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Clearwater Beach Library gets a permanent home
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| Eleanor Scharf, assistant director of the Clearwater Beach Library, left, and Lee Kibbe, library assistant, check out books for patrons at the grand opening of the Clearwater Beach Library at its permanent location. |
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CLEARWATER BEACH – Ellie Holmes and Lois Davis, both of Clearwater Beach, have petitioned and written letters to save the Clearwater Beach Library.
They volunteered when the library temporarily operated out of a construction trailer.
They fought to keep their library so residents wouldn’t have to fight tourist traffic to access the libraries in mainland Clearwater.
Finally, after about five years of uncertainty, the Clearwater Beach Library got a permanent home Monday, July 21.
“The main library is beautiful, but this is homey,” Davis said. “This is smaller. This is more reflective of a neighborhood.”
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| Shoppes on Sand Key zoned for commercial use
CLEARWATER – To the delight of the many Sand Key residents present and to the dismay of the owner’s attorney, the City Council on July 17 confirmed its earlier decision to zone the Shoppes on Sand Key “Commercial.”
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| Labor audit brings stricter lunch rules to city
CLEARWATER – A Department of Labor audit regarding some Clearwater solid waste employees has changed the way city employees document lunch breaks, said Earl Gloster, director of solid waste and general services.
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Clearwater News Briefs
What’s in a name?
CLEARWATER – St. Louis has its Gateway Arch, and now Clearwater has its own arch. The jagged-edged aluminum sculpture stands in the Cleveland Street median as part of an effort to beautify the downtown core.
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Police Beat
Video store thief robs Blockbuster manager
CLEARWATER - A man robbed a Blockbuster Video store in Clearwater at knife point July 22 and handcuffed the 24-year-old manager. Detectives believe the man is also responsible for three other armed robberies in Pinellas County.
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USF fans pack restaurant for preseason tailgate party
CLEARWATER – The Tampa Bay Rays, after a decade of losing, are actually toying with first place in the American League East, an unthinkable feat before this season.
The Tampa Bay Lighting have gone through such an overhaul with new owners, a new coach and signed so many new players, it’s as if a new team has come to town.
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Send Citizen news to editor Tom Germond
The deadline for all editorial submissions is noon Friday.
Send news to tgermond@TBNweekly.com.
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