Bill Edwards dies at 81

St. Petersburg businessman Bill Edwards died Thursday morning, following a brief illness. He was 81.

Edwards, whose birth name was Edward Francis Sylvia, was known for his 15-year stewardship (as Big3 Entertainment) of the city-owned Mahaffey Theater and his contributions to theater in education through the nonprofit Bill Edwards Foundation for the Arts, which operated out of the theater.

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Haslam’s owners break their six-year silence

The owners of St. Petersburg’s iconic Haslam’s Book Store have spoken publicly for the first time in six years.

In a statement sent exclusively to the St. Pete Catalyst, Ray Hinst and Suzanne Haslam Hinst addressed the “parking lot concert” announced for Saturday night by artist Filipe Bergson.

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