April 19, 2000
Tampa Bay: April 19, 2000
North Pinellas County news
City officials agree: no tax rate increase
With that goal in mind, Clearwater officials begin the annual process of adding and subtracting to come up with next year's budget.
Survivor of pool accident still in critical condition
SAFETY HARBOR -- Jonathan Gaudette heard the commotion outside his Bayshore Palms apartment.
City okays agreement outlining annexation
If the County Commission signs on, city officials expect Pinellas Park and Pinellas County to drop a lawsuit challenging Largo's practices.
Baby flown to hospital after fall into water
EAST LAKE -- A 10-month-old girl in a walker fell into the pool at her home Tuesday afternoon while her father was in the bathroom.
Accord shifts control to UCH
The Tampa hospital would become the lone member of the Tarpon Springs Hospital Foundation, which operates Helen Ellis.
Tarpon Springs razes troubled store
Police say a symbol of the drug trade was leveled, but some lament the loss of a convenient business.
Couple's new shop puts focus on nature
A burbling fountain, the call of a loon and the fragrances of pine and beeswax are among the sensations that greet visitors to Nature's Focus, a new business specializing in merchandise for studying nature, from butterflies to planets.
Ex-convicts get new chance at rights
Those convicted of a felony must petition to have their rights, such as voting, restored. A new program helps them navigate the bureaucracy.
Editorial
Issue should be saving lives and homes, not turf
If you want to know what is wrong with fire and emergency services in Pinellas County, just look at what is going on between the Seminole and Indian Rocks fire departments.
Letters
Want kid-free dining? Stay home
EDITOR'S NOTE: The first three letters are in response to Retirees get fed up when it comes to dining with kids (April 13) and other letters on that subject.
Tampa Bay headlines
Is there no limit to interference in local rules?
Even in death, dog catches thief
Man died in jail for lack of his medication
Death in Britain brings visit to Tampa
Church wants leader shielded
Judge bars lawyer from asking jurors about racism
Judge sets hearing on charter school effects
South Pinellas headlines
USF moves to keep branch in the fold
Man suspected of repair scam
All residents can again read city's business
Vote may revive building at gardens
Mrs. Black enlightens tots gently and wholly
Ceremonies welcome Laotian New Year
City life? Not with all these critters
Eye doctor wants to see things his way
From awful to artful
League's annual sale won't continue
Fine arts show winners
Elementary schools to hold new-student and pre-k registrations
Former resident in Easter TV service
Mirror Lake Lyceum opens as venue for big and small parties
Attorneys head into schools to help teens
Lone black family in city for 20 years was respected
Ombudsman Council to meet
Two forces, a common enemy -- and a turf war
Local Super Seniors men win berth in state tourney
Stalin, Bill Gates and Aphrodite rub elbows
John Cannon: a big ambassador for triathlon
Double points put Mongold on move to victory
Hillsborough headlines
Officials trying to track water pollutant
Radium taints life in Round Lake
Investigators looking for answers in murder-suicide case
Woman faces check-kiting charges in 3 counties
Distrust surrounds vote on TGH lien law
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