A Plea for Help, Your Choice for Best Park, and Other Stories You May Have Missed

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Answers are hard to come by in the Jan. 30 shooting death of Ralph Patrinostro. So his family is going to great lengths to spread their plea through the community: if you know something, please call the police. 

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But despite the Patrinostro shooting, the Tampa Police Department reported that the crime fell citywide by 7.4 percent in 2011. TPD touts its Focus on Four Policing Plan with a 64.3 percent decrease in crime since 2003. 

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An active week of traffic detours culminated with a heads-up from the Tampa Water Department: water main leak assessments March 12-30 will cause detours and delays along 15th, 22nd, and 30th streets north of Hillsborough Avenue, and along Sligh and Hanna avenues between 15th and 30th streets. 

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Two barbers have left the Ybor City scene to open traditional yet eclectically-swagged barbershop at 6500 N Florida Ave. 

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Rivercrest Park scored a decisive victory in our readers poll, finishing well ahead of worthy competitors like Lowry, Henry and Ola, and Giddens parks.