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St. Pete is first Florida city to commit to 100 percent clean energy, Sierra Club says

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The St. Petersburg council has agreed to transition the city to 100 percent clean, renewable energy. The vote makes St. Pete the first Florida municipality and the 20th in the U.S. to make the commitment and sign on to the Sierra Club’s Ready for 100 national campaign, according to the club’s local branch. The local branch, the Suncoast Sierra Club, sponsors the Ready for 100 Percent St. Pete local campaign that the city also supports. Ready for 100 percent St.…

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For Ben Diamond, Wengay Newton, a time of learning and outreach

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Tuesday is an important day for freshman members of the Florida Legislature. They’ll be sworn in and have to start making good on those campaign promises. However, there’s a lot to do before they start filing bills. “It’s going to be a learning session for me,” said Wengay Newton, who represents House District 70, which covers portions of Pinellas, Hillsborough, Sarasota, and Manatee counties. Ben Diamond, who won the race for House District 68, which covers a portion of Pinellas…

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Tall Ship Lynx to dock in St. Pete — permanently

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The Tall Ship Lynx, a modern interpretation of an 1812 American privateer, is scheduled to sail into St. Pete on Wednesday morning where it has found a permanent winter home. The 110-foot ship is expected to come under the Sunshine Skyway Bridge with full sails sometime around 10 a.m. It will then head into the Vinoy Basin/North Yacht Basin, do a four-gun salute and make her way to Harborage Marina where she will berth until the seasonal dock is finalized right next…

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Thom Barnhorn, Jim Quinn win re-election to the Seminole City Council

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After two recounts and a wait for the overseas ballots to come in, the Seminole election results became official Friday. Thom Barnhorn was the top vote-getter with 4,549, or about 37.7 percent of the ballot. Jim Quinn came in second with 4,302, or about 32.8 percent of the vote. And Tom Christy was close third with 4,273, or about 32.6 percent of the ballot. Incumbents Barnhorn and Quinn will take the two available seats on the council. Christy, who was…

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Pinellas Sheriff’s PAL program holds fundraising breakfast

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Almost 500 people showed up Friday morning to hear stories about the successes of the Pinellas Sheriff’s PAL program. The Police Athletic League program, which opened in Pinellas in 2001, is currently focused on helping underprivileged kids in the unincorporated Lealman area. Lealman is generally located between Pinellas Park and St. Petersburg and I-275 and Park Street. Kenneth City divides the area into two. Lealman is a “very under-served part of Pinellas [with] a lot of kids, a lot of…

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St. Petersburg Preservation wants to keep ‘First Block’ special

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Way back in 1888, St. Petersburg’s first boom began with the coming of the Orange Belt Railroad and construction of the Dakota Hotel. As the city grew, so did the 200 block of First Avenue N. and then the rest of the city. Today, most of the historic buildings on that block remain in active use as an architecturally unique reminder of St. Petersburg’s past. But a move to declare what’s now known as “First Block” as a historic district…

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Leif Nissen Social Justice Lecture Series offers ways to make a difference

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NPR’s first full-time TV critic Eric Deggans will present his lecture “Media and Politics: How the Average Person Can Make a Difference,” as part of the Leif Nissen Social Justice Lecture Series. The Leif Nissen Social Justice Lecture Series of Temple Beth-El is presenting the lecture in partnership with the League of Women Voters of the St. Petersburg Area, the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, and the Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater. Deggans was the TV/media critic for the Tampa…

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