A gaggle of young volunteers who'd never heard of black rush grass spent Friday morning plugging it into the shoreline of a freshwater pond near Tampa Electric Co.'s Big Bend Station. ...more

March 29, 2009

A gaggle of young volunteers who'd never heard of black rush grass spent this morning plugging it into the shoreline of a freshwater pond near the Tampa Electric Co.'s Big Bend Station. They learned that restoration is a fix for environmental damage perpetrated by human activity, like fish farming, ditching and agriculture. They planted grasses to stabilize the shoreline and held horseshoe crabs and other creatures that live in and around Newman Branch Creek. ...more

March 27, 2009

About 100 fine artists and crafters will gather at the TECO South Shore Community Events Center Saturday and Sunday to display and sell their finest creations. ...more

March 11, 2009

Tampa Electric Co.'s Manatee Viewing Center swarmed with visitors from all across the nation as nearly 50 of the heavyweight marine mammals gathered in the warm waters of the Big Bend Power Station this week. ...more

January 23, 2009

Manatee lovers can rejoice because Saturday marks the opening of Tampa Electric Co.'s Manatee Viewing Center's 2008-09 season. ...more

October 31, 2008

The second annual SouthShore Plein Air Festival will take place March 28-30, with artists painting at various locations throughout the area. ...more

February 13, 2008

Organizers of the upcoming SouthShore Plein Air Festival need artists, sponsors and venues to make the three-day event a success. ...more

January 12, 2008

Lolling. Unadulterated lolling. Scores of manatees spent hours doing just that, along with an occasional roll, splash or flip of the tail, in the 30-acre outdoor sauna that Tampa Electric Co.'s Big Bend Station provided during last week's winter chill. ...more

January 9, 2008

Last week's cool spell turned the discharge canal at Tampa Electric Co.'s Big Bend Station into a 30-acre outdoor sauna for more than 100 manatees. "It's a manatee spa," TECO environmental specialist Wendy Valle Anastasiou told visitors Thursday at the Manatee Viewing Center. ...more

January 9, 2008

Lolling. Unadulterated lolling. Scores of manatees spent hours doing just that, along with an occasional roll, splash or flip of the tail, in the 30-acre outdoor sauna that Tampa Electric Co.'s Big Bend Station provided during last week's winter chill. ...more

January 9, 2008