Is St. Pete next to explore a municipal electric utility?

Clearwater officials recently allocated $500,000 to weigh the pros and cons of replacing Duke Energy with a municipal utility. At least one St. Petersburg City Council member wants to follow their lead.

Clearwater’s 30-year contract with the investor-owned conglomerate ends in 2025. City leaders unanimously approved a nine-month study Aug. 2 to discern if potential benefits - rate reductions and a more responsive provider - outweigh the costs of implementing new electric infrastructure.

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Aquarium’s first manatee patients are adjusting well

Visitors to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium can see Yeti and Zamboni, but the young Florida manatees – swimming in 80,000 gallons of clear blue salt water - can’t see the visitors. The massive window on their enclosure is made of thick one-way glass.

There's a reason for that. “They’re not our animals,” said Director of Media Resources Marsha Strickhouser. “We’re just keeping them in our hospital, and then they’ll be released.”

Arts Alive! podcast: Roxanne Fay, ‘Thrice to Mine’

The bay area’s most distinguished - and chameleonic - actor is today’s guest on the Arts Alive! podcast. Roxanne Fay is onstage at the Straz Center’s Shimberg Playhouse in a Jobsite Theater production of the one-woman show Thrice To Mine.

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