A 52-mile passenger rail route linking Wesley Chapel, Tampa and St. Petersburg would draw the highest ridership among five potential light rail lines under study by the Tampa Bay Regional Transportation Authority. ...more

September 4, 2009

New York Yankees star Derek Jeter will be allowed to put up a 6-foot privacy fence at his Davis Islands megamansion, the city's variance review board decided tonight. ...more

August 11, 2009

It's strike one for Davis Islands' newest multimillion-dollar resident. The Davis Islands Civic Association board this week voted to oppose New York Yankees star Derek Jeter's request to erect a privacy fence in front of the 31,000-square-foot mansion he is building. ...more

August 8, 2009

To discourage prying eyes, New York Yankees star Derek Jeter wants to put up a privacy fence in front of his new 31,000-square-foot mansion on Davis Islands. ...more

August 5, 2009

Betmar Acres has offered to settle a lawsuit against mobile home owner Cheryl Okke, but she has yet to accept the offer. ...more

February 26, 2009

A 1946 Burgert Brothers' photograph was among key evidence persuading city officials that beer, wine and liquor can flow freely at The Retreat, an upscale bar catering to young professionals. A particular memory of property owner Nicholas Massari goes back even further to a famous day in history: the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941. ...more

January 28, 2009

Eight years after moving into its Cross Creek Boulevard campus, St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church will launch the fundraising campaign for a new church building. ...more

August 27, 2008

Eight years after moving into its Cross Creek Boulevard campus, St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church will launch the fundraising campaign for a new church building. ...more

August 19, 2008

Residents on Turtle Drive want to keep the quiet nature of their neighborhood, so they're fighting a proposal to knock down a house in the middle of their block. ...more

June 4, 2008

Laura Swain served for four years on the Hillsborough County Planning Commission, helping write the language for rural design standards. ...more

November 17, 2007