Recent sinkholes have generated concerns about the costly repairs and dangerous conditions that are popping all over the place, with suspicions narrowing to the excessive use of water by strawberry farmers. They claim their business would go down the drain if water restrictions were imposed on their tap to the aquifer, which has diminished by more than 50 feet, to coat berries for protection against a damaging hard freeze. ...more

February 28, 2010

It's quite the expensive lesson on erosion. The state Department of Transportation thought it had finished the access road along the southeast stretch of the Courtney Campbell Causeway more than a year ago. The road provides passage to a nearby hotel and office complex. ...more

February 27, 2010

All Floridians did not move here from Michigan or New York. How would we know to leave water faucets running – especially when we are told constantly to conserve water? And how would we know to cover plants? Or should we water them? And what about larger trees? ...more

February 3, 2010

Monday morning, the board of Tampa Bay Water voted to spend $1 million for a consultant to help the regional wholesale utility select the firm that will get the job of fixing the many cracks that have developed in its 15-billion-gallon C.W. Bill Young Reservoir. Fixing this crack problem at the reservoir, which is less than five years old, is going to cost almost as much as the $146 million it cost to build it. When you're throwing around that kind of dough, what's another million tacked onto the bottom line? ...more

October 21, 2009

A minor fender-bender in a minivan can rack up thousands of dollars in repair costs, according to new crash tests conducted by the insurance industry. ...more

December 21, 2007

Just when it looked like the neighborhood's transition from developer to resident control could swirl out of control, a calm fell over Cory Lake Isles last week. ...more

October 3, 2007