MADEIRA BEACH — Two residents, one a current and the other a former city official, were found last week to have violated state ethics laws and now face thousands of dollars in fines. Commissioner Nancy Oakley violated state ethics laws when she licked former City Manager Shane Crawford’s face at […]
ST. PETE BEACH — The proposed $55 million, 12-story Sugar Sands hotel and parking garage will no longer be built here because of escalating construction costs. The cancellation of the project also affects expected improvements to the city’s sewer system along Gulf Boulevard that are required for any new hotel […]
ST. PETE BEACH — A Red Tide hangover has kept some people away from Pinellas County’s beaches, but those who make the trip are finding near-perfect conditions. Jack McGregor and Cathy Castillo of Irvine, Calif., kicked back in orange Adirondack chairs in Pass-a-Grille on Friday, listening to a nearby guitarist […]
MADEIRA BEACH — Fire Chief Derryl O’Neal may be facing a $4,320 fine and bill for docking his personal watercraft on city property. A state administrative law judge recently found that O’Neal violated a city ordinance and state law by storing his Jet Ski on a city-owned lift over a […]
NORTH REDINGTON BEACH — North Redington Beach, Redington Beach, and Redington Shores are proposing to band together to build a multipurpose municipal facility that all three towns will share. North Redington Beach unanimously passed a resolution on its first reading during a recent meeting to initiate the project. The proposed […]
ST PETE BEACH — Juried weekend art shows on the Pass-A-Grille concession stand patio can continue at 900 Gulf Way now that the city and Sun Tan Art Gallery reached a contract agreement. Under terms of the deal, art market hours on the patio will be from 9 a.m. until […]
ST. PETE BEACH — Commissioner Rick Falkenstein surprised fellow city commissioners by recently announcing he would not run for re-election in order to spend more time with his family. In 2014 Falkenstein, who is general manager of his family’s Hurricane Seafood Restaurant in Pass-A-Grille, was chosen to fill the District […]
A body found partially buried in the backyard of an AirBnB in Costa Rica has been identified as missing Miami Beach woman Carla Stefaniak, that nation’s authorities announced Tuesday. Costa Rican officials also said they arrested a security guard at the resort, 32-year-old Bismark Espinosa Martinez, in connection with Stefaniak’s […]
A body found partially buried in the backyard of an AirBnB in Costa Rica has been identified as missing Miami Beach woman Carla Stefaniak, that nation’s authorities announced Tuesday. Costa Rican officials also said they arrested a security guard at the resort, 32-year-old Bismark Espinosa Martinez, in connection with Stefaniak’s […]
A body found partially buried in the backyard of an AirBnB in Costa Rica has been identified as missing Miami Beach woman Carla Stefaniak, that nation’s authorities announced Tuesday. Costa Rican officials also said they arrested security guard Bismark Espinosa Martinez, 32, in connection with her death, according to Miami […]
