TAMPA -- Charlie Miranda has proposed that the city consider building a new treatment plant to purify Tampa's effluent to drinkable quality, then inject it into the ground, where it can eventually flow into the Hillsborough River, the city's primary source of drinking water. His proposal will be discussed today at a workshop in city council chambers. ...more

February 25, 2010

Cell phone tower opponents might get some political help in their fight against new structures. ...more

February 25, 2010

Regarding "Cell tower unites voices" (Metro, Feb. 14): I would love to know where all these voices are when our local schools ask for parent volunteers or help with local fundraisers. ...more

February 16, 2010

At least one neighborhood has decided to fight a school's plan to build a cell tower on its campus. ...more

February 10, 2010

At least one neighborhood has decided to fight a school's plan to build a cell tower on its campus. ...more

February 10, 2010

At least one neighborhood has decided to fight a school's plan to build a cell phone tower on its campus. ...more

February 8, 2010

At least one neighborhood has decided to fight a school's plan to build a cell tower on its campus. Residents of Plantation off Gunn Highway have hired an attorney to fight Canella Elementary School's proposal to build a tower on its campus. The school wants to build the 160-foot tower near a corner of the property as a way to raise money. But neighbors are concerned about how the tower will look and possible health risks. Several residents met with Canella's principal and the project director to discuss the plan. School leaders offered a compromise to make the tower look like a large flag pole. ...more

February 5, 2010

Canella Elementary leaders say a new cell tower could bring in much needed revenue for the school. But residents don't want the tower looming over the community. ...more

January 27, 2010

Canella Elementary leaders say a new cell tower could bring in much needed revenue for the school. But residents don't want the tower looming over the community. ...more

January 27, 2010

To many people, it's a health food. To others, it's simply soda in disguise. That virtuous glass of juice is feeling the squeeze as doctors, scientists and public health officials step up efforts to reduce the nation's girth. ...more

November 9, 2009