Dunedin City Hall grand opening looms

DUNEDIN — It's time for volunteers and attendees to show their love for the seas again at Edgewater Park. The family friendly Hope Spot Festival is set for Saturday, Feb. 11. 

DUNEDIN — Plans are underway to welcome the Toronto Blue Jays back to town in style: with a golf cart parade.

DUNEDIN — Wide concrete sidewalks, roundabouts and raised medians are among the improvements suggested for Skinner Boulevard in hopes of accommodating a variety of users.

DUNEDIN — City officials continue to get an earful on proposed amenities for Stirling Park.

DUNEDIN — City officials are calling for action after the death of a 79-year-old pedestrian in an accident Jan. 7 at the downtown crosswalk on Edgewater Drive near the marina.

DUNEDIN — "Re-wild" Stirling Park. Build a facility in Dunedin for pickleball courts. Create a stormwater education area. 

DUNEDIN — Judging by the amount of food it puts on its guests' tables, Dunedin Cares lives up to its name.

DUNEDIN — In today’s health and fitness-minded society, exercise clubs and spas abound, but a new local facility takes wellness to a higher level.

DUNEDIN — City officials continue to clear the way through annexation and zoning actions to move forward with plans of creating a nature park on the east end of town.

DUNEDIN — The doors are closing permanently on a family’s legacy, the last of a trio of diner-style restaurants spanning three generations of the Drulias family in Clearwater and Dunedin.

DUNEDIN — Dunedin’s newest public art piece was installed in front of the nearly completed City Hall building and was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting and dedication. 

DUNEDIN — The upcoming design work for the Dunedin Golf Club course is like an archaeological excavation project.

Golf club gives kids gifts

DUNEDIN — A retired U.S. Navy officer who had been deployed to Vietnam aboard a destroyer encouraged veterans at a Pearl Harbor Day luncheon to tell their stories.

Chuck Hatcher held his black aluminum water bottle under the shiny new refill station on Honeymoon Island.

DUNEDIN — The Dunedin Golf Club celebrated the 150th birthday of the “Michelangelo of Golf” on Dec. 3 with a presentation to city officials of a 352-page pictorial book about golf course architect Donald Ross.

DUNEDIN — City officials expect to be occupying the new 39,000-square-foot City Hall at 737 Louden Ave. in January.

DUNEDIN — Robert Walker recently told Deborah Kynes that he has some big shoes to fill when he takes her seat on the City Commission.

DUNEDIN — City commissioners are addressing a pedestrian safety issue along the Edgewater Drive sidewalk one step at a time.

DUNEDIN — November is National Marrow Awareness Month, and a local woman is sharing her story in hopes of raising awareness about the importance of signing up for the National Marrow Donor Program. 

DUNEDIN — There will be a new face on the City Commission as a result of the Nov. 8 election.

Steve Udovich recalls being impressed by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which he saw as an ROTC cadet a week after it was dedicated in 1982 in Washington, D.C.

DUNEDIN — All indications are that a committee striving to establish a public theater in the community has its act together.

DUNEDIN — Attendees at ribbon-cutting event were given a sneak preview Oct. 13 of a 3D exhibit to showcase the 9,995-square-foot Kellogg mansion demolished in February. 

DUNEDIN — City Commissioner Deborah Kynes says Jennifer Bramley is the best city manager she’s worked with.

DUNEDIN — City officials have high hopes that a 63-unit affordable housing project will be built on the east end of town.

DUNEDIN — Mayor Julie Ward Bujalski recalled being 5 years old when she wore an Easter bonnet during a visit to the old Dunedin library that is now City Hall on Main Street.

DUNEDIN — City commissioners emphasized the need for stability in voting 4-1 on Sept. 15 to approve the current tax rate of 4.13 mills for the next fiscal year.

DUNEDIN — Four candidates for City Commission seats offered mixed views on the shape of the city budget, development issues and other topics at a Dunedin Chamber of Commerce and North Pinellas League of Women Voters forum Sept. 14 at the Hale Activity Center.