It may have been a new year and a revamped proposal, but the question of building a high rise on the waterfront property of a South Tampa synagogue was no less contentious before the Tampa City Council Thursday. And well into Friday. Opponents and supporters of the proposal to allow Congregation Rodeph Sholom to sell half its Bayshore Boulevard land to a developer packed the house and lasted .
A new bookstore just opened in the heart of Tampa Heights. The goal of the Black English Bookstore is to elevate Black authors and liberate banned books.
TAMPA — Cameras can soon stand guard outside schools in Tampa to enforce speed limits with the goal of deterring dangerous driving. Tampa City Council members approved the installation of speed cameras around 13 schools Thursday, becoming among the first municipalities in the state to implement a new Florida law that permits them. They’ll capture images of cars driving too fast and .