1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (632+ words) A coalition of local organizations in St. Petersburg announced Wednesday a petition campaign to try to place a measure before the public that, if approved, would make the city the first in more than 20 years in Florida to run its…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (565+ words) According to the City Council agenda, this item sought agreement to pay $420,000 to Prison Rehabilitative Industries and Diversified Enterprises, Inc. (PRI Enterprises). The three-year agreement was to supply office paper products for the Procurement and Supply Management Department. This item…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (506+ words) Who controls access to St. Pete Beach: the public or beachfront property owners? That question will be the focus of a City of St. Pete Beach seminar Thursday, July 23, on Florida’s customary use doctrine and how it applies to the…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (143+ words) Creative Loafing Tampa Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in downtown St. Petersburg on the last weekend of June for St. Pete Pride. The organization succeeded in throwing its Friday Night Concert, Saturday parade—the largest of its kind in…...

2+ mon, 15+ hour ago   (250+ words) St. Pete Pride on Friday canceled its already postponed Juneteenth celebration, alluding to further cancellations due to a lack of funds. In a social media announcement, organizers also asked for donations. “This was not a decision we made lightly,” the…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (299+ words) St. Pete Pride has acquired Sapphic St. Pete, which started as a conglomeration of sapphic-themed events last November, organized largely by Rachel Covello. Covello previously operated OutCoast, an LGBTQ+ Florida tourism website. Last year, she put OutCoast “on pause” due…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (308+ words) Here’s what’s going down in Tampa Bay’s food scene this week: This week’s top food and drink events: Polska Pilsner Beer Dinner & Brewery Tour Experience Thursday, April 9. 6:15 p.m.-9 p.m. $84.95. Yuengling Draft Haus & Kitchen, Tampa A Night at the Brewseum…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (834+ words) Tampa’s mayoral race is already up to its neck in candidates thanks to nine people who’ve filed and two expected to join the bid to succeed term-limited Mayor Jane Castor. The latest to join is Gary Hartfield, author and founder…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago   (957+ words) Ken Welch is St. Pete’s first African American mayor and was the first Pinellas County commissioner to represent District 7 in the city. The 61-year-old is running for re-election, too. Welch’s PAC, the St. Pete Pelican PAC, will generate its last…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago   (868+ words) Kevin Batdorf, real estate broker and former president of the Shore Acres Civic Association, has seen his neighborhood—which is the lowest-lying in St. Pete—struck with storm surge and flooding by the 2024 hurricanes. And while Mayor Welch claims the…...