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Clearwater, Pinellas officials preparing residents for anticipated busy hurricane season with expo
CLEARWATER, Fla. — The city of Clearwater will be pairing with Pinellas County and other organizations to host a hurricane preparedness expo this weekend. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon this Saturday, June 15, at the Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex, according to a news release from the Clearwater Police and Fire Department.
Crews repurposing lanes of 34th Street in St. Pete, but resident has concerns
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Plans to repurpose lanes on 34st Street in St. Petersburg are moving foward. The project — changing the outside lanes from 30th Avenue South to 54th Avenue in the Skyway Marina District — has been years in the making. Sharon Calvert, who has...
Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg prepares for hurricane season
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — As Florida navigates the start of hurricane season, local leaders are encouraging residents to restock their emergency kit and have an emergency plan in place. What You Need To Know. Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg serves the entire west coast of Florida from Alligator Point...
'Safe Summer Block Party' in St. Pete gives youth safe place to have fun on weekends
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Juvenile crime tends to rise in the summer, but St. Petersburg city leaders are working on a new solution to keep kids safe and out of trouble. The Safe Summer Block Party, co-sponsored by the Tampa Bay Rays, kicked off Friday night at the Lake Vista Recreation Center, located at 1401 62nd Avenue South.
Pinellas man accused of trying to sell victim’s boat trailer on Facebook Marketplace after saying he’d repair it
A Pinellas Park man is accused of promising to make repairs to a man's boat trailer before he tried selling it on Facebook Marketplace for thousands of dollars.
St. Pete Pier’s Echelman net sculpture comes partially loose
Workers at the St. Pete Pier arrived Thursday morning to find a section of artist Janet Echelman’s $1.5 million suspended net sculpture sagging. Public access to the greenspace underneath “Bending Arc,” which rises 72 feet above the ground, has been temporarily closed off. Chris Ballestra, Managing Director...
Debunking 3 Tampa Bay myths, from St. Petersburg’s name to that Pier bathroom
In Tampa Bay, there are plenty of kooky history stories to go around about the local buildings, cities and names. Plus tales of pirates — lots and lots of pirates. Maybe you’ve heard some of these on a walking tour, from your neighbor or while scrolling Reddit. Here, we break down the truth behind these popular urban legends.
Intersection near Treasure Island Park called ‘accident waiting to happen’
TREASURE ISLAND — Residents — and at least four city commissioners — say the downtown intersection of 104th Avenue, 106th Avenue and First Street East is dangerous and improvements are need. But there are no immediate plans for a fix. During a June 4 meeting, the consensus...
Fanfare welcomes Wawa’s first Florida drive-thru store
LARGO – Wawa, the national gas and grocery chain founded 60 years ago in Pennsylvania that now has more than 1,000 locations nationwide, opened its first drive-thru site in the state of Florida on June 13 in Largo. The 2,200-square-foot store is at 2530 E. Bay Drive near the...
Rays stadium proposal passes first vote by St. Pete leaders, final vote set for July
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The plan to build a new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays took a big step forward Thursday night, with leaders in St. Petersburg giving their approval in the City Council's first round of votes. The 5-3 votes were related to the $6 billion cost of...
Lawsuit involving Art House condo in St. Petersburg could halt construction
The future of a 42-story condominium in downtown St. Petersburg could be in jeopardy due to a legal challenge from a neighbor who wants the developer to halt construction. An LLC tied to Tampa investment firm, Third Lake Partners, filed suit against developer Kolter Urban in Pinellas County Circuit Court on June 3. The LLC — referred to in the suit as “Priatek” — claims that construction of Kolter’s Art House condo tower has caused “substantial physical damage” to a commercial property it owns at 200 Central Ave.
7 candidates qualify in races that could flip Pinellas school board
Three seats on the Pinellas County School Board are up for grabs in August, and there’s a slate of challengers who have aligned themselves in a bid to “flip” the board to a conservative majority. In District 1, an at-large seat chosen by all county voters, incumbent...
St Pete Pride fights for Florida in 22nd year
Florida’s largest LGBTQ+ celebration welcomed over 500,000 people to St. Petersburg last June, launching just weeks after the most anti-LGBTQ+ legislative session in state history came to a close. Nearly 350,000 supporters flanked 8,000 marchers in Downtown St. Petersburg for the Pride parade, led by the Trans March, and...
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