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Two weeks after it allocated nearly $24 million to affordable housing projects, the St. Petersburg City Council distributed another $9.1 million to create social service hubs...
Halloween’s over, and so begins the mad rush toward Thanksgiving and Christmas. But not everyone will be dreaming of fall gatherings with turkey feasts or making...
Voters will soon decide whether to keep or abolish the state’s Constitution Revision Commission (CRC), an unelected body with the power to put constitutional amendments on...
Pinellas County Schools could have sold the 98-year-old building overlooking Mirror Lake near downtown St. Petersburg to a developer. Even without an expansive, functional structure, land...
For the past few weeks, environmental officials have monitored toxic algal blooms just south of Tampa Bay – bad news for a state that has lost...
As controversial talks continue about the future of the 100-acre Albert Whitted Airport, the airport committee, along with its tenants, wants to remind the community of...
While some Americans face challenges entering careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), many women in other countries must overcome decidedly different obstacles. World Partnerships,...
Officials with the University of South Florida and St. Petersburg Innovation District hope to secure “transformational” funding to create a powerful economic engine by utilizing the...
Jon Dengler never set out to launch a bicycle shop in the traditional sense; instead, he sought to provide residents in need with reliable transportation and...
The streets in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg were filled with witches, ghosts, ghouls and their four-legged friends during Sunday’s second annual Halloween on Central...
