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December 25, 2001

Tampa Bay: December 25, 2001 Hillsborough County news
Cafe's reopening renews questions regarding deal
TAMPA -- The reopening of Cafe Beinget in Centennial Park has reignited a 5-year-old controversy over whether local restaurateur Phil Alessi -- known for his chumminess with Mayor Dick Greco -- got a plum deal on the use of city land.

Police sued over request for records
TAMPA -- Hillsborough County Public Defender Julianne Holt is suing the Tampa Police Department, alleging it refuses to release records about a police officer.

Ernest Hopper
Columbia matriarch lit the way with love
TAMPA -- The last time I saw Adela Gonzmart she was holding a torch as part of a ceremony to celebrate the Columbia Restaurant's new kitchen.


Tampa Bay headlines
  • Christmas glows on him
  • Cafe strives to attract needy
  • Near ground zero for the holidays
  • That moving voice belongs to his son
  • New schools struggle with malfunctions
  • Activist says charity drains Pinellas funds

  • Pinellas headlines
  • Good Samaritan dies in his efforts
  • Suspect in 2000 rape turns himself in
  • Suspect gets away as patrol cars collide
  • Two homes hark back to Victorian traditions
  • 12 Days of Pinellas
  • Area players capitalize on system

  • News of Florida
  • Open records watchers scurrying since attacks
  • Walton sheriff, brother under FBI investigation
  • Controversy isn't commission's first
  • Universities must weed a surge of applicants
  • Bullet found at airport forces evacuation, delays
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