Jerome R. Stockfisch
TBO.com
Madeira Beach, FL, United States
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Google Fiber’s plan for high-speed internet service in Tampa is on hold
TAMPA — The city is in a “holding pattern” on the highly-touted Google Fiber project after the company said it is rethinking its high-speed internet and TV business. → Read More
Big tech dreams get a boost with local incubators
A dozen or so tech incubators, collaborative programs that help entrepreneurs solve some of the problems commonly associated with building a startup, have popped up around the Tampa Bay area. → Read More
After Chipotle food-borne illness scare, chefs reject idea that fresh is risky
There was an unnerving angle to the recent Chipotle food-borne illness scare, which sickened some 500 people in 13 states and led to mistrust over a chain that staked its reputation on “Food With Integrity” — meat free of antibiotics and hormones, responsibly grown produce, with no genetically modified organisms. → Read More
Work beginning on next stretch of Tampa Riverwalk
TAMPA — The orange fencing is up, the sidewalk along Doyle Carlton Drive closes Monday for demolition, and by the end of April, people will be able to walk, run or ride an uninterrupted 2.4 mi → Read More
Former Trump Tower site sells for $12 million
The developer planning the area’s tallest skyscraper has closed on a downtown riverfront site once intended for a Trump Tower project and expects to start construction in the second half of 2016. → Read More
Nonprofit owner of Tampa Bay Times lost $2.2 million in 2014
TAMPA — The Poynter Institute, the journalism education nonprofit that owns the Tampa Bay Times, lost $2.2 million in 2014, narrowing its $3.5 million loss from the previous year through cost → Read More
App-based alcohol delivery service launches in Tampa
TAMPA — Add the liquor store run to the list of pesky chores that can now be handled on a mobile device or on the web in Tampa. → Read More
Tampa officials see Google Fiber’s potential for tech startups
TAMPA — When Google announced that the Spring Valley neighborhood of Kansas City would be the first in the nation wired with ultra-fast Google Fiber Internet service, a funny thing happened to → Read More
Tampa Electric, Duke Energy customers to see drop in electric rates
TAMPA — Due to a drop in natural gas prices, customers on both sides of Tampa Bay will be paying a little less for electricity next year. → Read More
Microsoft store opens Thursday at International Plaza
TAMPA — Microsoft geeks are no longer out in the cold. → Read More
CSX tracks may be route to commuter rail’s future
TAMPA — Is the solution to the Tampa Bay area’s mass transit woes already crisscrossing Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties? → Read More
TECO Energy sets Dec. 3 vote on sale to Canadian power company
TAMPA — TECO Energy has scheduled a special meeting of its shareholders for Dec. 3 to vote on a proposed acquisition by Canadian power company Emera Inc. → Read More
Indigo Trading closes downtown coffee shop, seeks new strategy
TAMPA — With the closing of the downtown Indigo Trading Co. on Franklin and Twiggs streets downtown, the locally based coffee chain is down to two hospital cafes. → Read More
Rocky Point hotel, Hogan’s Beach restaurant sold for $34.5 million
TAMPA — The Best Western Bay Harbor, a six-story, 261-room resort on a prime waterfront site in the Rocky Point area, is changing hands. → Read More
Ancient canoe goes on display at Weedon Island Preserve
ST. PETERSBURG — A curious chunk of wood poking out of the muck caught the attention of Ken Pachulski and Harry Koran, meat cutters who often searched the shoreline around Weedon Island Pres → Read More
Wal-Mart introduces order-ahead grocery pickup in Tampa Bay area
TAMPA — Wal-Mart shoppers in the Tampa Bay area will soon be able to order groceries online or from their mobile device and pick up their goods without leaving their cars. → Read More
St. Pete developer announces plans for 15-story building
ST. PETERSBURG — The downtown building boom apparently isn’t limited to the east side of Tampa Bay, as a St. Petersburg developer has announced plans to build an $85 million, roughly 15 → Read More
USF faculty member inducted into inventors Hall of Fame
TAMPA — Automotive pioneer Henry Ford, Nobel chemistry laureate Robert Grubbs and the University of South Florida’s Paul Sanberg, who has discovered novel approaches to drug and cell → Read More
Developer provides details on Vinik’s healthy city district
TAMPA — The largest asset class in the world? Real estate, at about $180 trillion. The fastest-growing industry in the U.S.? Health and wellness, at about $3 trillion. → Read More
Farm-to-table restaurant to open 3 new locations in coming year
TAMPA — Consider it a sign that the Tampa Bay area may be catching on to the locally driven, quality-conscious restaurant experience. → Read More