Tampa Bay: February 27, 2002
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Building support
[Times photo: Carrie Pratt]
Mark McKinnon, a construction foreman for Guardian Fueling Technologies, prepares a site at Lakeview Road and Highland Avenue in Clearwater last week for the culverts in the foreground, which will be filled with concrete and beams to support a canopy at a gas station at the intersection. |
North Pinellas County news
Judge Robert Mann, known for his integrity, dies at 77
Former Gov. Reubin Askew called Robert Mann one of his all-time favorite legislators.
Son charged with taking mother's assets
Authorities say he cashed in $126,000 in annuities and claimed his mother's home after he persuaded her to give him power of attorney in 1999.
Community protests predator living near day care center
A judge's decision to allow him to live near an in-home day care center is challenged by worried neighbors.
Campaign inquiry seeks no penalties
A report finds four city workers say they did not intend to promote a commissioner's candidacy. A fifth says he was unaware of violating a policy.
Second suspect in shotgun killing surrenders to deputies
The victim, who had broken up a fight inside a bar earlier, was shot in the parking lot.
Nielsen plans to add 600 workers
Commissioners line up behind an incentive package to keep the company in Pinellas.
Ball fields needed, but not in preserve
A proposal to put ball fields in the Brooker Creek Preserve is raising eyebrows among environmentalists, as well it should. Since when did this nature preserve, where public access is limited and controlled so the environment will not be disturbed, become fair territory for ball fields?
Let's continue our show of patriotism and vote March 5
After Sept. 11, the inspiring visual signs of patriotism could be seen everywhere.
Rolex women's event trains match racers
When fleet racing in Yinglings was chosen over match racing for Olympic women, this sailing discipline lost its luster for the "name" competitors.
