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December 11, 2002

Tampa Bay: December 11, 2002 North Pinellas County news
Proposal would ease rules for developers
Consultants say untieing bureaucratic red tape to speed the approval process would help development in the county.

Damaged bridge section to be replaced
The portion of the Memorial Causeway Bridge may be okay, engineers say. But, they add, it's safer just to rebuild it.

Mom's speed patrol attracts attention
A Safety Harbor woman documents speeding near her home and a school. A consultant confirms it and recommends changes.

Ballot hopefuls may get less time
Reforms after the 2000 election mean the city faces a decision that would shorten the qualifying period for candidates in the next election.

Rain opens some tire-eating potholes
Officials closed a portion of Curlew Road to deal with 40 to 50 potholes. Many drivers lost tires and rims during the low visibility Monday night.

Dogs may get homes for holiday
The Humane Society won legal custody of the 21 puppies found at a flea market and is accepting applications for their adoption.

Bank robber escapes with cash from branch in Palm Harbor
PALM HARBOR -- Pinellas County sheriff's officials are looking for a young man who robbed the Regions Bank, 36301 U.S. 19 N, about 2 p.m. Friday.

Letters: Concert offended and blasted neighborhood
Re: Coachman Park concert, Dec. 8.


Tampa Bay headlines
  • GOP site question tests Bush's loyalties
  • TV reporter hit with injunction
  • Missing fisherman found 53 miles out in gulf
  • Street project price tag soars
  • Former Pinellas judge's death ruled a suicide
  • School Board gets a pay bump
  • New rules affect TIA users little

  • South Pinellas headlines
  • A public display for a reclusive artist
  • School choice will bring chance to coveted cluster
  • Grief envelops all who knew her
  • Eckerd College breaks ground for new library
  • County offices spread out to be neighborly liaisons
  • Treasure Island law fails on review
  • Building official leaving St. Pete Beach
  • Guest column: Life goes on after you lose a spouse
  • Driver laments loss of 2 friends
  • Reserve unit activated for antiterrorism mission
  • Request to council: Give peace a chance
  • Business headlines: Right paint sought for old YMCA
  • Working: A Day on the Job
  • Lost empires
  • On the town: Yacht club clad in black and white for Bucketeers
  • Fest tacks on another night
  • Harlem hoofer to visit mall
  • Beach town finally fills commission seat
  • Holiday boat parades
  • Military News
  • Seven decades of playing and never a lesson
  • Stone is continuing pursuit of dream
  • Mud tires are a good gift for mountain bikers
  • Letters: Man with a giving heart deserves an award

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • School Board to televise public comment
  • Educators fear many unprepared for college
  • Pentagon salutes Tampa's tribute to Korean War vets

  • News of Florida
  • Shakeup ousts 8 DCF officials
  • How much will it cost to shrink class sizes?
  • College tuition could jump 12.5%
  • Election ghosts haunt Harris
  • Around the state
  • FSU field narrowed to three
  • Arbitrator rejects claims against Graham
  • Speaker appoints some top leaders in Florida House
  • Child molester faces more charges
  • Gov. Bush names House insider to appeals court
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