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May 26, 2002
Fence feud cools a little
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[Times photo: Douglas Clifford]
Neighbors celebrate as the fence blocking their lakeside view is removed, but dig in for a battle ahead.
Top stories
Funeral home accused of mishandling bodies
Claims of forgery, theft and remains used as kitty litter have been levied against the home.

Media attention chafes many tax deed investors
Gary Casper never saw much value in the slivers of land that get put up for auction because someone didn't pay their property taxes.

McBride can count on banker with clout
TAMPA -- Alex Sink was brushing her teeth one morning last spring when her husband mentioned he might run for governor.

The week in review
LARGO -- People who have a top-of-the-line Dell that serves as little more than a glorified typewriter that plays Solitaire might sympathize: After Pinellas County spent $12-million on a database system to make records easier to find, many departments chose to ignore it.


South Pinellas headlines
  • Plan to cut trees in parks is on hold now
  • Improvements will justify construction inconvenience
  • County unveils plans for new reserve center
  • Trip stirs Normandy memories
  • Shopping on Central
  • More to treasure
  • New arrangement pleases residents
  • Spat makes much ado about mulch
  • City seeks Vixen, then holds out for more

  • Letters
  • Downtown address yours for a price
  • Lutheran minister defrocked in scandal
  • Children need a dose of individual attention
  • Junior League tops off 70th year with awards
  • Planning for waterfront park begins
  • Firefighter suspended for sexual misconduct
  • County cites church for zoning violations
  • USF professor returns to Africa as U.S. scholar
  • Fulbright is a first for FAMU
  • Sixth-graders make peace
  • Doctor makes military history
  • Tennis center celebrates after school program
  • Theater group works to promote casino musical
  • Longtime Campbell Park advocate will be missed
  • Diversity group grapples with lack of support
  • They play tennis with love
  • Duncan receives pleasant surprise
  • Countryside youth program honors players
  • Come-from-behind victory no Small feat for Wilcox

  • North Pinellas headlines
  • Veterans troubled by lack of interest
  • Take-charge lawyer yields to a machine
  • Rent dispute boils at mobile home park
  • The roads less traveled
  • After 75 years, a furlough
  • SpongeBob on the Sponge Docks?

  • Letters
  • Honoring those lost a healing experience

  • Editorial
  • Don't abuse sandbar that protects birds
  • Esteemed doctor Pollard, age 92

  • Hillsborough headlines
  • Veterans Advocates accused of fraud
  • Hotel workers treated after finding powder

  • North of Tampa
  • Patriot Laws
  • Zoning: Revamped development gets first okay
  • Neighbors howl at horse farm expansion
  • Teenage tycoon
  • Sports Digest
  • JROTC cadets receive leadership awards
  • Oldsmar won't open exit door for arts group
  • Communication lines are open
  • PVC fence replaces wooden one
  • Neighborhood notebook
  • Community seeks to enforce hoop rule
  • Top ranked teen looks to move up
  • Open & Shut
  • Week in Review

  • News of Florida
  • Hurricane preparedness starts at home
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