You may not have even known it was happening, but “Rapprochement With Cuba: Good For Tampa Bay, Good For Florida, Good For America,” a conference sponsored by the Alliance for Responsible Cuba Policy Foundation and held Saturday at the Italian Club in Ybor City, was, by its very existence, a milestone in repairing the tattered relationship between Tampa and Cuba........here
City Council member Wengay Newton said political newcomer Scott Wagman is the best mayoral candidate to oversee City Hall...........here
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This marker, which was dedicated on Feb. 21, 2004, is situated on Fort King Road between Dade City and Zephyrhills.........more
Tommy Ervin, the manager of a Florida water park (Weeki Wachee) has been fired after some of the mermaid performers complained they were sexually harassed........here
Call it Phyllis Math: a gathering of Phyllis Busansky’s “five closest friends” numbered nearly 1,000 at her funeral at Temple Schaarai Zedek in Tampa on this dark, rainy Friday morning.........here
Like many in the Bay area, Janet Santiago is finding it hard getting through these tough economic times. Throw in the fact she that is raising four of her grandchildren, and money is very tight..........here
