Marlene Sokol is the Carrollwood bureau chief for the St. Petersburg Times in Tampa. She supervises reporters who cover community news in territories from Westchase through New Tampa, both for the daily paper and North of Tampa, which northern Hillsborough readers receive on Fridays. She oversees production of Bruce B. Blog, the Times' New Tampa news blog. And she writes a column for North of Tampa about life in the suburbs. Originally from Philadelphia, Marlene is married with two children and makes her home in Carrollwood, where she is a volunteer soccer coach on weekends.

Phone: (813) 269-5307.

E-mail: sokol@sptimes.com

Blog: Bruce B. Blog