SAFETY HARBOR — For the first time in a long while, there’s no need for a local municipal election: Incumbent Mayor Joe Ayoub and Commissioner Carlos Diaz each earned automatic reappointments after no one filed to run against them.

SAFETY HARBOR — Like his good friend Louis Kinney, Harbor Bar owner Jon Zemzicki has always been quick to host a fundraiser benefit or concert at his Main Street establishment whenever needed. 

SAFETY HARBOR — In Safety Harbor, Whistle Stop Grill and Bar has a long history. For years, it was an ice cream shop. Then it became a neighborhood restaurant.

SAFETY HARBOR — A new exhibit at the Safety Harbor Art and Music Center is unlike anything the center has done before, and challenges observers to use their imagination.

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SAFETY HARBOR — A progress report on recent changes to Safety Harbor’s trash pickup schedule at the Nov. 21 City Commission meeting led to a discussion on whether it would be more feasible to contract with a private company than to continue using city workers and equipment. 

SAFETY HARBOR — For two decades, the Safety Harbor Wine Festival has attracted huge crowds to the downtown district, filling Main Street from Bayshore Boulevard to 8th Avenue with vino-loving revelers.

SAFETY HARBOR — Residents will get the opportunity to weigh in on the future of a rare piece of green space controlled by the city.

SAFETY HARBOR — Safety Harbor residents and visitors can look forward to improvements in the city’s sidewalks and bicycle paths over the next several years.

SAFETY HARBOR — More than 250 people, including state and local lawmakers, business owners, and supporters of bay area nonprofit organizations, gathered outside the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch facility in Safety Harbor on May 19 for the inaugural Breakfast at the Ranch fundraiser. 

SAFETY HARBOR — When Safety Harbor leaders voted to place a pair of signs supporting the Black Lives Matter movement on the lawn in front of City Hall in the wake of George Floyd’s killing last summer, it touched off a firestorm of controversy, leading to a heated City Commission meeting and…

SAFETY HARBOR — Safety Harbor City Manager Matt Spoor was recognized during a recent City Commission meeting for receiving a pair of awards from statewide organizations.

SAFETY HARBOR — The blend of spicy aromas hits your nose as soon as you open the storefront door.

SAFETY HARBOR — The 2021 Safety Harbor municipal election field offered someone for everyone.

SAFETY HARBOR — When the Safety Harbor Chamber of Commerce took over the city’s annual Seafood Festival three years ago, officials merged the popular, long-running food fest with a juried art show.

Three Pinellas County fire departments have joined forces to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, as representatives from three agencies recently formed a specialized response unit dedicated to responding to COVID-19 calls.

Long before the Safety Harbor Art & Music Center opened three years ago, the creative minds behind the organization were already giving back to the community through art.

David Barr has prosthetic legs, but he’s ridden his 1972 Harley Shovelhead, wide-guide Harley-Davidson more than 83,000 miles.

CLEARWATER — The man who donated cash and land to build Nova Southeastern University’s new medical campus in Clearwater said he might build housing in Safety Harbor for hundreds of the university’s students.

For 17 years, Church and Community Outreach operated a food pantry out of the Mattie Williams Neighborhood Family Center in Safety Harbor, serving hungry parents and children from hundreds of households.

SAFETY HARBOR — The Black Honkeys, Jeff Vitollo & the Quarter Mile Rebels, Shevonne and The Force, and other musicians are returning once again to Safety Harbor Waterfront Park on Saturday, March 2, to rock, play the blues and jam their hearts out to raise money for local children and yo…

SAFETY HARBOR – When singer-songwriter Melanie was booked to perform at the Woodstock music festival in 1969, she “pictured a pastoral scene with people on picnic blankets,” she said. “All ages, all kinds of people, all colors, a gathering of humanity.”

SAFETY HARBOR – Watermelon eaters are needed July 1 to help Safety Harbor break the Guinness World Record for “Most Participants in a Watermelon Eating Contest.”