Forward Pinellas approves $11M tech project to reduce congestion, accidents

The Forward Pinellas board approved amendments to the Transportation Improvement Program - including adding a project that will use sensors to reduce congestion and increase safety.

On Wednesday, the board approved the deployment of the sensor technology along U.S. Highway 19 and State Road 60.

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Big laughs: A guide to standup comedy this weekend, this month, this season

In these trying times, perhaps a good laugh is just the balm we need to help us make it through to the next day, and the next. And so on.

From a purely practical standpoint, comedy shows make a lot of sense as America eases out of the pandemic’s death grip: Every tour has a company of one, maybe two people – not a lot of buses, trucks or cost overhead. For theaters, it's you get your performer in, get your performer out, it’s a relatively simple procedure.

Craig Pittman’s Welcome to Florida: The gopher tortoise

[caption id="attachment_49561" align="alignnone" width="740"] Photo: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service[/caption]

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