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• You Paid For It: Tampa spending more on renovating swimming ...

  

  Swimming pools in East Tampa and Davis Islands are slated for renovation. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Call it a case of pools versus potholes. The City of Tampa is spending millions on both, but some taxpayers don’t think city leaders have their priorities right because pools are getting more than paving. “I think the pavement should take precedence.” said homeowner Dana Hess. Hess complained almost a year ago to Eight on Your Side about the potholes in front of her South Tampa Home and ..

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• Linea Peninsular adds weekly Tampa-Mexico route

  

  Linea Peninsular has added a weekly container service to Port Tampa Bay.

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• James Nozar has been busy planning the future of downtown Tampa

  

  LAKEWOOD RANCH — James Nozar has had a busy five months. Since being hired as chief executive of Strategic Property Partners in February, the 37-year-old real estate developer has been busy going through plans his predecessors created for downtown Tampa. SPP, the private real estate company owned by Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik and Bill Gates’ Cascade Investment, is responsible for designing and implementing a plan to transform 40 acres of downtown Tampa into a new walkable, sustainable..

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• McCarthy takes loss, Dodgers fall 3-1 to Tampa Bay Rays

  

  AP 8:05 p.m. EDT July 27, 2016(Photo: The Associated Press)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brandon McCarthy was off to another outstanding start in his comeback from Tommy John surgery until the Southern California heat wore him down in the fourth inning.The Los Angeles Dodgers' offense wilted even more conspicuously.Matt Moore pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning, Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer and Tampa Bay won at Dodger Stadium for the first time, 3-1 Wednesday.McCarthy (2-1) la..

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• Tampa seeks buyer for 'Cold Storage' block in center of downtown

  

  It’s been nearly 20 years since the Cold Storage Cafe — a lively coffee shop, bar and hub of political gossip — was closed and demolished. Now Tampa officials think the site across from City Hall is ripe for commerce again. They are inviting developers to submit proposals for mixed-use projects featuring office, retail, hotel rooms or housing. In announcing the request for proposals, Mayor Bob Buckhorn called the site, a city-owned parking lot on N Florida Avenue just east of City Hall, “essent..

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• Warren Sapp bit in arm by shark while lobstering

  

  Former Bucs defensive tackle Warren Sapp, a regular on charter fishing trips in his retirement these days, was bitten in the arm by a shark while lobstering on a charter based out of Marathon in the Florida Keys. "It's simple," charter captain Jack Carlson wrote via text message while still cleaning up Wednesday afternoon. "He was lobstering with me and a shark bit Sapp while he was grabbing the lobster. He's OK." Carlson's charter, Two Conchs, posted a photo to Instagram with a photo of a deep,..

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