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April 14, 2003
Tampa Bay: April 14, 2003
North Pinellas County news
For this family, shining sales
LARGO -- When Art Arbutine opened a small retail shop with some coins and American Indian jewelry 30 years ago, he figured if he made $12 a day, he would break even.
Building a dream, from the ground up
A 16-year-old left Greece with nothing, headed to U.S. shores. Decades later, he has his own thriving development company.
Parents sound the alarm on prescription narcotics
Kimberly Hope Rodriguez had been drinking and smoking pot when she decided to swallow half of a green pill marked with the initials "OC." A few hours later, she took the other half.
Oldsmar considers smoking ban in park
Parks and recreation director Lynn Rives wants teen-frequented Bicentennial Park to be smoke-free.
Oldsmar evolution in high gear
With stores and restaurants now sprouting up at every turn, the city has come a long way from the days of a two-lane Tampa Road 30 years ago.
Letters:
Apartment project won't be limited to seniors
The Harbor Oaks I Homeowners Association opposes the proposed low-income apartment complex near Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital because we fear the restriction limiting the housing to seniors can be too easily circumvented.
Tampa Bay headlines
Genshaft names campus executive
'A little piece of Thailand'
Military news
Howard Troxler: Officials' desire to toe the tax line spirals into absurd obsession
South Pinellas headlines
Genshaft names campus executive
Hillsborough headlines
'A little piece of Thailand'
News of Florida
Garden dream slips away
Book fight targets quiet system
Backlash may be looming on state's school reforms
Suspect in slaying arrested
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