MADEIRA BEACH — The City Commission majority that ran for office on a platform opposed to large-scale developments is now considering new rules that would allow mixed-use, planned developments anywhere in the city where multi-family, commercial or resort uses are allowed. Currently planned developments are restricted to zones that allow […]
After one last, hard smack at Fort DeSoto and Shell Key over the Thanksgiving holiday, Red Tide has disappeared from Pinellas County’s beaches. “We’re shutting down” said Kelli Hammer Levy, the county’s environmental management director, Tuesday morning, referring to the county’s ongoing cleanup efforts. “The bloom is now south of […]
ST. PETE BEACH — The local American Legion post is suing City Commissioner Terri Finnerty, accusing her of “conversion,” a civil law version of theft, and her husband, former mayor Mike Finnerty, is being accused of failing to safeguard American Legion Post 305 finances. At issue in this latest legal […]
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH — A 58-year-old Iowa man faces a charge of DUI manslaughter after deputies said he was impaired when he veered into the wrong lane Monday and crashed into the front of a bus, fatally injuring a man. The man who was killed was identified as Michael Joe […]
ST. PETERSBURG — A 59-year-old Daytona Beach man was fatally injured Monday night when he walked into the path of a car, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash took place at about 9 p.m. near the intersection of 49th Street N and 58th Avenue N. Jack Martin Tashjian, […]
A 59-year-old Daytona Beach man was hit by a car and killed Monday while crossing a street in St. Petersburg, the Florida Highway Patrol said. According to the FHP, Jack Martin Tashjian, of Daytona Beach, was walking west across 49th Street, just north of 58th Avenue N around 9 p.m. […]
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH — Deputies have released the names of a man killed Monday while loading a bicycle onto the front of a bus and the driver accused of crashing into him. Michael Joe Richardson, 55, of Redington Shores was fatally injured about 2 p.m. while placing a bike on […]
MADEIRA BEACH — The City Commission agreed to move ahead with adding a first floor to City Hall. Currently, the City Hall offices are at second-floor level, with vacant space below. The proposal came from the city Planning Department. Community Development Director Linda Portal said the additional space is needed, […]
It’s always interesting to see where a chance meeting or connection can lead. A retired New York City police officer eats Sunday breakfast with his wife at Sweet Sage Cafe & Boutique in North Redington Beach, gets to know the owner who tells him about Academy Prep, and now children’s […]
A man drowned his wife off the coast of Madeira Beach and framed it as an accident, claims the woman’s mother in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The filing comes almost two years after 37-year-old Blaise Gamba died after a boating trip with her husband. In the suit, Blaise Gamba’s mother, […]
