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Police Athletic League opens new facility in midtown St. Pete

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Florida’s heavy June sun was shining down on the 20th Street Church of Christ in Midtown St. Pete yesterday afternoon, as church ministers and parishioners got together with the community, city officials and the St. Petersburg Police Athletic League (PAL) to celebrate the announcement a new youth facility. For the foreseeable future, the evangelist church’s 750-square-foot former sanctuary will be PAL’s South St. Pete headquarters. “This is a great day and a great opportunity for the police department,” said assistant police chief James Previtera. “As…

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Old Northeast HOA supports recycling, but not as-is

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The Historic Old Northeast Neighborhood Association has officially come forward with complaints about St. Pete’s new curbside recycling program. It’s the curbside part they have a problem with. While several residents in the neighborhood have sent emails to city staff, the Mayor’s office and City Council, the association has now put it’s group into the mix. In a letter sent to Mayor Rick Kriseman and City Council, HONNA president Peter Motzenbecker said the association supports recycling, but not curbside pickup.…

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Rick Kriseman: Lack of blue bin refusals shows residents do want recycling

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The first round of universal curbside recycling pickup begins at the end of this month. Front and center of the program has been the criticism surrounding the program. Residents have to pay for it whether they use it or not. The large, rolling blue bins are an eye sore. There’s no alley pickup. The government is forcing us to do something we didn’t ask for. But St. Pete Mayor wants residents to know not everyone is unhappy with the upcoming program.…

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Emails show mounting criticism over St. Pete’s curbside recycling

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St. Pete is just a couple of weeks away from implementation of the city’s long-awaited universal curbside recycling program. Last month residents began receiving the large, 95-gallon blue bins. That’s about the time excitement turned to trepidation. Since bins starting hitting yards across the city, the mayor and City Council have been fielding email after email from residents angry about the program. Based on an analysis of 61 of those emails, it seemed the people who were the angriest were…

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St. Pete Yacht Club has serious reservations about parts of Waterfront Master Plan

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Leaders of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club have some concerns about the city’s proposed downtown waterfront master plan. In a letter penned by Yacht Club Commodore Harvey Ford and signed also by Vice Commodore Richard Winning and Rear Commodore Robert Birkenstock, the group expresses concerns that the city may inadvertently be creating water hazards and encroaching on private property. The letter was sent to all members of the St. Pete City Council, as well as Mayor Rick Kriseman and Dave…

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Rays stadium agreement gains one ‘yes;’ still doesn’t have enough support to pass

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After nearly five hours of back and forth and sometimes in a circle debate, St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman has walked away from a City Council workshop with one more vote in favor of an agreement to let the Tampa Bay Rays look at stadium sites outside of St. Pete in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties. Council member Amy Foster switched her no on the memorandum of understanding from a “no” to a “yes.” “I agree this is not enough money,”…

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Stadium deal no-voters on council are going to make enemies no matter what

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They’re damned if they do. They’re damned if they don’t. That’s likely how the majority of City Council feels about the impending conversation regarding the Rays, Tropicana Field and the future of baseball in Tampa Bay. As council convenes in its chambers for yet another workshop to discuss the longstanding stalemate between the baseball franchise and the city, five of them are again being criticized by the Tampa Bay Times. Cut a deal already, is the usual mantra of the…

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