Tampa Bay: October 30, 2001
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Store owners create a village
[Times photo: Scott Keeler]
LARGO -- When Mindy Bickey went shopping for a new location for her business, she never dreamed she would end up owning five buildings and half a lake. |
North Pinellas County news
Police: Murder, suicide a mystery
What led to Sunday's post-party deaths may never be known, investigators say.
Church picks Islam as timely course topic
CLEARWATER -- How often do Muslims pray each day?
Police are puzzled by two deaths after party
DUNEDIN -- She came to the party dressed as a cowgirl, then attracted the attention of the host, who was dressed like a biker.
Cost for beach bridge keeps climbing
Its distinctive design, as well as higher-than-predicted costs of getting it built, have raised the Memorial Causeway project's cost by $51.7-million since 1995.
Burglary suspect treads into trouble
LARGO -- The case turned on a shoe print.
County's advice deepens split in Oldsmar council
If members don't allow a 270-unit apartment complex to go forward as the county proposed, the developer threatens a costly lawsuit.
Thieves cart off equipment from Tarpon City Hall
TARPON SPRINGS -- Police are investigating a break-in at City Hall and the loss of more than $10,000 worth of computer equipment from two city departments.
High hopes for woman dashed in fatal wreck
TARPON SPRINGS -- Lisa Marie Demblewski, a former prom queen at Tarpon Springs High School and a legal secretary at the Hillsborough County State Attorney's Office in Tampa, died Saturday after she was ejected from her friend's car in a crash near Live Oak. She was 22.
Oldsmar should accept county offer, build housing
Editor's note: The following letter is about a dispute about a planned 270-unit, affordable housing complex in Oldsmar, which was narrowly approved by a divided Oldsmar City Council in May.
