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Street Racing Crackdown: FHP Collaborates with Local Agencies in Operation “Keep Our Streets”
On Monday, July 2, 2024, the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), in collaboration with the Tampa Police Department (TPD), Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO), Clearwater Police Department (CPD), Pinellas Park Police Department, St. Petersburg Police Department (SPPD) and the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO), launched Operation Keep Our Streets. This united effort was aimed at addressing dangerous driving behaviors and racing on Bay Area bridges, ensuring the safety of our community.
Music School founder Vicky Fulop finds new challenges
From its inception in 1995 until the pandemic closed its Clearwater campus 25 years later, the Players School of Music was the hurricane-eye of jazz instruction in the bay area. The best local players taught there, and many more from the international ranks dropped in to conduct master classes. Students...
Clearwater has $100M plan to keep North Beach from flooding
CLEARWATER — As Hurricane Idalia swept past Tampa Bay last summer, storm surge topped seawalls and inundated David Hooks’ Clearwater Beach neighborhood. Though his home was spared, many others up and down Hooks’ street weren’t so lucky. Neighbors soon mounted full remodels, only to be flooded out again months later when another storm washed away that progress in December.
Whispering Souls Cemetery makes monumental statement
SAFETY HARBOR — Ever since she helped establish the nonprofit that oversees the Whispering Souls African American Cemetery Restoration Project seven years ago, Jacqueline Hayes knew the fight to revitalize the rundown, century-plus-old graveyard established for the area’s Black residents would be an uphill battle. “It was tough...
On the Scene: Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas and West Pasco Counties’ Glow Gala (PHOTOS)
More than 500 attendees gathered to support the Habitat mission at the sold-out Glow Gala, presented by Crown Automotive Charities and the Hawkins Family Foundation. The event, at the Vinoy Renaissance Resort, in St. Petersburg, illuminated the night celebrating the Habitat mission. Thanks to the support of the Glow Gala...
3 more Pinellas schools to get new principals
The Pinellas County school board filled three additional school principal posts on June 25, two because of retirements and one due to a last-minute change of plans. Both San Jose and Fuguitt elementary schools are getting new leadership as their principals end their careers with the district. Kathryn Gualtieri, assistant...
Massive 1,000-unit apartment project proposed for west St. Pete seeks $14.8 million from city and county
After years of retooling plans for a 29-acre vacant industrial property in west St. Petersburg, a new proposal has been filed to redevelop it into a massive 1,000-unit apartment community. Landowner Porter Development, headed by Les Porter, and joint venture partners Falcone Group and Metro Development Group, have submitted funding...
A restored midcentury modern 'Bird Cage' home is now for sale in St. Petersburg
There's a been a few exceptionally well-done midcentury modern restorations hitting the market as of late, and now another one is up for grabs in Pinellas County. In the early-1950s, the late architect Glenn Q. Johnson designed his Vision-Aire homes, also known as "Bird Cage" houses, specifically for Florida's hot, humid climate. Today, only a handful are left, and one that has been completely restored is on the market in the Bayou Shores neighborhood.
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