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From Auschwitz to first pitch: A survivor’s story

Viola Baras has a “victory picture” featuring dozens of descendants whose existence hinged on her surviving three Nazi concentration camps and a death march during the Holocaust.

Several family members gleefully cheered Wednesday evening as she took the mound at Tropicana Field. Baras threw out the ceremonial first pitch before a matchup between the Tampa Bay Rays and division rival Boston Red Sox.

Pass-A-Grille Beach Renourishment Project Set to Begin

Pass-A-Grille Beach Renourishment Project Set to Begin

Places This Week: A Dunedin Isle waterfront home

Places This Week: A Dunedin Isle waterfront home

Why St. Pete’s parks rank among the nation’s best

Why St. Pete’s parks rank among the nation’s best

New nonprofit rehabs, builds affordable homes

New nonprofit rehabs, builds affordable homes

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With Aquabot 3000, young hospital patients visit The Florida Aquarium

Pediatric patients at the Muma Children’s Hospital, part of Tampa General Hospital, now have the opportunity to tour The Florida Aquarium – without leaving their rooms.

Accompanied by an Aquarium staffer, a robot equipped with video cameras travels between one of four tanks and habitats. The robot is controlled by the patient – the child decides where it’s going – while the 30-minute tour is narrated live, on the spot.

SPx 98: Sean Schrader

Mayor pledges to refresh defaced Pride mural
Local telemarketers owe $1 million in restitution
Neighborhood pools reopen for Memorial Day
St Petersburg, Takamatsu to exchange students
Ex-Jabil CEO to receive $7 million payout

May 27 @ 01:00 PM

Mize Mural Unveiling

May 31 @ 08:15 AM

Inside St. Pete

Jun 08 @ 07:15 AM

HOPE Expo

The Shuffle

Matt Duffy

New Company

Neptune Data Science

Former Company

Neptune Data Science

New Position

Managing Director & Chief Risk Officer

Former Position

Chief Risk Officer

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