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register for winter hoops league

November 17, 2009One comment so far, add yours!

Due to a marketing glitch, Hillsborough County's Winter basketball league is in danger of being canceled. If your children want to play in the Winter Hoops league, you must register today or tomorrow.

booty booty booty booty rockin’ everywhere

February 8, 2009Leave your thoughts!

From what I can tell, Gasparilla is the nation’s biggest pirate festival.  It’s gotta be – we stretch this thing out for about two months. It all starts with the Children’s Parade & Extravaganza, and includes the main Invasion, Parade, and PirateFest, the Krewe of the Knights of Sant’ Yago Illuminated Knight Parade, the Gasparilla Distance [...]

school board still having trouble getting kids to school

September 10, 20083 comments - add to the conversation!

When I was in high school, my friends and I walked about a mile from my home to the bus stop.  That was from 1982 to ‘85.  It was dark, and seemed like a long walk to us, but three to five of us walked together, and got used to it.  At the end of [...]

kids in bars

Coming Soon: Tommy’s Grill and Bar and Day Care Center. And ya gotta feel some love for the patron who at least gets it in the right sequence: “… Christen Clifford, a writer and actress proudly recalled breast-feeding her son, Felix, at the bar before ordering a martini.” So – where are the toddler-friendly bars [...]

state hampers child welfare

We received an email from Alvin Wolfe: The Times editorial, “A foster care challenge” (Nov 10) demands comment. Both the Times and DCF Secretary Butterworth seem to blame the people of Pinellas County for the failures of the child welfare system. Butterworth says: “we don’t have the people here taking ownership in the child welfare [...]

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