May 22 2012 - Florida education news: FCAT hotline, Florida Polytechnic, same-sex schools and more
NOT ON COMPANY TIME: A Hillsborough school bus driver who is running for School Board is suspended for handing campaign materials to students on his route. FCAT HOTLINE: Few Florida parents call the state's new FCAT information phone number because few know about it , WFTV Orlando reports. Or, the state's new FCAT hotline is swamped by parent calls , the Palm Beach Post reports. The hotline is ... |
May 11 2012 - Latest merger proposal: Combining Pinellas, Pasco, Hillsborough medical examiner offices
Local leaders have been talking about ways to merge airport operations and bus services in the Tampa Bay region. One official has even suggested trading some of Tampa’s cruise business for St. Petersburg’s pro baseball team. Now comes a proposal to merge the business of conducting autopsies in Pinellas, Pasco and Hillsborough counties. Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiner Dr. Jon Thogmartin pitched ... |
May 02 2012 - Interactive map on where RNC delegates will be staying in Tampa Bay
The hotels assigned to Republican National Convention state delegations are divided closely between Pinellas and Hillsborough, while Texas and Louisiana are just across the Pasco County line at Saddlebrook. Long bus rides are inevitable with some 50,000 attending the convention. Florida Republicans who attended the 2008 convention had bus commutes of nearly an hour from their hotel across from ... |
April 18 2012 - Orange County Commissioners have big plans for transit
Hillsborough could have Amtrak and Orange County could have light rail within the next two decades if County Commissioner’s ideas come to fruition — but members of the public expressed skepticism at a Tuesday night meeting. |
April 17 2012 - Regional bus ridership at all-time high, thanks to economy, gas prices
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Monday, April 9, 2012 As gas prices continue to climb, more Tampa Bay residents are opting for the bus than ever, making some already standing-room-only routes even busier. Pinellas County had roughly 1.23 million riders for the month, surpassing all previous monthly ridership records, according to the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority. Hillsborough's 1 ... |
April 13 2012 - Joe Robinson is running again for school board in Hillsborough
And now there are eight: Joseph Robinson, an engineer with a long list of grievances about the Hillsborough County school district, is running for school board against longtime incumbent Carol Kurdell. Robinson joins seven others in a pool that includes a bus driver, a car dealer, a philosophy professor, a math teacher who has issues with Empowering Effective Teachers, and a conservative ... |
April 10 2012 - Pinellas and Hillsborough bus ridership at all-time highs, thanks to economy, gas prices, tourism
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Monday, April 9, 2012 Jefferson Mells, center, sits with his arm around Deanna Lewis on Monday while they ride a PSTA bus toward downtown St. Petersburg. Lewis said they just started taking the bus regularly, and though it can be inconvenient at times, “We’re still happy.” Debra Brightbill takes the bus to work. To run her errands. To visit her friends. It ... |
April 10 2012 - City tax could pay for transit
Two years after Hillsborough County residents turned down a sales tax referendum to support light rail, some Tampa City Council members favor giving Florida's large cities the power to hold their own sales tax votes. |
April 02 2012 - Florida education news: Credit recovery, teacher observations, science lessons and more
BACK ON TRACK: Wesley Chapel High leads Pasco County in helping students recover credits so they can graduate on time. (Times photo, Stephen Coddington) SURPRISE: Some Hillsborough teachers say informal "drop-in" observations by peer teachers stress them out. BUS SAFETY: St. Lucie officials aim to reassure students that they're safe on school buses after a recent fatal crash, the Stuart News ... |
March 24 2012 - Should Bay Area bus agencies merge?
A tiny part of a massive transportation bill passed by the 2012 Legislature requires the Bay Area's two largest public bus companies study consolidation or merger. The law envisions HART in Hillsborough and PSTA in Pinellas becoming one big bus company. |
March 02 2012 - Another voice in capital calls for transit merger
A Florida legislator has filed an amendment to a state House bill similar to one previously created in the Senate that would mandate a merger between the Hillsborough and Pinellas County transit agencies. |
February 21 2012 - Three students, driver hurt in Tampa bus crash
Three students and a Hillsborough County school bus driver were taken to a local hospital this afternoon after the school bus struck a pickup that had veered into its path, officials said. |
February 11 2012 - Hillsborough roundup: Friday's highlights
State boys soccer A, Tampa Prep 5, St. Joseph 0: At St. Augustine, Tampa Prep (18-6-2) practically locked up its fifth state finals berth in eight seasons shortly after getting off the bus. Bigger, faster, stronger and more athletic than the hosts, the Terrapins scored four times in the first 15 minutes to set up a showdown with Fort Myers Evangelical in next week’s state final at USF. “The guys ... |
February 07 2012 - Governor makes anti-rail appointment to HART
Gov. Rick Scott, the guy who killed high-speed rail in Florida, tapped a staunch anti-rail campaigner to serve on Hillsborough County's transit agency. Scott made Josh Burgin, 35, of Plant City, one of his two appointments to the board of Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Monday. Burgin, a former legislative analyst and current treasurer of the Republican Party in Hillsborough, challenged ... |
January 23 2012 - Florida education news: Union elections, school funding, class size and more
WANT TO BE A VENDOR? Florida lawmakers take a closer look at whether state universities seek financial donations from companies looking to do business with them. UNION BATTLE: The Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association president faces two challengers for reelection , both of whom criticize her role in the district's new evaluation system. ONE LAST CHANCE: A Pinellas teacher gets a "last ... |
January 23 2012 - On your radar: Head to Gasparilla for the biggest party of the year, watch an impressive whale tale
By Kelly Smith, Times Staff Writer Sunday, January 22, 2012 Gasparilla: It's only the biggest party of the year. Thousands will line the Tampa waterfront about 11:30 a.m. Saturday to watch the pirate-draped Jose Gasparilla ship sail into Hillsborough Bay. Then the pirates get down to serious business: tossing thousands of beads in the parade along Bayshore Boulevard starting at 2 p.m. It's free ... |
January 23 2012 - Things to do in Tampa Bay for week of Jan. 23
By Kelly Smith, Times Staff Writer Sunday, January 22, 2012 Gasparilla: It's only the biggest party of the year. Thousands will line the Tampa waterfront about 11:30 a.m. Saturday to watch the pirate-draped Jose Gasparilla ship sail into Hillsborough Bay. Then the pirates get down to serious business: tossing thousands of beads in the parade along Bayshore Boulevard starting at 2 p.m. It's free ... |
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