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Cameras watch for illegal dumpers
MyFox Tampa Bay Local
Feb 04The spoils of illegal dumping are so bad in East Tampa one resident posted a sign telling would-be trashers to put their garbage where it belongs. If they don't, prepare to be caught on camera by the city. »
Business facelifts
TBO.com South Tampa
Feb 01The city's Façade Improvement Grant Program began in 2010 with a matching grant awarded for Gaspar's Grotto in Ybor City. Since then more than 20 projects have received about $864,000 in three special tax districts: Drew Park, East Tampa and Ybor City. »
Central Tampa Polls Heat Up at Lunch Time
Seminole Heights Patch
Jan 31At 10:30 this morning, the prediction of a 40 percent turnout in Hillsborough County by Supervisor of Elections Earl Lennard seemed unlikely to become reality. As lunchtime approached, polls around the Seminole Heights area began to see his prediction ... »
Tampa public works administrator Steve Daignault announces his retirement
Breaking News
Jan 19By Richard Danielson, Times Staff Writer Thursday, January 19, 2012 TAMPA — Steve Daignault is retiring as Tampa's public works and utility services administrator."Steve's whole life has been in the service of others, and he did a great job for the peo... »
19-year-old man arrested in fatal Tampa shooting of a 16-year-old
Tampabay.com This Just In
Jan 19By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Thursday, January 19, 2012 TAMPA — Police arrested a 19-year-old man Wednesday who was wanted in the fatal shooting of a Tampa teen.Jose Guillermo Torres-Melvis shot and killed 16-year-old Jamarie Lavon Hodges on ... »
Latest Blog Posts in Detail
Bob Buckhorn wants tougher laws to help fight prostitution
The Official Unofficial Seminole Heights Blog
Nov 28Below is a comment posted to the site this weekend. I believe the original content was from the Tampa Tribune. When Bob Buckhorn was on the City Council in the late-1990s, he helped push through a series of get-tough laws targeting street-level prostit... »
Bucs Donate Time, Cash
Joebucsfan.com
Nov 17It doesn’t all have to be bad news surrounding the sinking Bucs. Davin Joseph, Jeremy Trueblood, Micheal Spurlock, Roy Miller and Sammie Stroughter headed out to a Tampa elementary school to work with kids as part of the NFL’s Play 60 program, so it wa... »
Free Pet Vaccinations and Pet events.
The Official Unofficial Seminole Heights Blog
Nov 16The Humane Society of Tampa Bay in collaboration with Hillsborough County Animal Services, the Community Foundation and the East Tampa Community Revitalization Partnership, are hosting a very special day for our four legged children on December 3rd by ... »
City program hopes to renovate foreclosed homes.
The Official Unofficial Seminole Heights Blog
Nov 02An abandoned house across the street from a newly rehabilitated bungalow has a “No Trespassing” sign posted on the door. Next door to the bungalow is a boarded-up yellow house with trash strewn in the backyard and weeds growing freely. The yellow house... »