The first Bay Area Association of Independent Battle of the Books was held May 8. Three schools with eight teams met to show the knowledge they gained after reading 15 Florida Sunshine State books and three independent books selected from the Hillsborough County School District. ...more

May 27, 2009

Kevin Bacon may be among the more famous victims of the multi-billion-dollar Madoff ponzi scheme. But some local investors also appeared on a list of other victims released Thursday. ...more

February 5, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - The saga of a dirt pile, nicknamed Mount Sheldon by neighbors and county officials, is approaching its final chapter as the last truckload of dirt was removed Thursday. ...more

June 11, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - The $500-a-day fines issued to those responsible for what was once an eight-story dirt pile along Sheldon Road will continue, Special Magistrate Christopher E. Brown said during a hearing. ...more

June 7, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY – A dirt pile that once stool eight stories tall along Sheldon Road, nicknamed Mount Sheldon by neighbors and county officials, is gone as of Thursday. ...more

June 6, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY The $500-a-day fines issued to those responsible for what was once an eight-story dirt pile on Sheldon Road will continue, said Special Magistrate Christopher E. Brown during a hearing Monday. ...more

June 3, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Those responsible for a large dirt pile on a lot along Sheldon Road want to discuss their $500-a-day fines and seek more time to get the dirt moved, a county official says. ...more

May 31, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY Those responsible for a large dirt pile on a lot along Sheldon Road want to discuss their $500-a-day fines and seek more time to get the dirt moved, a county official says. The parties will attend a code enforcement special magistrate hearing at 9 a.m. Monday on the second floor of the County Center, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd. On Wednesday an inspector went by the 3-acre lot at Sheldon Road and Cluster Avenue and reported that more than 50 percent of the dirt was gone, said Christa Hull, environmental supervisor for the county. The pile once stood eight stories tall. ...more

May 30, 2008