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.
A proposal to expand TradeWinds Island Resorts in St. Pete Beach — including adding new buildings and parking garages — has sparked a community backlash amid some support.
ST. PETE BEACH — City commissioners deliberated whether to enact bans on smoking, plastic foam coolers, bicycles and fishing on the beach during a work session to draft an all-encompassing beach ordinance.
A new solar-powered, beach-cleaning robot has arrived in Pinellas County, drawing attention to all the debris lurking just beneath the beach surface.
The Town of Indian Shores will test its new Early Warning Siren System on Friday, July 15. The siren will sound sometime between 3 and 4 p.m.
ST. PETE BEACH — During part of a City Commission meeting that was anything but chill, officials approved a permit request that will allow the Chill Restaurant at 357 Corey Ave. to use four public parking spaces for a permanent outdoor dining parklet.
ST. PETE BEACH — This city hopes there are many residents willing to go with the flow and volunteer to adopt and clean a storm drain in their neighborhood as part of a new county-inspired program.
During the latest Barrier Islands Governmental Council meeting, leaders from several Gulf Coast municipalities addressed the recent passage of a law that allows them to ban smoking on public beaches and parks.
ST. PETE BEACH — The city is just now getting a handle on a number of potholes created by lateral reclaimed water lines throughout the island “exploding” from what the public works director called a “systematic failure” of the underground water pipes connected to main transmission lines.
ST. PETE BEACH — A citywide streetlight conversion program, designed to install new LED fixtures on existing Duke Energy poles, will be a shocker for some residents, city officials told commissioners at a recent meeting.
ST. PETE BEACH — Should St. Pete Beach join other barrier island cities in welcoming a remote-control robot on its beach to clean cigarette butts and other items, as part of a Keep Pinellas Beautiful demonstration this summer?
ST. PETE BEACH — The city of St. Pete Beach — in collaboration with the Beach Theatre — will hold an outdoor summer film series for June. This will mark the first film screenings hosted under the Theatre’s name since its closing a decade ago.
ST. PETE BEACH — Commissioners have updated the city’s parking fine ordinance, with changes designed to help parking agents fine more violators — sometimes more than once.