http://www.yourstreet.com/news/south-tampa-fl YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us BALLAST POINT - On a warm afternoon in view of downtown Tampa, about 50 people gathered at Ballast Point Park to pay tribute to their friend, family member and fellow fisherman.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5660620/memorial-dedicated-for-oyster-dome-advocate Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:32:22 -0700 His friends say he was an environmental steward. So perhaps it is fitting that Mike Flynn's memorial at Ballast Point Park is that of an oyster dome overlooking Hillsborough Bay... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5651649/oyster-dome-advocate-remembered-in-tampa Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:48:21 -0700 BAYSHORE BEAUTIFUL - No more morning coffees slowly sipped while perusing the newspaper. No more after-school treats scooped up at the counter. April 11, The Junction, 4004 S.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5661077/the-junction-s-storefront-closing Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:31:00 -0700 Alexis Ngo of New Port Richey marveled at how she and a friend squeezed into the gun compartment on a B-25 Mitchell bomber named Panchito at MacDill Air Force Base on Saturday. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5559023/the-sky-s-the-limit-at-airfest Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:00:00 -0700 Sydel LeGrande watched the businesses along Nebraska Avenue shut down after the Tampa Housing Authority moved more than 1,300 people out of Central Park Village. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5559020/encore-project-still-just-a-vision-in-central-park-area Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:44:25 -0700 With flames licking at his back, Anthony Grace leaned out a second-story apartment window, a toddler slipping from his grip, and had little choice but to let the girl go and... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5520020/woman-dies,-toddler-dropped-to-safety-in-south-tampa-fire Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:00:00 -0700 YBOR CITY - The GFWC Tampa Juniors Woman's Club is hosting its second annual Cigar City Ghostwalk on Friday to raise money for its TIGER scholarship. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5471244/second-annual-ghostwalk-benefits-scholarships Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:30:00 -0700 March is Florida's Bike Month, which means it's time for the third annual Tampa BayCycle. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5377189/pump-pedals-instead-of-gasoline Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:00:00 -0800 On Feb. 21, the Gasparilla Distance Classic Association, C.E. Mendez Foundation and University of Tampa hosted the 19th running of the Too Good For Drugs Jr. Gasparilla Distance... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5377190/too-good-for-drugs-race Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:00:00 -0800 Plant High School students Josh Munch, Quinn Ebright and Spencer Muratides, with friends Troy Cobb, who attends Seminole High School, and Evan Berggren, who goes to Southeast... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5377191/players-are-world-champs Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:00:00 -0800 Work on the new Giddens Park gazebo, off 12th Street in Southeast Seminole Heights, is scheduled to be completed this week. To celebrate, an ice cream social will take place... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5377192/gazebo-coming-soon Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:00:00 -0800 The Gasparilla Distance Classic Association and the Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA distributed hundreds of pairs of free Nike running shoes to young people participating in the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5377193/runners-get-free-shoes Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:00:00 -0800 With all this sprawling coastline jutting out into Tampa Bay, U.S. Air Force Col. Larry Martin wants to tell people about his little community. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5342609/macdill-shows-off-bells-and-whistles-oh,-and-simulators Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:32:00 -0800 Professor Jody Tompson temporarily has traded his classroom at the University of Tampa for one aboard the MV Explorer, a cruise ship circumnavigating the world. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5328502/ut-professor-takes-semester-at-sea Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:00:00 -0800 A two-day neighborhood sweep by Tampa code enforcement inspectors produced more than 300 new cases involving more than 500 violations. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5328504/sweep-cites-hundreds-of-violations Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:00:00 -0800 Brad Cooper Gallery in Ybor City is exhibiting a selection of oil paintings, brush and ink paintings, and watercolors by William Pachner through March 7. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5328505/ybor-gallery-has-last-major-exhibit-before-it-leases-space Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:00:00 -0800 A community group pressed its case last week for the Tampa Sports Authority to complete negotiations with area residents and the Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA, which has a city... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5328506/group-pushing-for-contract-rewrite Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:00:00 -0800 Tampa Bay Lightning players Adam Hall and Mark Recchi recently visited the Children's Medical Center at Tampa General Hospital. The players signed autographs and chatted with... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5328508/struck-by-the-kindness-of-lightning-players Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:00:00 -0800 From a hallway on the second floor of Centro Asturiano de Tampa, a visitor is greeted with rising voices, laughter and the clatter of domino tiles. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5328509/friends-enjoy-the-domino-effect Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:00:00 -0800 Tampa Downtown Rotary welcomed guest speaker Chantel Griffin-Stampfer, executive director of PACE Center for Girls in Hillsborough County, at its Feb. 10 meeting. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5328512/pace-center-s-leader-talks-to-rotary-club Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:00:00 -0800