Jason Momoa said he was ready to rock out with the people of Tampa Bay. But before his concert at Jannus Live, the movie star also revealed a secret. Even Aquaman gets nervous. “It’s pretty scary. For me, that’s a beautiful thing,” Momoa said in a phone call from Boston. “You know, I’m 45. I’m […]
When Joe Lopano looked over the main terminal at Tampa International Airport in January 2011, the newly appointed CEO was not impressed. “Should I use the word I’m thinking of?” he said, pausing thoughtfully in a recent interview with the Tampa Bay Times. “It sucked.” But the shortcomings were a welcome template for Lopano, who […]
The message from the more than 200 people who gathered outside the entrance to Honeymoon Island State Park on Tuesday was clear: Florida’s state parks are not for sale. It was the third day of protests outside Florida’s busiest state park after the Florida Department of Environmental Protection unveiled plans last week for major new […]
DUNEDIN – For Terry Fortner, the fight to save Honeymoon Island State Park from a proposed development is a personal matter. Nearly 130 years ago, her grandmother Myrtle Scharrer was born in a pioneer home on Caladesi Island, just offshore. For decades, she lived in the tranquility of the pristine island chain that now includes […]
Nearly a year before the DeSantis administration sparked a public outcry with its plans to build golf courses on the valuable lands of a state park on the Atlantic coast, a nonprofit national veterans organization made a similar proposal to state and local authorities. Sen. Gayle Harrell (R-Stuart) told the Tampa Bay Times that Lt. […]
In a scathing letter to Governor Ron DeSantis on Friday, Republican U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, along with local authorities, criticized the rushed process behind state plans to build golf courses in Jonathan Dickinson State Park on Florida’s Atlantic coast. The one-hour hearing scheduled for Tuesday at 3 p.m. during which the public […]
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection on Wednesday unveiled major development plans for nine state parks in a sweeping initiative that could redefine Governor Ron DeSantis’ record on conservation and further endanger fragile, already-threatened habitats. Among the project ideas that could result in the most severe habitat loss is a golf course at Jonathan Dickinson […]
The Clearwater Marine Aquarium has officially opened its Manatee Rehabilitation Center, reaching a major milestone in its effort to accommodate the growing number of manatees in need of care. But that’s not the only place in the Tampa Bay Area where you can see manatees, the official marine mammal of the state of Florida since […]
