Saturday, January 16, 2016

MLK Parade will affect St . Pete traffic on Monday and other top stories.

  • MLK Parade will affect St . Pete traffic on Monday

    MLK Parade will affect  St .  Pete  traffic on Monday
    MLK Day Parade in St. Petersburg(Photo: Tammie Fields, WTSP)On Monday, January 18, St. Petersburg will host one of the largest Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday parades in the nation.During this year's 31st Annual MLK Drum Major for Justice National Parade, city traffic officials will make every effort to minimize inconvenience to motorists; however, traffic disruptions in downtown St. Petersburg can be anticipated between 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.The parade begins at 11 a.m. on Dr. Martin Luth..
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  • Vela development plans more affordable condos in downtown St ...

    Vela development plans more affordable condos in downtown  St   ...
    ST. PETERSBURG — The frontiers of condominium development in downtown St. Petersburg continue to push farther south and westward.With Beach Drive condos in short supply and extremely pricey, the proposed eight-story, 20-unit Vela near Fourth Avenue S and Seventh Street will bill itself as a more affordable, if less central, alternative."There's not a lot of land left downtown,'' said Realtor Anthony Pallazola, "but if you're downtown, you're going to pay from $500 to $700 square feet for new c..
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  • Parkshore Plaza condo owner drops lawsuit against St . Pete's Bliss ...

    ST. PETERSBURG — A Parkshore Plaza condo owner has withdrawn his lawsuit against the city of St. Petersburg and Brian Taub, developer of the 18-story Bliss condo tower now rising nearby.Michael Levy had appealed a judge's ruling in September that allowed work to proceed on Bliss, which Levy contended is too big for its site and violates the city's comprehensive land use plan. Records show that the appeal was voluntarily dismissed late last month."It's officially over," Assistant City Attorney ..
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  • Email insights: Chamber continues long commitment to baseball in ...

    Email insights: Chamber continues long commitment to baseball in  ...
    St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce President Chris Steinocher was one of a handful of residents to speak in favor of the latest deal to let the Tampa Bay Rays ...
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  • St . Petersburg's Dali Museum to open show on Disney and Dali

    St .  Petersburg's  Dali Museum to open show on Disney and Dali
    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — An exhibition about Walt Disney and surrealist artist Salvador Dali opens Jan. 23 at the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.The show will document their friendship and their shared vision for taking art off the canvas and into the real world.The show, called "Disney and Dali: Architects of the Imagination," will be on view through June 12.The show will include a short animated film that the two men collaborated on called "Destino."The museum has also created ..
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  • Tampa/ St . Pete leads 17 markets in this hotel metric

    Tampa/ St .  Pete  leads 17 markets in this hotel metric
    Tampa/St. Petersburg led 17 markets that experienced a rise in average daily hotel rates during the first week of the year, a hotel analyst group said. The ADR ...
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  • St . Pete toddler beats cancer, starts new trial that could help other kids

    St .  Pete  toddler beats cancer, starts new trial that could help other kids
    With balloons, glitter toes and a Princess book, you may not know Sofia Anderson is really a tom-boy."We've always said she's our warrior princess, 'cause she's our little girl," Catalina Anderson said.This 3-year-old deserves the nickname, after battling neuroblastoma for more than a year. We first introduced you to Sofia when she was diagnosed. Now, she's cancer free."Now the exciting part is just to see her be a kid again," her mother said.To make sure she stays cancer-free, Sofia is joining ..
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  • St . Pete will consider pulling fossil fuel investments from pension funds

    St .  Pete  will consider pulling fossil fuel investments from pension funds
    St. Petersburg willend all bond investments in fossil fuel companieswithin two years and now City Council is considering whether to pull its investments in carbon polluting industries from its much larger pension funds as well. That effort is being led by Council memberKarl Nurse.“Well, the city has a billion dollars in pension funds, all of which is in the stock market, a reasonable chunk of which is in fossil fuels. What I’ve proposed is we establish a policy to divest ourselves from the fossi..
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  • Bob Gualtieri kicks off re-election campaign with St . Pete fundraiser ...

    Bob Gualtieri kicks off re-election campaign with  St .  Pete  fundraiser  ...
    Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri is launching his re-election campaign with a St. Petersburg fundraiser later this month. Gualtieri, 54, filed to run for a second ...
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  • St . Petersburg Free Clinic opens revamped women's residence

    St .  Petersburg  Free Clinic opens revamped women's residence
    There's going to be a lot more room at the St. Petersburg Free Clinic women's residence from now on. Doors to a brand-new 50-resident living facility opened ...
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Chris Mortensen taking break to treat throat cancer .St . Petersburg's City Council votes 5-3 to allow Tampa Bay Rays to ... .
Motorcyclist injured in deputy-involved crash in St . Pete .St . Petersburg Police: Convenience store owner arrested in $1.6 ... .

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