REDINGTON BEACH — Pushing aside charges of favoring developers, commissioners recently unanimously approved an ordinance that will allow home construction and renovation on weekends. Expressing their dislike of the proposal during a second and final reading of the ordinance, residents said the code changes would disturb their weekends and decrease […]
ST. PETE BEACH — Plans to renovate and convert the former Silas Dent’s Steakhouse into a Caddy’s restaurant and bar have raised the ire of potentially hundreds of nearby residents. Residents of a waterfront, four-story condominium and a smaller condominium and a number of homes facing the inlet and the […]
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH — The Pinellas Suncoast Fire & Rescue District wants to raise annual assessments through a proposed ballot measure intended to get operations on a sound financial footing. A referendum is planned for March 12 that seeks voter approval to authorize the district to raise its annual assessments […]
MADEIRA BEACH — After 17 years with the city, a top administrator resigned last week, saying the new city manager’s demands and apparent allegations of mismanagement had made him ill. Marina and Public Works Director Dave Marsicano worked his last day and left his post “with a heavy heart and […]
GULFPORT — In the early 1990s, Gulfport looked nothing like the quaint, artsy city it is today, said storyteller and writer Elizabeth Neily. “Beach Boulevard was pretty much boarded up at that point. The street was a ghost town,” she said. “The (Gulfport) Casino was boarded up and we were […]
ST. PETE BEACH — Moving is never easy, especially when you’re 93 years old and have been in the same place since birth. For all those associated with moving the two-story, wood frame home at 702 Pass-a-Grille Way, it was both traumatic and exciting. Neighbors took pictures. The owner, David […]
Folks hoping to spend the last weekend of 2018 with a final day on the beach will be able to get their wish, though they may have to dodge a few raindrops along the way. Winds shifting from the southeast will continue to bring increased humidity and warmer temperatures, according […]
REDINGTON BEACH — Town commissioners recently tentatively approved a half-dozen proposed regulations that would modify building codes. The changes were presented as commissioners formally requested Town Attorney Jay Daigneault review all ordinances after he told them the code was out of date, with much of it having been adopted in […]
ST. PETE BEACH — A court fight over ownership of the white sand beach along the Gulf of Mexico could have a long-term impact on the public’s right to use that beach. Court briefs filed by the city and the Silver Sands condominium over the past month indicate there is […]
ST. PETE BEACH — For several years plans to refurbish Corey Avenue have been little more than a fanciful forgotten dream. However, in their 2019 budget, city officials allocated $250,000 to revamp the city’s 81-year-old historic business district into a tourist mecca. City Manager Wayne Saunders asked Jerry Dabkowski, senior […]
