INDIAN SHORES — Sand erosion on Florida’s beaches is an ongoing concern. Three speakers addressed subjects relevant to Florida’s beaches and industry at the Dec. 4 meeting of the Barrier Islands Governmental Council held in the Indian Shores Municipal Center.
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INDIAN SHORES — Sand erosion on Florida’s beaches is an ongoing concern. Three speakers addressed subjects relevant to Florida’s beaches and industry at the Dec. 4 meeting of the Barrier Islands Governmental Council held in the Indian Shores Municipal Center.
TREASURE ISLAND — Commissioners here plan to take a cautious approach when it comes to submitting a permit application to the state Department of Environmental Protection to clear beach vegetation from 103rd to 119th avenues.
TREASURE ISLAND — The city hopes to be awarded a $350,000 Forward Pinellas Transportation Alternatives Grant, promising a $40,000 match, that will allow it to add a pedestrian boardwalk along the north side of the eastern portion of Treasure Island Causeway.
REDINGTON BEACH — Redington Beach commissioners declined Dec. 4 to apply for money to upgrade a town street, saying the fast-approaching deadline left no time to get input from residents.
Nothing says Florida quite like a holiday boat parade. And, boy, does Pinellas County have plenty to choose from. So get in the holiday spirit and check out our list of parades on the horizon.
A chilly weekend (by Gulf beach standards) didn’t deter thousands of tourists and locals from visiting the sand sculptures, retail and food tents, children’s play area and main stage at the Sanding Ovations event in Treasure Island Nov. 20-24.
GULFPORT — When ceramic artist Brenda McMahon moved to Gulfport in 2008, she discovered the city’s vibrant arts community. She was surprised to learn, though, that nobody had ever organized an open studio tour there.
McMahon knew that such a tour would be successful in Gulfport, which already enjoyed a thriving arts scene. So she decided to start one, and three years ago launched ArtJones.
SEMINOLE — As a child raised on John’s Pass in the 1940s, the area was like “an outdoor playground for kids,” said Roger Wilson.
The Seminole resident added, “It was beautiful. There was fishing, swimming, running around outside. You could just go spend the whole day outdoors and never get bored.”
ST. PETE BEACH — Mayor Al Johnson and Commissioner Ward Friszolowski will retain their seats for another term while Commissioner Terri Finnerty will have an opponent in the March 17 municipal election.
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH — Former Mayor Robert DiNicola, 86, died Nov. 29.
INDIAN SHORES — “No Shave November” turned out to be a clean-cut event.
NORTH REDINGTON BEACH — Although the legal battle between the town of North Redington Beach and Sweet Sage Café over that restaurant’s parking was settled last spring, resolving the town’s off-street parking space requirements, in general, was not. A new ordinance amending off-street parking…
REDINGTON BEACH — Town officials quickly dispatched the evening’s business Nov. 20, hearing an update on the renovations to Friendship Park and giving final approval to an ordinance banning live-aboards.
MADEIRA BEACH — The current phase of road construction that has closed Madeira Way at 150th Avenue for months is coming to an end, City Manager Robert Daniels said at the Nov. 19 workshop meeting.
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH — Mayor Cookie Kennedy, for the second year in a row, took time from a regular commission meeting to honor the city’s veterans. Just as she did a year ago, Kennedy called half-dozen select veterans from the audience and presented them with a lighted candle out of respect f…
INDIAN SHORES — The town is priming for a festive yuletide. From holiday fire safety to scheduling upcoming events at town hall to special closings of the municipal center for the holidays, the agenda for the Nov. 12 town council meeting was filled with special preparations.
REDINGTON SHORES — Elliott is not just any 2-year-old quarter horse. He is the star of his own book series.
REDINGTON SHORES — A resident’s complaint against a town commissioner questioning his business qualifications, professionalism and conduct toward her brought a strong rebuttal from the accused commissioner.
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH — Residents got a lesson Nov. 12 on how to cope with coyotes.
ST. PETE BEACH — Food truck vendors may soon feel more welcome in town after city commissioners reduce the first-year permit fee for them to serve residents.
ST. PETE BEACH — At a recent strategic planning meeting, city officials were adamant that they don’t want St. Pete Beach known as a Spring Break mecca like Clearwater Beach — but they also don’t want the city to have a reputation as a sleepy bedroom community like Redington Beach.
GULFPORT — When Caroline Duvoe was laid off from her job at IBM in 2009, she knew one thing: she was done with corporate America.
TREASURE ISLAND — Rules and regulations governing the city’s 14-slip municipal marina, behind the City Hall complex on 108th Avenue, will likely be updated for the first time in 19 years.
REDINGTON BEACH — Residents here have pressed town officials for months to change the property area that could be built on. Commissioners took the first step in that direction Nov. 6, but residents found the gift came with strings attached.
