Notes meet numbers [Times photo: Jim Damaske] Beth Argiro's gifted students dashed to their seats at musical keyboards and slid on headphones.

North Pinellas County news
County systems chief resigns
Alfred J. Leiser, director of information technology, steps down after a list of failures are laid at his feet.

Big appetite needed for Taste
It's time to eat all you want from the area's finest restaurants at tonight's Taste of Clearwater.

Boater falls overboard, is cut by propeller
The man is in critical condition after the accident in Hurricane Pass. The boat's driver is charged with operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol.

Duchess of York will drop in on city mall
CLEARWATER -- Westfield Shoppingtown Countryside is getting ready for a royal visit.

Officer reaches top ranks of police
With Lt. Miranda Anderson's promotion to captain, two of the top five Largo Police Department leaders are female.

Suspects in home invasion arrested
A man and his girlfriend are arrested in Tampa in the Lincoln Town Car that was stolen from an 81-year-old Largo man.

Oldsmar loses quiet advocate
OLDSMAR -- Alice Ellen Manny did not seek attention. Yet most longtime Oldsmar residents knew her anyway.

Disabled man found dead in his kitchen
A neighbor found him while looking in on him. Investigators say the death is suspicious.

It is another stroke of bad luck for Heintz
Bob Heintz is looking for some answers.

Letters
Don't spare the punishment when teens go wrong
Re: Pupil drops sleeping pill into teacher's soda, story, Sept. 19, and Pupil's act went beyond prank to a serious crime, editorial, Sept. 20.

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