City Council unanimously voted this week to continue the sale of beer and wine at Sims Park, Orange Lake and Cavalaire Square during downtown events, keeping alive an ordinance passed in 2008. ...more

November 7, 2009

City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday in favor of continuing the sale of beer and wine at Sims Park, Orange Lake and Cavalaire Square during downtown events, keeping alive an ordinance originally passed in 2008. ...more

November 7, 2009

City officials trying to balance community needs with safety at the annual Gasparilla Parade have come up with these compromises: ...more

November 6, 2009

With revenue up, no reports of bad behavior and minimal public dissent, the City Council on Tuesday voted 4-0 to continue allowing alcohol use in three parks at which public events take place. ...more

October 24, 2009

With revenue up, no reports of bad behavior and minimal public dissent, the city council voted 4-0 this week to continue allowing alcohol use in three parks at which public events take place. ...more

October 24, 2009

For many, Gasparilla without free-flowing alcohol is like a beach without sand. ...more

October 23, 2009

The Sweetbay Supermarkets, the anchor tenant of the Meres Crossing Town Center, recently moved a step closer to opening its full-service supermarket. ...more

July 18, 2009

Today's hard economy may drive some people to drink. But in an action Tuesday, county commissioners are banking that people's taste for alcohol may actually stimulate the flow of money around here. ...more

March 25, 2009

The sheriff's office cracked down on sales of alcohol to minors on Wednesday with the help of state agents and undercover teenagers. ...more

March 13, 2009

Tampa officials and event sponsors are studying ways to control the drunken revelry plaguing the 105-year-old Gasparilla Parade, the city's signature event. ...more

March 13, 2009