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New cafe opens in St. Pete’s Edge District
August 24, 2024 - Café Copa has officially opened at 1043 Central Avenue in St. Petersburg’s growing Edge District. It offers in-house coffee and espresso, breakfast sandwiches, a lunch menu and a full bar. The café, adjacent to COPA, features extended evening hours, live entertainment and event space.
Sarasota Rising’s Living Arts Festival taking shape for November debut
Since he took on the task of spearheading a new festival celebrating Sarasota’s abundant and diverse arts scene about three years ago, Jeffery Kin has been juggling a lot of challenges, but none more important than trying to define and establish exactly what Sarasota Rising’s first Living Arts Festival would be. Kin, the former producing artistic director of the Sarasota Players, always had a vision for an event that would highlight the dozens of arts organizations in...
Report: Tampa’s housing market outpaces St. Pete
August 24, 2024 - WalletHub recently compared 300 cities of various sizes across 17 metrics to determine 2024’s “best real estate markets.” The personal finance platform ranked Tampa seventh among large cities, while St. Petersburg placed 34th in the midsize category. To compile its list, WalletHub measured housing market attractiveness and economic strength indicators, like home value appreciation, affordability and job growth.
High school football roundup: Aug. 23
Lakewood Ranch High (1-0) won 42-18 against Lemon Bay High (0-1) at home. Senior running back Cullen McRae had three touchdown runs while junior quarterback Liam Fernandez had two touchdown runs. Junior running back Colton Dempsey also added a touchdown run. The Mustangs will next hit the road to play Seminole High (0-1) at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 30.
‘Lying,’ ‘fraud,’ ‘rude.’ Enemies profess peace after hard-fought primary season that set South Florida congressional races
Outspent by more than 4-to-1. Run for office repeatedly, but never won. Facing multiple opponents, including one who’s repeatedly been elected. Despite the challenges, Joe Kaufman finished 15 points ahead of his main rival on Tuesday to win the Republican nomination for Congress in the Broward-Palm Beach county 23rd District. Kaufman will be his party’s candidate in the November general ...
Hurricane center watching 2 tropical waves. FL to see thunderstorms as tax holiday kicks off
The tropics remained calm as a sales tax holiday for hurricane and other disaster supplies kicked off Saturday, but severe weather could affect portions of Florida over the weekend. Tropical cyclone activity is not expected over the next seven days, the National Hurricane Center reported in its latest update. ...
Golfer Kevin Roy aims to return to Korn Ferry Tour — and win
Only a select few make it onto the PGA Tour. Then there’s the matter of sticking around. Kevin Roy knows. After three-plus years of competing on the Korn Ferry Tour — which is effectively the AAA level of American professional golf — Roy shot his way onto the PGA main stage for the 2022-’23 season. He was 32.
Owner of closed Polk law firm asks Supreme Court to halt disciplinary cases against him
The owner of a law firm that catered to elderly clients wants the Florida Supreme Court to halt disciplinary action against him over his admitted misuse of company funds. Family Elder Law, based in Lake Wales, shuttered its offices there and in Lakeland and Sebring last month with no warning to clients. The...
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