St. Petersburg — A Clearwater woman nearly drowned in the waters just off of Gandy Beach Saturday evening. Two “good Samaritans” did their best to make sure that didn’t happen. According to a news release from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, 32-year-old Vanesa Montejo of Clearwater was in the water […]
ST. PETE BEACH — City commissioners recently took an initial step toward reconstruction of the deteriorating Pass-A-Grille seawall and two adjacent fishing piers. As part of a consent agenda, commissioners appropriated $76,653 for a preliminary design study that will eventually lead to reconstruction of the seawall and piers. The study […]
ST. PETE BEACH — Residents near the proposed new Caddy’s St. Pete Beach appear to have won their nearly year-long fight to prevent open-air dining they feared would cause excessive noise echoing over the Intracoastal Waterway. A group of residents have reached a settlement with Caddy’s owners following a city […]
MADEIRA BEACH — Despite ongoing squabbles among commission members, a new interim manager joined the city this week and the choice for a permanent city manager has accepted the job. Robert J. Daniels, fired in March as the town manager of Melbourne Beach, will run the city for at least […]
A New York woman was arrested late last month after leaving a $5,000 tip at a Clearwater restaurant. Serina Wolfe, 24, of Buffalo was charged with grand theft after charging a $55.37 meal and $5,000 tip to her boyfriend’s credit card June 27 at Clear Sky Beachside Cafe, according to […]
MADEIRA BEACH — With only days to go until its current city manager will leave for his new job, the city has lost both a temporary and permanent replacement. A week ago, the commission offered Michele Neuner the permanent position. Monday, just four days later, she turned down the job. […]
ST. PETE BEACH — Beth Forys has spent more than a decade observing black skimmers, a threatened bird whose population has declined for years. That means the Eckerd College professor of environmental science and biology has had to observe a lot of humans, too. There was the time in 2012 […]
ST. PETERSBURG — The City Council has decided not to make any changes to the recently passed Storefront Conservation Corridor Overlay Ordinance for the time being. The ordinance, passed in April, limits the size of storefronts on Beach Drive and Central Avenue from the waterfront to 31st Street with the […]
ST. PETE BEACH — Defiant commissioners rejected a proposed bus project through their city during an emergency meeting Thursday morning, with one official complaining of a “mafia move” by St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman. The five-person St. Pete Beach City Commission approved a resolution saying that a bus rapid transit […]
ST. PETE BEACH — Whether residents want it or not, it became apparent Tuesday evening that sooner or later rapid transit buses will one day drive along Gulf Boulevard. Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority officials spent about an hour describing the need for and benefits of initiating rapid bus service that […]
