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

Seminole to push harder on annexation
SEMINOLE -- No more Mr. Nice Guy.

Measures to be taken at problem junction
SEMINOLE -- A traffic signal won't be coming to the intersection of Old Ridge Road and 102nd Avenue N, but a few other changes are in store for the accident-prone stretch of road.

Gulfport Casino holds grand reopening gala
GULFPORT -- As a boy, Bert Williams could take a trolley from St. Petersburg down Beach Boulevard to the Gulfport Casino dock, where he would rent a boat for a dime and catch scallops by the thousands.

Options, headaches multiply for bridge
MADEIRA BEACH -- City commissioners in Treasure Island and Madeira Beach on Tuesday expected three proposals for a new bridge to connect their cities.

A chance to 'adopt' family for holidays
ST. PETERSBURG -- The YMCA is poised to begin its 10th holiday campaign for the needy as leaders worry that the events of Sept. 11 have changed peoples' charity giving.

Surprise! Welcome to Pinellas Park
An agreement in the 1980s to be annexed in exchange for city work finally comes to fruition for a Lealman business.

Waiting to exit
PINELLAS PARK -- The Wal-Mart supercenter has been so successful in its first week that the store has created more traffic than city officials expected.

Firefighters thank Seminole residents for help
On behalf of the Seminole Professional Fire Fighters Association, Local 2896, we would like the residents of the city of Seminole to know how much they are appreciated.

Police: Drunken driver kills woman
Among the suspect's charges are leaving the scene of a fatal accident and DUI/manslaughter.

Scouts win approval to celebrate at park
SEMINOLE -- The Grinch won't steal any holiday fun from some local Girl Scouts. At least not at Seminole City Park.

City, neighbors settle differences over trees
ST. PETERSBURG -- City officials and 31st Street neighborhood leaders have avoided an impasse over trees.

Kids learn to deal with conflict: theirs, parents'
Five-year-old Sarina Cooper came home from Pinellas Central Elementary School recently and couldn't wait to tell her mom what she did in the Peacemakers class. They painted each other's skin and found out everybody's was a different color. There was rose-butterscotch, chocolate or just plain rose. But no two students had the same shade.

Specialist signs on to help shape USF future
ST. PETERSBURG -- One of downtown's biggest promoters and a fan of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg now is working for the university.

Seminole leaders ponder a Main St.
SEMINOLE -- Dunedin has one. So do Safety Harbor and Gulfport.

Townhome project is planned for downtown
A St. Petersburg developer facing a court challenge delays one downtown townhome project to begin another.

Just a staging area
It may look like building activity is about to start here at the former site of Steak 'n Egg Kitchen at Fifth Avenue and Fourth Street N.

Link to past lost in Old Northeast
ST. PETERSBURG -- The rumble of car tires rolling over the asphalt block that once paved most of 19th Avenue NE has faded forever from most of the street.

Party, artwork sale benefits Arts Center
The Arts Center benefited from the generosity of Jim and Suzanne MacDougald, who opened their beautiful waterfront home Oct. 27 for a party, cleared their walls to display art for sale and underwrote all the expenses.

What's up on campus
Eckerd College

Road to youth football crowns begins
Youth football teams have begun the preparations for their conference championships.

Hartzogs, McClendons top YouthAdult winners
Kyle and David Hartzog combined for a 1,339 pinfall and Kristofer and Jay McClendon rolled a 1,412, capturing titles in the Greater Pinellas YouthAdult Tournament's Bantam and Prep divisions, respectively.

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