They can zoom along at up to 80 mph and venture into wet territory where most watercraft cannot go. They are airboats, a growing recreational, albeit expensive, hobby in Florida. ...more

January 30, 2009

Waterfront residents whose boats have been bogged down in silt for years may finally get a reprieve. ...more

January 22, 2009

The Tampa Bay History Center's grand opening is scheduled today. And the history of how a 60,000-square-foot shimmering building on the waterfront with interactive exhibits came to be is itself worth the public's attention. ...more

January 17, 2009

Civic leaders join officials from the Salvador Dali Museum to break ground on a new home for the surrealist painter's works on the waterfront just south of Mahaffey Theatre. ...more

December 12, 2008

They can zoom along at up to 80 mph and venture into wet territory where most other watercraft cannot go. They are airboats, a growing recreational, albeit expensive, hobby in Florida. ...more

November 21, 2008

From Southern California to Maine, the foundering economy, high fuel prices and poor fishing have driven boat owners to abandon perhaps thousands of vessels on the waterfront, where they are beginning to break up and sink, leaking oil and other pollutants. ...more

November 13, 2008

About 50 residents of unincorporated Tierra Verde in southern Pinellas County came to St. Petersburg City Hall today to protest the proposed annexation of part of their community. ...more

November 6, 2008

This region owes a tip of the cap to Tampa Bay Rays owner Stuart Sternberg and his management team for fielding a storybook team that proved the viability of baseball in West Central Florida. ...more

November 2, 2008

The Rays will get another chance to play that underdog role they seem to enjoy so much. ...more

October 23, 2008

Boaters hemmed in by silted-up canals can learn what it might cost them to clear a path to Tampa Bay. ...more

October 8, 2008