The city received one proposal to restore the historic Guida House at Macfarlane Park. It includes programming for children and makes the building accessible for community programs. ...more

February 18, 2009

A man is spending Valentine's Day in jail after visiting Paris – Paris Street in west Tampa, that is. ...more

February 14, 2009

Two West Tampa homes were destroyed and another damaged in an early morning fire, according to Tampa Fire Rescue. ...more

February 14, 2009

A Tampa man's new book shows how his family's business defined the city's look in the '50s and '60s. ...more

February 13, 2009

A Nanny State I read with interest in the Trib that the Democratic Congress had passed a law to delay the change from analog television to digital until summer. We have had three years of constant public announcements and millions of dollars in certificates to get new boxes, and some people are still not on board. ...more

February 6, 2009

Liduvina "Lucy" Nieves sat on a new sofa in her new house Friday, overwhelmed and nearly speechless. ...more

February 4, 2009

It's been a few days now, but I wanted to tell you about the hottest Super Bowl party of them all: Baby's party. ...more

February 4, 2009

Liduvina "Lucy" Nieves sat on a new sofa in her new house Friday morning, overwhelmed and nearly speechless. ...more

January 31, 2009

Liduvina "Lucy" Nieves sat on a new sofa in her new house this morning, overwhelmed and nearly speechless. "The change is incredible," said Nieves, 66, who has lived on Union Street for 30 years. Nieves' home was one of 20 in her neighborhood rehabilitated and completed today as part of Kickoff to Rebuild, a project sponsored by the nonprofit Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay and the National Football League. ...more

January 30, 2009

The city plans to pump an additional $1.5 million in federal and state grants into a program to buy foreclosed and abandoned homes in neighborhoods hardest hit by the mortgage crisis. ...more

January 30, 2009