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  • Three companies compete to manage St

    Three companies compete to manage St
    ST. PETERSBURG — Three companies will compete for a chance to manage, operate and program the city's new Pier District.Thursday was the deadline to respond to the city's request for proposals seeking companies whose responsibilities will include marketing, leasing, parking, security and building maintenance for the district that will stretch from the city's new $46 million waterfront landmark — Pier Park — to Bayshore and Beach drives.Vying for the job are:• Spectra Venue Management, Philadelphi..
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  • Ex-St

    FSU's and St. Petersburg High's Maguire turns proFormer St. Petersburg High and Florida State golfer Jack Maguire has decided to turn pro. Maguire, 21, recently completed the fall season of his junior year. After finishing fourth at Stage 2 of PGA Tour Qualifying School, he said, it was time to leave FSU."After the way I've been playing, I talked it over with my coach (FSU's Trey Jones), and we decided that it would be best to get out on (the PGA Tour) early," said Maguire, a first-team All Amer..
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  • 403 Forbidden

    403 Forbidden
    ... balloon aerialists, fashion shows and a whole lot more. 6 p.m. Saturday; Straub Park, 250 Bay Shore Dr., St. Petersburg; $25 ($120 VIP); chilloungenight.com.
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  • Times weekly photo poll: ft

    Times weekly photo poll: ft
    Today's Tampa Bay Times Picture of the Week poll features playful puppies at Friends of Strays shelter, ecstatic football players from Tampa Bay Tech, a high ...
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  • Pardon Our Interruption

    Pardon Our Interruption
    Pardon Our Interruption... As you were browsinghttp://www.bizjournals.comsomething about your browser made us think you were a bot. There are a few reasons this might happen: You're a power user moving through this website with super-human speed. You've disabled JavaScript in your web browser. A third-party browser plugin, such as Ghostery or NoScript, is preventing JavaScript from running. Additional information is available in thissupport article..
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  • Tampa bike tickets continue to drop

    Tampa bike tickets continue to drop
    TAMPA — Police have written fewer and fewer bicycle tickets over the past six months, and at this point, they can't say they see crime on the rise.This summer, Tampa officers wrote fewer tickets than in any summer for more than 10 years. That followed aTampa Bay Timesreport that over a three-year period Tampa cited more bicyclists than Miami, Jacksonville, Orlando and St. Petersburg combined, with 80 percent of the violations going to black riders.On Thursday, officials told the City Council the..
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  • Tonight in live music: The Sword, Dumpstaphunk, Have Mercy + more | Ear Buds | Creative Loafing Tampa

    Tonight in live music: The Sword, Dumpstaphunk, Have Mercy + more | Ear Buds | Creative Loafing Tampa
    Lots happening tonight and this weekend as far as concerts go. Check out the breakdown for this Fri., Nov. 20, and then take a peek at the weekend ahead below. click to enlarge ..
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  • Lk's Mc Clintock aims to shine in Holiday Distance Classic at Derby Lane | Tampa Bay Times

    ST. PETERSBURG — Kennel owner John Lashmet watches most Derby Lane races from his 20-acre farm in Colorado.He will change that routine if Lk's Mc Clintock shines in the upcoming $75,000 Holiday Distance Challenge, the final stakes race of 2015 at the St. Petersburg greyhound track. The 660-yard event is scheduled for Nov. 28-Dec. 12, and carries Derby Lane's richest first-place prize of $33,500."I will come down to Derby Lane for that stakes if we get in (the final)," Lashmet said. "When (Lk's M..
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  • Pet of the week: Lara wants a home where she can sit on a lap and...

    Pet of the week: Lara wants a home where she can sit on a lap and...
    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Our pet of the week is a pup with ears as big as her heart.Lara is a 3-year-old Rat Terrier. She weighs about 10 lbs. Lara has been at Pet Pal Animal Shelter since September.Shelter workers report she would love nothing more than to sit with you on your couch and watch television..Lara is spayed, vaccinated, and microchipped.For more information about Lara and other adoptable animals, call Pet Pal Animal Shelter at (727) 328-7738 or visitwww.petpalanimalshelter.com.Pet Pal..
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  • Volunteer walkers helping get students to school safely

    By Melissa Eichman, ReporterLast Updated: Thursday, November 19, 2015, 11:32 PMST. PETERSBURG --The walk to school for some Campbell Park Elementary School students takes them right along the very busy Martin Luther King Jr. Street in St. Petersburg.Safety is a big concern for many parents."It’s unsafe for them to be walking down these roads by themselves," said Deneen Sweat.Safety is why Sweat volunteers with the Walking School Bus program. It means an adult volunteer walks with the children ev..
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