looks at his term, city's future
Earning a track record
Hobbyists find delight in piloting from below
Gift statue of diver raises resentment
Casino boat plan runs into trouble
Kynes and Hackworth for Dunedin commission
Van Vleet is healthy, reaches new plateau
Headlines through the years
North Pinellas notebook
Hillsborough headlines
Tampa
Promise kept: NFL helps fund youth centers
North of Tampa
Rail work stops roads
Enemy of estrogen therapy to visit
Proposal calls for homes and townhomes
While wearing chaffeur's hat, why not teacher's?
Schools roundup
Officials shift school boundaries
Open & Shut
$5-million recreation complex nears home base
Teaching in tune
Wrangling over Wal-Mart
Wait for road extension continues
Anticrime 'CEO' is all business
Comic relief for a road-weary crowd
'He's made a huge difference' in Keystone
With Dupree's lead, Wharton on a roll
34 Sickles students qualify for conference
News of Florida
Lawmakers push security measures
Billions and billions
Governor fires salvo into Democrats' traditional turf
2 unions throw support to McBride for governor
Enron: The Florida connections
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