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• Discarded cigarette caused 3-alarm fire at Tampa apartment complex

  

  Thirteen girls play on a brand-new basketball team, called the “Sky Lady Elite.” Among other fundraisers on Saturday, the teens washed cars …

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• Tampa council approves three towers on west bank of Hillsborough ...

  

  TAMPA Athree-tower complex with more square footage than International Plaza has won final City Council approval, setting the stage for a huge transformation of the area south of the University of Tampa. John Avlon, president of the Hillsborough River Realty Corp., which owns the property, said the company can now move to the next stage of design for the project, which does not have an announced start date. "City Council's unanimous approval of Lafayette Place reflects public confidence in the e..

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• Grandparents tutor students at Tampa Bay area schools

  

  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Teachers are overloaded with work in the classrooms and kids are under pressure to preform, so who’s coming to the rescue? Grandparents! They are in high demand in schools across Tampa Bay as part of the “Foster Grandparents” program. Broward Elementary School in Tampa is a big supporter of the school, with long-standing volunteers that have been logging hours to help kids with their school work for years now. Leavern Goewin started volunteering as a Foster Grandpare..

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• What's driving Tampa International Airport's passenger numbers

  

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• 2017 Tampa Bay Beer Week: What To Know Before You Go

  

  TAMPA, FL – Get ready to raise a glass for all things Tampa Bay brewing during the fifth annual Tampa Bay Beer Week. Tampa Bay Beer Week is a nonprofit organization that looks to celebrate Tampa Bay beer culture and showcase the region’s emerging craft and specialty beers. The organization consists of Tampa Bay area brewers, brewery owners, distributors, home brewers and independent beer enthusiasts. This year’s Tampa Bay Beer Week is set to take place from Saturday, March 4 to Sunday, March 12 ..

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• Road Trip! Gasparilla Music Fest in Tampa March 11-12

  

  Headliners Ryan Adams, Cage the Elephant, Ghostface Killah and a Kids Music Fest highlight the 2-day festival After much speculation and anticipation the final wave of acts are being announced today for the 6th Annual Gasparilla Music Festival presented by Frontier (“GMF”) which returns to downtown Tampa’s Curtis Hixon Park on March 11th & 12th. The community supported non-profit festival has become a ‘must do’ event for live music fans nationwide and continues to be the perfect addition to any ..

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• Tampa Bay Rays: Who Will Be the Opening Day Catcher

  

  For the Tampa Bay Rays, throughout the majority of their history the catcher position has been the weakest position. This season looks no different despite all the competition.If Wilson Ramos was healthy, the title of the piece would be different. However, since Ramos is recovering from his second torn ACL and won’t be available until late summer at the earliest, the Tampa Bay Rays are left with around 130 games in the hands of another catcher.As usual, the choices are not ideal and feature a pa..

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• Tampa council wants high penalties for violating proposed ban on ...

  

  The Tampa City Council on Thursday moved to ban mental health professionals from providing minors with so-called gay conversion therapy, and proposed what could be the highest penalties in Florida for those who do. State-licensed therapists and counselors could be fined $1,000 for a first offense and $5,000 for repeat offenses under the proposed Tampa ordinance, which is scheduled for the first of two votes on March 16. By comparison, West Palm Beach, which Tampa used as a model for its ordinanc..

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• Trigaux: Even as stock markets soar, these five Tampa Bay firms ...

  

  The Dow may still be lurking above 21,000, but this bullish stock market does not shed its grace on all publicly traded companies. These five — three are locally based and two are prominent players here but have headquarters in other states — are finding the recent economy has not been as kind to them as others. Some of these businesses are in industries undergoing rapid change and intense competition. Others — well what's the best way to put this? — seem to be suffering from a failure to execut..

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• Pinellas 'Transformation Zone' schools showing signs of progress ...

  

  At eight of the lowest performing schools in Pinellas County, district officials see promising signs: academic growth, reductions in suspensions and discipline referrals, better teaching and improved attendance. The question is whether the improvements will translate into stronger academic performance and higher test scores. "We're seeing continued growth in these schools, which gives us hope," Dan Evans, the district's head of accountability and research, said this week during a community meeti..

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