Thursday, April 20, 2017

The Thai rolled ice cream trend has finally arrived in St. Petersburg ... and other top stories.

  • The Thai rolled ice cream trend has finally arrived in St. Petersburg ...

    The Thai rolled ice cream trend has finally arrived in St. Petersburg ...
    It started in Thailand about three years ago, then landed in New York's Chinatown where people lined up on the sidewalk to get it. By fall 2016, it was an internet sensation that Buzzfeed hyperbolically headlined "insane," and caused a Forbes writer to proclaim "bubble tea is so over." Now, Thai rolled ice cream, the frozen treat aiming to make the scoop obsolete, has arrived in Tampa Bay. Iceburg Frozen Yogurt in downtown St. Petersburg began serving it this week. That shop follows two others a..
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  • Small business and startup-focused Tampa law firm makes St. Pete ...

    Small business and startup-focused Tampa law firm makes St. Pete ...
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  • Aggrieved residents question new downtown St. Pete noise rules

    Aggrieved residents question new downtown St. Pete noise rules
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  • Service Employees Union endorses Darden Rice for St. Pete ...

    Service Employees Union endorses Darden Rice for St. Pete ...
    Darden Rice received a major endorsement Thursday from the Service Employees International Union in her re-election bid to the St. Petersburg City Council.
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  • Bus rapid transit in St. Pete is moving along, slowly

    Bus rapid transit in St. Pete is moving along, slowly
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  • He helped build his namesake bridge a century ago, now George ...

    He helped build his namesake bridge a century ago, now George ...
    ST. PETERSBURG — George "Gidge'' Gandy Jr. had just moved into the large wood-frame house on Big Bayou in October 1921 when a hurricane that already devastated parts of southwest Florida churned into Tampa Bay. Gandy — who was helping his father build the cross-bay bridge that would bear their name — sent his wife and son to safety in downtown St. Petersburg, then rode out the storm alone. By the time it left the area, it had flooded much of Tampa, damaged or destroyed all four St. Petersburg f..
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  • Eli Thurmond lifts Bradenton Christian baseball past Shorecrest

    Eli Thurmond lifts Bradenton Christian baseball past Shorecrest
    Eli Thurmond held St. Petersburg Shorecrest Prep to three earned runs in 6 1/3 innings and drove in five runs at the plate to carry Bradenton Christian to a 9-4 win in Bradenton.Thurmond struck out five before fellow freshman Luke Williams closed the game for the Panthers (7-8, 3-4 Class 3A-District 5).Out-of-Door Academy 8, Cardinal Mooney 4: Out-of-Door Academy scored six runs during the fifth inning in the Taylor Emmons Memorial Classic championship at home. Max Munroe led the Thunder (13-2-..
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  • USF grad has big plans for her tiny home

    USF grad has big plans for her tiny home
    ST. PETERSBURG — The first night Stephanie Henschen slept in the 210-square-foot home she spent 10 months building by hand, there was a thunderstorm. In a tiny home, everything sounds twice as loud. "My sink, my water heater, my air conditioner are all in the same spot," she said. Namely, above in her bed: "You hear everything." Her small, one room home survived. The water heater didn't explode. Nothing leaked. That was last May. Soon, Henschen will mark one year spent living in her compact h..
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  • Robot aiming to thin population of lionfish in gulf waters weeks away

    Robot aiming to thin population of lionfish in gulf waters weeks away
    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Teresa Hattaway, owner of Jim’s Dive Shop in St. Petersburg, knows first hand how painful a sting from a lionfish can be.“I would say it was worse than a hundred bee stings at one time,” Hattaway said.The beautiful but venomous lionfish are multiplying like crazy in gulf waters and eating everything in site.They got here after people who didn’t want them as pets let them free in the ocean in the early 2000s.So far the only hope to thin the numbers are divers. They use spe..
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  • Rowdies, Al Lang referendum an easy sale for Rick Baker

    Rowdies, Al Lang referendum an easy sale for Rick Baker
    This week, St. Petersburg residents start receiving ballots for the May 2 referendum asking to give the Tampa Bay Rowdies a 25-year lease for Al Lang Field.
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