Tampa Bay: November 13, 2001
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Tragedies color tribute to veterans
[Times photo: Douglas R. Clifford]
The events of Sept. 11 and news of Monday's plane crash in New York lend special meaning to a ceremony at the VA medical center. |
North Pinellas County news
Suspend funeral director, board says
The disciplinary board urges the state to suspend the license of Abbey Parklawn's director for errors at the home for which "there's no excuse."
Police search for pigeon thieves
A Largo man spent most of his life breeding and raising pigeons. One morning, he woke up to find their coop open and 81 of the birds gone.
Number of polling places might drop
LARGO -- They had hoped more places might inspire people to come out and vote. But four years later, with turnout stagnant, Largo commissioners will consider reducing the number of polling sites in upcoming elections.
Historic building scheduled for repairs
OLDSMAR -- After years of debating the fate of a historic but deteriorating clapboard house, City Council members appear finally to have a schedule for fixing the building before it crumbles to the ground.
Waterfront property should be preserved
The resigned and cynical tone of the editorial, Buying waterfront tract difficult, Nov. 9 came as a surprise to me and I'm sure to thousands of people throughout Pinellas County and beyond who support the preservation of the last sizable tract of undeveloped coastal waterfront in our county. I was also taken aback by the misrepresentations and flawed thinking contained in the piece.
New library cookbook is a hot concoction
CLEARWATER -- What do you get when you mix great home cooking, dedicated volunteers and a goal of raising thousands of dollars to build a new Clearwater Main Library?
