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St. Pete could soon be piggybacking on an idea approved last month in Tampa. Booze on the streets, that is. St. Pete’s idea is still in its conception, but it would likely apply to specialty areas like the popular Beach Drive and the up and coming Grand Central District that cuts through the southern boundary of Historic Kenwood. The idea, proposed by city council member Jim Kennedy, is to schlep booze to raise money for the arts. He said artists…

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Hillsborough County Schools Superintendent MaryEllen Elia has been awarded the 2015 Superintendent of the Year by the Florida Association of District School Superintendents. The award was announced Wednesday morning during a joint meeting between the awarding group and the Florida School Boards Association. Elia has been head of Hillsborough Schools since she was hired during a national search in 2005. A former social studies teacher, she moved to Tampa from New York in 1986. She now heads the nation’s eighth…

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With more and more troops surging home from overseas war zones, the letters PTSD have become a household acronym. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – the diagnosis used to be a thing of shame for returning soldiers. All that has changed now. People and groups are jumping into the ring to help these emotionally scarred heroes. That includes a documentary filmmaker and her team. Meet Abigail Tannebaum Sharon, creator of Rudy + Neal Go Fishing. Her 20-30 minute documentary trails a…

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St. Pete has come a long way since its days of being known as the Green Bench City. Since then, the move here to die jokes have subsided. But that doesn’t mean we don’t still have our fair share of retirees. And many of them drive. Now, this is its own joke, indeed, but seniors on the road are no laughing matter. That’s why the Safety is Golden Mobility Fair aims to offer the city’s more mature residents information about…

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Hurricane season officially ended this week leaving Florida unscathed for the ninth year in a row. The respite from pricey storm damage in the Sunshine State is leaving Citizens Property Insurance with a little more room to breathe. The uneventful season yielded just eight named storms with only two considered major storms. None of those even threatened Florida. The storm-free seasons have helped stabilize Florida’s property insurance market by expanding private-market coverage for property owners. That expansion has helped Citizens…

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People who live in the Tampa Bay area, but not in Tarpon Springs, know about the cozy little Gulf Coast town for a few reasons – the sponge docks and Greek food and kids jumping into cold water chasing after a crucifix. Now the town will be known for something else, an MTV reality show making its Greek inhabitants look a little crazy. A trailer for the 30-minute MTV special kicks off with a bunch of 20-somethings dancing and breaking…

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Want some free chicken tenders this Thursday? Super. Just wear your brown shoes to PDQ and you’re good to go. Apparently Thursday is national Brown Shoes Day (that’s a thing) and PDQ is honoring it by handing out delicious battered and fried chicken tenders. Yum. It doesn’t matter what kind of shoes – new, old, flip-flops, loafers, tennis shoes, brand name, generic – just so long as they’re brown. Light brown, dark brown, in between brown. Doesn’t matter. There’s free…

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