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October 9, 2002
Tampa Bay: October 9, 2002
North Pinellas County news
Outcry puts road closing on hold
Railroad track replacement would have closed McMullen-Booth Road for up to three weeks. Businesses and commuters howled to officials.
The caring arm of the law
With a growing population of elderly residents, Largo appoints an officer to deal solely with the welfare of seniors.
Already in jail, man charged in shooting death
Detectives pull together a case against a 27-year-old from St. Petersburg already charged in a series of violent robberies and home invasions.
Amid the ashes, family gets set to rebuild
The fire, which officials say was probably started by something flammable being spilled on a rug, causes $750,000 in damage.
Armed man robs woman in parking lot
While leaning into her vehicle tending to her 2-year-old son, she is accosted by a gunman who steals her purse and flees. Neither is hurt.
Military news
Army Pvt. Justin J. Stanton, son of Keith and Donna Stanton of Largo, graduated from basic training in Fort Jackson, S.C. He received an expert rifle badge and a special certificate of achievement for volunteering at the base chapel. He has been assigned to Fort Eustis, Va., for advanced individual training on the Black Hawk helicopter in preparation for crew chief service. He is a 1999 graduate of Clearwater High School.
Pinellas battles Hillsborough in tourney
Area players participated in quality competition last month in the Welch Financial Challenge of the Bays.
Editorial
Schools need more seniors as volunteers
Two loyal volunteers at Eisenhower Elementary School in Clearwater were featured in a Times profile Tuesday. George Boone and his wife, Phyllis, have put in 26,000 hours during a span of 21 years at the school, and they still show up twice a week to help out in the library or in classrooms.
Letters
Caruso explains absences: Brazil mugging, illness
Re: Caruso could have avoided mess, editorial, Oct. 4.
Tampa Bay headlines
The scream test
Father describes son's last moments of life
'He never heard my warning,' slain man's partner testifies
Honors credit plan is target for critics
Brandon man captured by Georgia police
Organizers cancel visit of slave ship 'Amistad' replica
Judge sorts the issues in Al-Arian struggle
Jury awards TV host $495,000
St. Petersburg nursing home wins distinction
Legal experts side with foster family
Howard Troxler
Ever steady, never flashy Miranda adds spice to race
South Pinellas headlines
Commissioners agreeable to owning the Trop
Motel owner accused of catering to prostitutes
Kids get detoured on road to trouble
Golden oldies (and not just the songs)
FEMA's new maps are kind to Tierra Verde
Dixie Hollins honors famous sports alumni
Road work mishap cuts phone lines
Business pioneer added spice to a bland new town
20 years and counting
Bay Bash Ball brings Rio revelers to Vinoy
A Day on the Job: Taking his place in the family business
Kindergartener aims for a plum school
Beach notebook
The Morgan Invasion event honors sailor
New Port Richey player puts it together in CGA
Business Headlines
Letters
Working mothers deserve respect
Hillsborough headlines
Station targets officials' comments
SUV flips, killing teenage driver
Ernest Hooper
Bowl color switch a hit; Greco proves social savvy
News of Florida
Nature activists endorse McBride
Victim's kin plan to pass on Wuornos execution
Campaigns belie tight budget
Around the state
Ford to do safety fixes on police cars
Driller denied permit denied damages, too
Close Noelle Bush's drug hearing, her lawyer asks
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