Beantown South: A little bit of Boston is coming to St. Pete

For 21 years, Zeghibe has operated the Beantown Pub on Boston’s Tremont Street. It’s well-known for its regional dishes, especially the house-made New England Clam Chowder, the Fenway Frank Plates and the Jumbo Lobster Roll – an eight-inch hot dog bun stuffed with coldwater lobster meat.

It’ll all be here – even the New England-sourced lobster – when Beantown South opens for business Monday, Aug. 6. It’s at 29 3rd Street North, in the heart of downtown.

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Upcoming: Tiger Bay Club brings gubernatorial candidate Chris King to St. Pete

The dark horse candidate for Florida governor, Chris King, will speak in St. Petersburg Aug. 6 at an event hosted by the Suncoast Tiger Bay Club. King, 39, is a political novice running for the Democratic nomination – he is the only one in the field of five to be making his first run at an elected office – yet he is considered one of the most substantive and knowledgeable candidates in the race.

The millionaire businessman and his primary opponents are in a hotly contested race that has yet to reveal a clear favorite. King’s opponents include former U.S. Representative Gwen Graham, Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum, former Miami Beach mayor Philip Levine and billionaire Jeff Greene, a latecomer to the race.

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Weed Racer: The Unlikely Rise and Epic Fall of Florida’s Marijuana-Smuggling Kingpin [Rollingstone]

How former Indy-car superstar Randy Lanier became the mastermind of one of the largest drug-trafficking operations in American history.

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