Tampa Bay: November 4, 2001
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For the sixth year, this Neighborhood Times guide offers parents news to use: questions to ask on a tour; the expectations for a parent of a fundamental school child; the focused curricula of the magnet programs; and the resources at the ready to teach your student at home. Special Report |
North Pinellas County news
Unspent fund for addicts cut in half
Pinellas County drug court had yet to spend its $400,000 for treating addicts, so the Legislature takes back half.
Building new places where pups can play
CLEARWATER -- Humphrey has been featured in a magazine, gone whale-watching in Alaska and sailed up the eastern seaboard, where he socialized with other pooches along the way at various fenced-in areas called "dog parks."
Art Harvest in Dunedin offers a bounty of beauty
DUNEDIN -- Art Harvest had only been open for a little more than an hour, but already Judy McArthur and Barbara Bauer had found an objet d'art they simply could not live without.
Target shopping for a new home
CLEARWATER -- Target is a likely anchor tenant for the open-air shopping center that will someday replace Clearwater Mall, city officials say.
Sheriff: Man filed false abuse reports
Florida's child abuse laws are set up to encourage people to come forward with suspicions about kids being abused.
Construction of condo was poor, receiver says
EAST LAKE -- Andrew Bolnick is the guy judges call in when businesses such as apartments, shopping centers or time-share projects are in turmoil and are put into receivership. As a professional receiver for 21 years, he has shepherded more than 100 projects through financial troubles.
Oldsmar needs leader in apartment fiasco
We can't recall an issue in Oldsmar that has created as much nastiness and division as the current dispute over a proposed low-income apartment complex on Forest Lakes Boulevard.
Opposition is about density
Re: Oldsmar should accept county offer, build housing, letter to the editor, Oct. 30, and County's advice deepens split in Oldsmar council, story, Oct. 30.
Headlines through the years
A look back at the events, people and places that made North Pinellas the unique place that it is. The information is compiled from past editions of the St. Petersburg Times.
Military news
Awards
Volleyball Tritons holding their own
Eckerd coach Hollie Miller said before the season that the Sunshine State Conference would be a two-team race.
