TARPON SPRINGS - A proposal to construct a 128-unit "workforce" housing complex on 9-acres at Rainville Road and Alt 19 was deferred Monday night by the Planning and Zoning Board. The city staff had been recommending approval of a preliminary development plan for the project, known as Raintree Cove Apartments. Other details on the plan the developer offered Monday night, however, changed staff's view on the project, city planner Rodney Chatman said. ...more

August 2, 2008

CLEARWATER -- Dunedin Causeway Beach and Honeymoon Island State Park could get an even bigger influx of summer tourists as a result of the city of Clearwater closing its Courtney Campbell Causeway Beach because of a fish kill. ...more

July 30, 2008

DUNEDIN -- Purple Heart Park it is. Thursday night the City Commission reviewed several possible names for the pocket park along Alt 19 at the entrance to Main Street. ...more

July 25, 2008

WEST TAMPA - The city of Tampa plans to ask for proposals next month to rehabilitate the historic Guida House located at Macfarlane Park, 1700 N. MacDill Ave. City staff met with those interested in preserving the home on Tuesday night at the park's David Barksdale Senior Citizen Center. ...more

July 16, 2008

DUNEDIN - Next month, city commissioners could decide whether to revise the city's noise ordinance to regulate amplified music in the city's downtown entertainment district. The City Commission will hold hearings on the proposed ordinance at 7 p.m. on Aug. 7 and Aug. 21. ...more

July 12, 2008

DUNEDIN -- Fire Department officials told city commissioners Thursday the city has an opportunity to acquire a $453,750 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to build an emergency operations and training center. Commission unanimously approved seeking the grant. ...more

July 11, 2008

The city should ask the Hernando County Supervisor of Elections Office to handle filing duties for city council candidates, a council member recommended Monday. ...more

July 8, 2008

Would eliminate perception of bias. ...more

July 7, 2008

DUNEDIN -- The latest attempt by the city to regulate amplified music in and around the downtown entertainment district will be debated Wednesday night by the Local Planning Agency. ...more

July 7, 2008

The City Council has agreed the generator recently installed in front of City Hall is an eyesore and that a wall should be built to hide it. ...more

July 5, 2008