Tampa Bay: July 12, 2001
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Using their noggins
[Times photo: Scott Keeler]
Maksim Tsynman, 6, and his sister Alina, 9, keep their heads dry in a light rain Wednesday in Tarpon Springs. More rain is forecast for the bay area today. |
North Pinellas County news
Commissioners lash out at library plan
City leaders criticize the design until they're told a redesign would add to the cost. Designers say the board's ideas will "be looked at."
City back at square one with skate park
The Largo council says unstable debris under the planned Bayhead Recreation site makes it unsuitable.
Road board U-turn puts Keene at six lanes
The MPO reconsiders its earlier change of heart and decides six lanes, not four, are needed to relieve congestion.
Report: Stauffer site lacks historic value
An archaeological survey concludes there is no evidence of a burial ground at the Superfund site.
Dunedin wants to illuminate part of trail
The 1,400-foot leg of the Pinellas Trail runs behind a new Holiday Inn Express. The thought is that guests could take the trail to Main Street at night.
Board: Corner needs traffic signal
PALM HARBOR -- The county's main road-planning board Wednesday agreed with what some residents have long said: The intersection of Alderman Road and Omaha Street needs a traffic signal.
Caregiver guilty of bilking woman
The former nursing assistant gets probation and must repay a 102-year-old whom she was charging up to $150 to do shopping.
Choosing of city manager portends progress, peace
How pleasant it was to watch Clearwater city commissioners work earnestly and cooperatively Tuesday on a potentially divisive task: the selection of a new city manager.
Largo has a lot to offer, so get out and enjoy it
Re: What is Largo? Friendly, peaceful, but no fireworks, story, July 8.
Sexual battery charge dismissed
LARGO -- A 1986 sexual battery charge against a Tennessee man was dismissed this week by a Pinellas-Pasco circuit judge who ruled that the statute of limitations expired.
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