Golf tourney has parking handicap: angry neighbors
The buses carry spectators back and forth to the Encompass Insurance Pro-Am golf tournament hosted by TPC Tampa Bay. The tourney is being played about a mile away on the south side of Lutz-Lake Fern Road. But the back-and-forth traffic is a nuisance to …
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Beach property values on increase
By BOB McCLURE REDINGTON BEACH – The news was good from Pinellas County Property Appraiser Pam Dubov for many beach homeowners. Speaking at the March 28 meeting of the Barrier Islands Governmental Council, Dubov predicted taxable property values for …
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Antiques Roadshow
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW's second hour from Tampa, Florida, finds host Mark Walberg and appraiser Leila Dunbar at the Tournament Players Club of Tampa Bay to address a range of golf collectibles. At the Tampa Convention Center, appraisers take a swing at some …
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Sinkhole law fixed little, officials and homeowners agree
That is the conclusion many readers and officials came to after reading "Cracks in the System," a Tampa Bay Times series revealing that hundreds of homeowners in Florida's "sinkhole alley'' — Hernando, Pasco, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties …
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LA Fitness buys old Malio's block for .8 million
"It is one of the best commercial sites in the Tampa Bay area," said Patrick Berman, a commercial real estate broker with Cushman & Wakefield, who was not involved in the transaction. The site encompasses a full city block on one of the busiest streets …
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Trash switch leads to unexpected invoices
Barbara Behrendt can be reached at behrendt@tampabay.com. For information about the change in county garbage service, visit hernandocounty.us/utils/SolidWaste_Recycling/franchise.htm online. The Republic Services customer service numbers are …
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Dubious sinkhole repairs raise costs and questions of fraud
It was a scenario allegedly repeated time and again at homes throughout Florida's "sinkhole alley'' from Orlando to Tampa Bay. The contractor, Michael Dean Hodge, of Oviedo faces felony charges of racketeering and insurance fraud in what State Farm …
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