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St. Pete Pride cancels Pride Fest 5K

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St. Pete Pride has canceled a 5K run Pride Fest weekend so it won’t conflict with a similar #OrlandoUnited event. The St. Pete Pride 5K was originally scheduled for 7 a.m. Saturday, June 25, in Gulfport. But late Thursday, Gulfport officials received an email from organizers: “I am sorry to announce that the St. Pete Pride 5K is officially canceled so not to detract from a similar event being held in Orlando on the same day. “#orlandounited5k is being run…

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St. Pete council agrees to spend millions to fix sewer problems

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In the wake of a tropical storm that saw St. Petersburg dump millions of gallons of partially treated wastewater into Tampa Bay, City Council members agreed Thursday on several initiatives designed to start replacing and repairing a deteriorated sewer system. But council members agreed repairs won’t come quickly enough to prevent another overflow. “We will be dealing with serious spill events over the summer, and we need to be straightforward about that,” council member Darden Rice said. The sooner something…

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St. Pete council clears way for western and wildlife art museum

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St. Petersburg council members unanimously voted Thursday to lease parking spaces in the South Core Garage so the proceeds could be used to financially support a proposed western and wildlife art museum. “This is truly a goosebumps moment for St. Petersburg,” city council member Ed Montanari said. “This is one of the easiest votes I’ve had since being on council,” Steve Kornell said. “We’re very excited and very honored.” The museum is the brainchild of Tom James, executive chairman of…

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Rick Kriseman: ‘I’ll be damned if we’re going to let violence stop us’ from celebrating St. Pete Pride weekend

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St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman and police Chief Anthony Holloway met with members of the community and media Thursday to reassure them that Pride weekend would go ahead as planned, but with a bit more security. The reassurances became necessary in the wake of Sunday’s shooting at the gay Pulse nightclub in Orlando that left 49 dead and more than 50 wounded. Officials said they’d gotten many questions from people wondering if the June 25 Pride parade and the June…

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The end for SaintPetersBlog

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Ken Welch is “fairly optimistic” electric buses will be in St. Pete next year

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Members of the board that oversees Pinellas’ bus system are split when it comes to deciding what kind of buses to buy. Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority CEO Brad Miller has proposed buying five new buses to replace worn out buses in the system’s fleet. The five buses would be the first of 70 buses the PSTA plans to buy over the next five years. Under Miller’s proposal, the five new buses would be diesel unless funding is found to install…

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A ferry comes to Madeira Beach

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Madeira Beach commission members voted Tuesday to award a bid for a ferry to Hubbard’s Marina. The ferry service, which will act as a kind of water taxi, will eliminate the need to drive from one spot to another in the city. City Manager Shane Crawford said all the stops have not been worked out, but they’ll likely include John’s Pass, the city center and the Marriott Hotel. If it’s successful, he said, the service could expand to other beach…

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City commissioner abruptly resigns after voting for Madeira Beach development proposal

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Madeira Beach Vice Mayor Pat Shontz abruptly resigned in the middle of Tuesday’s commission meeting. Her resignation came immediately after she and other commission members voted to approve an agreement that would let a developer go ahead with a controversial plan to redevelop property at the entrance to the city from the mainland. But she did not stick around for a second and third vote when the remaining commission members voted to approve a separate development agreement and zoning change…

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