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Amy Scherzer dishes in her new blog, staff and reader photos in a great gallery, event listings and lots of links to charitable oragnizations. Come on, join The Party!
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A local 'Mount Rushmore'
Three neighborhood presidents move mountains to improve home turf.

His voice travels well
Rockapella singer Scott Leonard of Tampa has sung the world over."Stevie Wonder was like my Mozart."


Amy Scherzer's diary
Amy Scherzer's Diary
Public television station WEDU celebrated its trademark cultural curiosity with nearly 400 patrons at Sojourn, a white-tie benefit with an international theme.

City People
Mary Alvarez chooses a smoother path
Almost done with politics, the well-coiffed elder stateswoman will nourish her ambitions differently.

Column
I think, therefore I am, I think
I think Tampa's a great place to live when you need to write a column about the place where you live.

Everybody's Business
Builder using house style for office
After building homes in the Seminole Heights area for a few years, Jerry Martinez figured it was time to set up shop there too.

Home
All sewn up
Quilters put together colorful creations for a local show.
Girls have their own sweet little home
Sometimes girls just want a glamorous place to call their own - in miniature.

In the classroom
Students compete to turn bills into laws
One winner from a Hillsborough high school will see his or her bill go to lawmakers, maybe even pass.

Neighborhood news
TGH gets grant for nursing study
The program will determine how hospitals can retain experienced staff.
Crossword challenge won by a bunch of squares
Um, we mean the puzzle, not the winners. Anyway, your prizes are in the mail. Really.
Valentines get Victorian touch
Learn to say "I love you" with paper lace, ribbons and roses at a Saturday workshop.

Obituary
He was generous with fruit, flowers
As a young man growing up in Ybor City, and a student at Hillsborough High School, Ralph Lazzara Jr. always planned on going to college. His father had other ideas.

Schools
Schools pull out stops to pull parents into schools
Get a whiff of this: bacon and eggs, grits and toast, at Middleton High School on Monday morning.

The Latest Development
Willow Avenue Townhomes
A look at a new development in our midst.

The Navigator
Comic's real life makes us yearn for sitcom's safety
I wish it was 1985 again.