ST PETE BEACH — City commissioners decided to eliminate free rides for those who want to charge their electric vehicle at the library, Community Center or the city facility in Pass-a-Grille.
ST. PETE BEACH — Sea Grapes, a St. Pete Beach destination for wine, is expanding its menu under the helm of chef Alex Rodriguez.
Madeira Beach and St. Pete Beach will each have a new mayor.
ST. PETE BEACH — An all-encompassing beach ordinance, described by chief operating officer Jennifer McMahon as “an attempt to move all regulations related to the beach in our code into one chapter,” has been sent back to the drawing board for more contemplation and input from residents and t…
Years before he would become a major league ballplayer, Casey Kotchman got a head start on becoming one of the greatest defensive first basemen in the pros, thanks to his parents Tom and Sue.
ST. PETE BEACH — A new place to buy books is coming to St. Pete Beach.
ST. PETE BEACH — The fate of the Don CeSar boat ramp is in question, now that the City Commission has approved a feasibility study that will determine if improvements should be funded, whether the structure should be relocated, or even closed.
ST. PETERSBURG — Three months after its much-anticipated launch, the turquoise bus rolled down First Avenue North, bustling with a slice of Pinellas County life. On stepped retirees, traveling to appointments with doctors and visits with friends. Then beachgoers, hoping to soak up the last o…
ST. PETE BEACH — With questions that focused on handling future development, possible hotel expansion and potential changes to the city’s Comprehensive Plan, incumbent Mayor Al Johnson faced real estate broker Adrian Petrila in an hour-long League of Women Voters candidate forum, tackling se…
ST. PETE BEACH — This island city is going even more high-tech to control parking issues by installing sensors along the Corey Avenue business district, as well as 15th and 16th avenues, to compile data to determine how spaces are utilized.
ST. PETE BEACH — Playing fields at Hurley and Egan parks will now become home to some Madeira Beach Youth Baseball games, along with its softball boosters, as part of an agreement unanimously approved by city commissioners.
ST. PETE BEACH — The Sirata Beach Resort has sold for $207 million to a Kentucky hospitality company.
ST. PETE BEACH — There will soon be five extra sets of eyes weighing in and giving city commissioners their opinions on city projects in the Pass-A-Grille Historic District.
A native of Italy, Anna Silvestri had culinary culture shock when she moved to Florida in the early 1990s.
ST. PETE BEACH — After a series of commission meetings and design changes, Chill Restaurant at 357 Corey Ave., which bills itself as an American fusion-style eatery and bar, was finally granted permission to have permanent outdoor dining using a so-called parklet.
ST. PETE BEACH — The city’s Public Works department is studying the use of a colorization product in roadway asphalt to reduce the heat signature, so people don’t burn their bare feet and pets don’t risk seared paws.
ST. PETE BEACH — Members of the Historic Preservation Board won’t get to weigh in on or make recommendations to the City Commission regarding a long list of items in the Historic District, but their feelings of being ignored did get attention.
ST. PETERSBURG — Under a still-dark, early morning sky, Tampa Bay’s first bus rapid transit system rumbled alive Oct. 21, opening to the public 15 years after local transportation leaders first pitched the project as a potential antidote to the city’s growing congestion and parking woes.
ST. PETE BEACH — It will soon cost more for tourists and visitors to park at a beach access or any metered space on this island, while residents enjoy a freebee parking permit bargain.
ST. PETE BEACH — In the next few years, the view of the beach and Gulf along certain sidewalks in Pass-A-Grille will disappear and it’s not going to be caused by a natural disaster.
ST. PETE BEACH — An upscale boutique hotel in St. Pete Beach is changing hands.
ST. PETE BEACH — City officials will welcome PSTA’s new SunRunner bus rapid transit service with less-than-enthusiastic inquisitiveness when it rides onto the island in late October.
ST. PETE BEACH — The city’s Historic Preservation Board wants to be kept in the loop and give advice when it comes to proposed changes in Pass-a-Grille — not only to contributing historic structures, but also to any residence, building, or city facility such as parks, sidewalks, piers, alley…
Just in time for World Shorebirds Day — surely you raised a cold one to our fragile feathered friends on Sept. 6, right? — researchers have tallied up the results of the 2022 shorebird nesting season for the Pinellas beaches.
Planning is currently underway for the final phase of the Treasure Island and St. Pete Beach nourishment project, conducted by Pinellas County and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with the next improvement project not contemplated for another five years.
ST. PETE BEACH — The city plans to hire a “beach manager” who will scour the city’s largest tourist attraction and serve as a liaison between the Sheriff’s Office, code enforcement, area hotels, residents, visitors and city staff.
ST. PETE BEACH — The Historic Preservation Board unanimously approved a request that the City Commission designate all of Pass-a-Grille a Local Historic District, with expanded boundaries.
NORTH REDINGTON BEACH — As one of the 10 barrier island communities that share a representative on the Forward Pinellas board, the town of North Redington Beach has nominated St. Pete Beach Mayor Alan Johnson as its choice for that position beginning Jan. 1.
With major new hotel expansion and remodeling projects in the pipeline, City Manager Alex Rey briefed city commissioners on how talks with developers are proceeding.