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.

Ask any fan of hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan and they’ll tell you that chess factors into their music just as much as martial arts. Wu-Tang member GZA, aka The Genius, has a particular penchant for the game and has been playing it against fans at events nationwide.

DUNEDIN — In Dunedin’s bustling downtown district, the dozens of bars, restaurants, breweries, and other hot spots typically garner most of the town’s headlines.div

TAMPA — The “corpse” laid in a coffin, wearing a long pink gown and a blank expression. Her hands rested on a dried bouquet. A friend, who had come to mourn, crouched next to her and clutched a rose to her chest.

DUNEDIN — City officials could be talking about a water pipe issue and somehow Commissioner Deborah Kynes will bring it back to the arts.

A “commission-based” payment system for tipped workers drops hourly pay to $1 an hour. The new system also gives tipped workers 15% of a mandatory 20% gratuity that’s added to every bill, with the opportunity to make more via their service.

Fans of the restaurant needn’t fret too much: Despite the operational change, no big changes are planned for the business.

Beginning genealogy course

Dunedin Elementary School and Dunedin Highland Middle School are welcoming new principals with inspiring plans for their school communities, and Dunedin High is enjoying academic improvements and impressive extra-curricular achievements.

DUNEDIN — City officials want to create a strategic plan to help them be proactive in laying the foundation of their government services rather just responding to what's happening.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection continues to investigate the Aug. 1 spill of 300 gallons of apple juice at the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Dunedin that may have killed bass, bluegill and tilapia residing in a retention pond at the 27-acre facility.

DUNEDIN — The dictionary definition of sacrifice just doesn't say enough, according to a Purple Heart recipient speaking at a recent ceremony. 

DUNEDIN — The four candidates who have qualified to run for City Commission seats in the Nov. 8 election all have a record of providing community service.

Uhle gets chiropractic degree

The city of Dunedin through the years has been exceptionally good at acquiring and preserving valuable green space for recreation and nature preserves. These properties include Honeymoon and Caladesi Islands, Highlander Park and its surrounding area, and Hammock Park’s hiking and nature trails.

DUNEDIN — A second federal court has ruled that a homeowner will have to pay nearly $30,000 in code violation fines because his lawn was overgrown in 2018, affirming a lower court’s ruling from last year.

DUNEDIN — Big projects, economic woes and other challenges dominated a recent budget discussion by the City Commission, and it now appears the city tax rate won’t change in the coming fiscal year.

Maybe it’s the price of success, but some downtown merchants, restaurateurs and others are at odds over issues such as code compliance, outdoor dining and parking.

DUNEDIN — Kerry Wyatt was born to work with kids.

DUNEDIN — City commissioners have approved a final amendment to the much-discussed development agreement for the high-profile Gateway project, proposed for a site at Main Street, Milwaukee Avenue and Skinner Boulevard.

DUNEDIN — In a time when record sales have dropped dramatically over the past 20 years, record stores are becoming almost as rare as a California condor.

DUNEDIN — The city’s preliminary transition plan to assume control over operations of the Dunedin Golf Club is in full swing, with staff planning to manage the 95-year-old asset starting in June 2023.

DUNEDIN — City commissioners on June 9 adopted an amendment to an agreement pertaining to the proposed Gateway mixed-used project at Main Street, Milwaukee Avenue and Skinner Boulevard.

DUNEDIN — The Dunedin Majors Cardinals won the District 12 Little League Top Team Tournament May 21 with a 4-0 score.

May Day in Dunedin 

DUNEDIN — An artist was stuck suspended in the air the afternoon of May 27 when the motorized pulley system he uses to get up and down a Dunedin water tower failed.

DUNEDIN — If you’ve been wondering how to help the people of Ukraine — and who hasn’t? — Bren and Jon Cueni of Dunedin’s Cueni Brewing Co. have the solution.

DUNEDIN — Talk of establishing a performing arts theater in the community took center stage during a City Commission discussion May 17 involving representatives of the Arts and Culture Advisory Committee.

DUNEDIN — Hopes are that construction will start on the proposed $30 million Gateway development project on the east end of downtown in the fall.