Tampa Bay: October 17, 2001
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City rushes to set stage for festival
[Times photo: Jim Damaske]
Workers race the clock to prepare Coachman Park, the site of recent construction work, for the Clearwater Jazz Holiday, which starts Thursday. |
North Pinellas County news
Dunedin, Jays hit a wall over complex
The team is threatening to move if its most recent offer isn't accepted. That's no sure thing, as the mayor made clear in a heated meeting.
Farmer's markets back in season
Markets in Clearwater and Safety Harbor open soon, with the former trying to pull in the downtown business crowd.
Starbucks gives downtown a boost
Residents and city leaders see the arrival of the coffee emporium as a boon for city development.
Slain woman stabbed, police say
Police say that the 45-year-old Clearwater woman was stabbed more than once and that detectives are following several leads in the case.
City switches choice of library architect
Commissioners take a second look and decide to hire Collman & Karsky, which was favored by a group of residents.
Stormwater rates to rise in Tarpon
A new fee, part of a federal mandate, will be used for maintenance, and regrading of retention ponds and drainage swales, among other things.
Jazz Holiday is not what it used to be
Re: Jazz Holiday makes changes, story, Oct. 15.
Drawing USA Baseball would be coup for city
Given the recent bad news about the state of the local tourism industry, it was exciting to hear this week that county, city and tourism officials are working to bring USA Baseball to Clearwater.
Police hunt burglar
Authorities are searching for a man, shown in this surveillance video image, and a possible partner who on Tuesday broke into a gas station in Largo and stole a cash register, which contained about $200 in cash, police said. An alarm summoned police about 4:30 a.m. to the Amoco gas station at 751 Clearwater-Largo Road. Officers found the business' front door broken and the cash register removed. The video also shows a second man standing near the window. Anyone with information is asked to call Largo police at 587-6730.
Sheriff's employee resigns after charge
LARGO -- A Pinellas Sheriff's Office radio operator arrested Oct. 10 on a child sex abuse charge resigned Friday.
Best in southeast take a back seat to Italian cyclist
Tampa bicycle racers from Team American Classic organized the fast, short-course competition in Sunday's Dade Battle Of Brilliance Criteriums.
