Alley pickup for recycling to start in St. Petersburg
ST. PETERSBURG — Nearly eight months after the debut of curbside recycling, the city will begin alley pickup Monday. Here's what you need to know: • If your trash is picked up on the curb, your recycling bin will continue to be picked up at the curb. • If your house is one of the city's 31,000 residences that gets trash picked up in the alley, then recycling will get picked up in the alley, too. • The container needs to be placed on your property, or as close as possible, within a few feet of th..>> view originalGolfers laud St. Petersburg's renovated Twin Brooks course
ST. PETERSBURG As the city's oldest public golf course, Twin Brooks was due for the $1.5 million renovation it received last year, opening in November after a six-month closure led to it being flattened and reshaped into a leaner, more multifaceted facility. The course was pared down from its original 18-hole configuration into a nine-hole layout, better utilizing the 29-acre property off 22nd Avenue S. The tees have been expanded, a small pond was put in, better putting greens were added and 12..>> view originalAnother Botox Bandit? St. Petersburg police arrrest woman in two ...
ST. PETERSBURG— Sixty-nine units of injected Botox, $1,800 in medical bills and a few months later, a 31-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday night accused of skipping out on the doctors' fees. Nicole Leigh Brown was arrested after St. Petersburg police said she had Botox and Juvederm treatments at two separate doctor's offices and left without paying for the services. Brown had 37 units of Botox injected on January. 7 — services that cost about $870 — at a doctor's office at 2299 9th Ave. N. ..>> view originalBoys soccer: St. Petersburg Catholic, Shorecrest bide their time
CLEARWATER — St. Petersburg Catholic and Shorecrest left no doubt as to which teams are tops in Class A, District 6. The top-seeded Barons started slowly but eventually defeated Keswick Christian 8-0. Second seed Shorecrest had little trouble with host Calvary Christian in an 8-1 win. The Barons (15-3-1) and Chargers (13-3-1) will play for the district championship and home-field advantage in next week's region quarterfinals on Friday at 7 p.m. For Shorecrest, Kobi Mathews, Sam Benjamin and Se..>> view originalSt. Petersburg's new Pier and its approach start coming into focus
ST. PETERSBURG — The grand opening of the city's new Pier and sweeping promenade may seem a distant two and a half years away, but how this massive project will come together will be determined over the coming months. This afternoon, the City Council will consider an initial $318,030 architecture and engineering contract for the newest phase of the project, the 21-acre Pier Approach that will link the Pier to the city's humming waterfront. Late last year, New York-based W Architecture and Landsc..>> view originalNew Orleans funk band Galactic plays St. Petersburg
One of the things that makes Galactic such an interesting band is that it performs songs but doesn't have a singer.For more than 20 years now, the New Orleans funksters have eschewed having a lead singer. Instead, they get just the right singer for each song, and provide some powerful and dance-inducing backup.Galactic's reputation is so solid that a lot of great singers are eager to perform with the band. Mavis Staples has toured with the band and performed on album tracks. Macy Gray performs ..>> view originalAugust Wilson's 'Jitney' opens in St. Petersburg
If you're an August Wilson fan. Bradenton is a great place to be right now.Two of Wilson's plays are being staged by excellent professional theater companies within a short drive of Bradenton. Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe in Sarasota opened its production of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" last week, and this weekend American Stage in St. Petersburg is opening its staging of "Jitney."They're both part of Wilson's Pittsburgh cycle, also called the Century Cycle.Each play in the cycle is set in a di..>> view originalLetter of the Day: 'A match made in heaven' for Tampa, St ...
Regarding “Buckhorn wants Rays ballpark near downtown” (Jan. 16): Downtown Detroit has two major stadiums, and a new hockey arena is being added to the mix in the urban core. Public transit plays a major role there and was a factor in the decision to locate a new arena along the revived streetcar line on Woodward Avenue. So it was with great joy that we read that downtown Tampa is a major consideration for a new Rays stadium, as it will benefit being located along the awesome streetcar line, w..>> view originalSt. Pete K-9 officer passes away
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Actor, director and producer Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who also founded and directs the online creative collaborative hi…>> view originalSt. Pete motorcyclist dies after crash
A St, Petersburg man was killed Wednesday night when his motorcycle was hit by a vehicle at a Pinellas Park intersection. Pinellas Park police said Terence Lamarca, 48, and his wife, Audra Lamarca, 43, were traveling north in a yellow motorcycle in the curb lane of the 6200 block of 49th Street at 7:40 p.m. Police said Lamarca’s motorcycle was hit by a Chevrolet Malibu driven by Vivian Campbell, 70, of St. Petersburg. Campbell was traveling north and was in the left-hand turn lane when she turn..>> view original
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Alley pickup for recycling to start in St. Petersburg and other top stories.
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