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January 19, 2003
North of Tampa: January 19, 2003
Zoning: Town & Country Hospital seeks more parking
TOWN & COUNTRY: Town & Country Hospital wants more parking at 6001 Webb Road. Plans show a 24-aisle, 630-space lot surrounded by landscape buffering and fencing. The property is now zoned for a 5,000-square-foot 106-residential home and child care center serving up to 200 children. A land use hearing officer is scheduled to hear the proposal Feb. 25. (Petition 03-0343)
Finally accepted, Salvation Army moving
The state headquarters is moving from Lake Ellen, and the sale of its 12 acres could renew challenges for neighbors.
Prep Notebook: Sickles wrestlers bested in Brandon meet
CITRUS PARK -- Sickles didn't beat the streak, but it did pretty well.
Week in Review
SCHOOL BUS CRASHES ON THE WAY TO ADAMS: Blake Wheeler didn't know what to think Thursday when his school bus went out of control. "The bus just went crazy," the sixth-grader said. He said the driver was tossed to the floor as the bus knocked down a small tree in the median of Bearss Avenue and rolled through the oncoming lane. The bus nearly plowed into a house at 2525 Bearss Ave. before it came to a halt. "Everybody was on the floor," Blake said.
Wharton High's new chief settles in
After more than two decades in the school district, former Adams Middle principal George Gaffney readies for his job as head Wildcat.
Pasco: Developer gives up on mall site at SR 56
WESLEY CHAPEL -- Millionaire developer Edward DeBartolo Jr. has dropped plans to build a mall called Cypress Creek Town Center at Interstate 75 and State Road 56.
Land O'Lakes: Next leg of SR 54 work under way
LAND O'LAKES -- One of the most congested sections of State Road 54, the 12 miles between Little Road, the Suncoast Parkway and U.S. 41, has begun its transformation to a traffic-soothing four to six lanes.
Odessa: Equestrian events may bring stiff fines
A man accused of running commercial horse shows on agriculturally zoned land gets 60 days to seek clarification on codes or face $1,000-a-day fines for violations.
Neighborhood Notebook: Freedom High to host parent night Tuesday
TAMPA PALMS -- Freedom High School will host a parent night Tuesday for the families of incoming freshmen.
Odessa: New information surfaces in horse killing case
ODESSA -- New information trickled in last week about the killing of a 20-year-old quarterhorse named Seven. On Monday, a next-door neighbor of owner Roy Scarfone told a Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy that she saw a mysterious black pickup with tinted windows loitering by his mailbox around 1 p.m. on Jan. 7, the day the horse died.
New Tampa: Grocery offers best of land, sea
Business is good at the second Land and Sea Market on Bruce B. Downs, which caters to New Tampa customers.
New Tampa: Tampa Palms developer agrees to upgrade landscaping
Warren Kinsler focuses on maximizing his commercial property in Area 3.
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