TREASURE ISLAND — This year’s Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl and Beach Invasion events will be packed into one big day of island revelry, as the city joins ESPN Sports for beach games, cheerleader competition and marching bands.
TREASURE ISLAND — The 11th annual Sanding Ovations comes to the beach Nov. 20-24 at 104th Avenue and Gulf Boulevard.
The 28th annual Fall King of the Beach fishing tournament lured scores of anglers to ROC Park in Madeira Beach on Nov. 7-9.
REDINGTON SHORES — A requirement that waterfront homes in this coastal community be built a minimum of 25 feet behind the Coastal Construction Control Line must be followed. There will be no exceptions, and the town code will not be changed to reduce the setback requirement.
BELLEAIR BEACH — The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office wants residents to know that bad things can happen anywhere and when we least expect it.
ST. PETE BEACH — Imagine having to sit silently through a meeting in which funding for an event that your late wife started and nurtured was being questioned.
ST. PETE BEACH — Residents in low-lying neighborhoods of this coastal beach city are already living with effects of rising high tides that find streets flooding during tidal surges as well as heavy rain events.
MADEIRA BEACH — Agreements to lease rather than buy city vehicles and to use an outside firm rather than city workers to mow and maintain the City Hall lawn are providing opportunities to save money and improve the levels of service.
ST. PETE BEACH — Chefs from more than 20 area restaurants will vie for the most votes at the sixth annual Chowder Challenge & More on Sunday, Nov. 10, 1 to 5 p.m., at Horan Park, 7701 Boca Ciega Drive, St. Pete Beach.
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH — Coyotes are here to stay; govern yourselves accordingly.
Thousands of people flocked to John’s Pass Village on Oct. 18-20 for the 38th annual festival John’s Pass Seafood Festival. Besides getting their fill of seafood, barbecue and other dishes, visitors enjoyed a variety of activities, including live music and a Halloween Block Party and Costume…
NORTH REDINGTON BEACH — Town officials are moving forward with construction of the public safety multipurpose facility.
TREASURE ISLAND — City officials recommend that they downsize their contract with Tennis Director Philip Girardi and seek ways to revamp the tennis program.
REDINGTON BEACH — Emergency help will be at the front door of Redington Beach homes more quickly after officials here partnered with neighboring towns and the county to build a nearby station for emergency services workers.
ST. PETE BEACH — Bert’s Barracuda and Bert’s Black Widow Harley Davidson will present the third annual St. Pete Beach BikeFest on Nov. 20-24, at TradeWinds Island Resorts – Island Grand & RumFish Beach Resort, 5500 and 6000 Gulf Blvd., St. Pete Beach.
Thousands headed to Indian Rocks Beach on Oct. 12 Oktoberfest 2019, which featured more than 70 vendors, food and beer.
MADEIRA BEACH — Thousands of people again are expected to flock to John’s Pass Village Oct. 18-20 for the John’s Pass Seafood Festival.
SOUTH PASADENA — The South Pasadena City Commission on Oct. 8 reaffirmed its opposition to the implementation of PSTA’s Central Avenue bus rapid transit project on Pasadena Avenue as currently designed.
MADEIRA BEACH — The City Commission has decided to remove the restriction on building height from a new ordinance that regulates the planned development projects proposed in the city.
ST. PETE BEACH — Big plans to redesign 3.5-acre Hurley Park at 1501 Gulf Way, between 15th and 16th avenues in Pass-A-Grille, to potentially incorporate amenities such a dog park or community garden will have to garner more support before it is ever phased-in to design.
MADEIRA BEACH — The Madeira Beach City Commission gave final approval to an ordinance Oct. 8 that sets regulations for boaters who live on board their boats. The law requires liveaboard boat owners who dock in city waters to get a permit costing $5, and pump out at the city marina. They can …
INDIAN SHORES — After months of trying to reach a settlement, the Town Council accepted Town Attorney Regina Kardash’s recommendation at the Oct. 8 Town Hall meeting to pursue litigation against Ameriscape US Inc. regarding a Gulf Boulevard beautification project.
The Redington Long Pier likely will be gone soon. The Town Commission’s rejection of a land-use change for the pier property, needed to save the historic structure, appears to have sealed its fate.
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH — In spite of city and county ordinances as well as state law forbidding the sale and use of fireworks in the entire state, unauthorized fireworks are a persistent problem in Indian Rocks Beach.
A developer’s proposal to build a 120-room hotel on the historic Redington Long Pier property and save the pier failed in the first step of the approval process.
TREASURE ISLAND — City commissioners unanimously accepted the Isle of Capri Civic Association’s contribution of $21,995 to develop John Morroni Memorial Dog Park in Rosselli Park, but it was not without another effort by the group opposing the amenity to prevent it from being built.
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