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Join St. Pete Preservation for a walking tour of the ‘Deuces’

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Hear the history of 22nd Street South, the vibrant, cultural main street of St. Petersburg’s Afro-American community during the segregation era. The tour, lasting approximately two hours, will be led by lifelong resident James Oliver, community historian Minson Rubin, and Jon Wilson, a retired St. Petersburg Times journalist who has co-authored two books on the city’s African-American history. See the renovated Manhattan Casion known as the home of “happy feet” and which featured entertainment giants Louis Armstrong, James Brown, Duke…

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Charlie Justice and Rick Kriseman: ‘We have waited long enough’ on Raytheon

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Two local lawmakers are calling on the state’s top environmental watchdog to take immediate action on the Raytheon pollution plume in St. Petersburg. In a letter today to Michael Sole, secretary of the state Department of Environmental Protection, state Sen. Charlie Justice said, “we have waited long enough for action to be taken. To be told that we will have to wait generations for our neighborhoods to be safe is unacceptable.” In his letter to Sole today, state Rep. Rick…

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Charlie Justice and Rick Kriseman: ‘We have waited long enough’ on Raytheon

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Two local lawmakers are calling on the state’s top environmental watchdog to take immediate action on the Raytheon pollution plume in St. Petersburg. In a letter today to Michael Sole, secretary of the state Department of Environmental Protection, state Sen. Charlie Justice said, “we have waited long enough for action to be taken. To be told that we will have to wait generations for our neighborhoods to be safe is unacceptable.” In his letter to Sole today, state Rep. Rick…

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Tampa Bay Campaign Weekender

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Jack Latvala, a Republican candidate for Senate District 16, will be attending Off the Record Political Happy Hour on Friday. The event is Datz Deli – MacDill & Bay to Bay and begins at 6:00 p.m. Russ Patterson, a Democratic candidate for House District 60, will be canvassing for petitions on Saturday. His volunteers will be meeting at Cafe Kili on east Fowler Avenue at 1:00 p.m. Kathryn Starkey, a Republican candidate for House District 45, will be collecting petitions…

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Tweet up tonight at St. Petersburg Museum of History’s photography expo

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WHAT: St. Petersburg Museum of History is hosting the first area HDR Photography exhibit with the cooperation of 14 North Pinellas Photography Forum photographers. The exhibit showcases photographic recreations of 32 historical images selected from the museum archives using cutting edge digital photography called high dynamic range. HDR produces images with an exceptionally broad tonal range of luminosity. The exhibit will be broadcast in real time through the social media group St. Pete Tweets. WHEN: Friday, March 5, 2010, 7:00…

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Tweet up tonight at St. Petersburg Museum of History’s photography expo

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WHAT: St. Petersburg Museum of History is hosting the first area HDR Photography exhibit with the cooperation of 14 North Pinellas Photography Forum photographers. The exhibit showcases photographic recreations of 32 historical images selected from the museum archives using cutting edge digital photography called high dynamic range. HDR produces images with an exceptionally broad tonal range of luminosity. The exhibit will be broadcast in real time through the social media group St. Pete Tweets. WHEN: Friday, March 5, 2010, 7:00…

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Where you at, Dan Ruth?

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Daniel Ruth was/is a great columnist. I still don’t understand why the Tampa Tribune let him go. I have to believe his dismissal had more to do with the Trib, than with Ruth. So it was welcome news when the St. Petersburg Times announced that it was poaching Ruth from the Tribune/unemployment line. Ruth’s once-a-week column is often funny, occasionally hilarious and always insightful. Daniel Ruth is a terrible blogger. I don’t know why he doesn’t pull down his all…

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