A celebration of hope in times that have changed
CLEARWATER -- Little girls in colorful costumes greeted His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios with roses and hand-kisses Saturday afternoon. The spiritual leader patted their hands, compared them to the brightness of sunlight and praised their skill at speaking Greek.
Girl, 12, praised for actions that saved family
SAFETY HARBOR -- Two days before Christmas, Fire Marshal Richard Brock showed up at Vanessa Lane's house with toys and other gifts for her and her three kids.
Out of jobs, residents head to class
A state program is helping the recently unemployed pick up skills for free. Operation Paycheck is designed to provide training and quickly get people back to work.
New school faces battle from its neighbors
LARGO -- A controversial plan to put an alternative school for troubled teens in a residential neighborhood and adjacent to an elementary school will go before the Pinellas County School Board this month.
Technology hastens ambulance services
With new technology in their vehicles, Pinellas County Emergency Medical Services hopes to cut response times by more than a minute.
East Lake bookworm introduced to world
EAST LAKE -- The day last spring that Jessica Collier learned she was a finalist for Glamour magazine's "Top 10 College Women" competition, she was feeling less than glamorous.
Church leader: Divers will get wet, spectators won't
Despite precipitation predictions, a cleric says no way, no how. The annual cross dive is this afternoon.
Progress in these parts depends on perspective
These days when so much in our world seems uncertain, I take perverse comfort in reading the Pinellas History column that appears weekly in the local news sections of the Times.
Time for update to rules, enforcement
Re: Restriction on pickups may go to court, story, Jan. 1.
Gillems makes impact on Fla. Southern team
First, it was the natural athleticism of Tina Gillems (Dunedin) that attracted Florida Southern College basketball coach Diane Foli.
Like those before, he longs to be a hero
TARPON SPRINGS -- Phil Skandaliaris, 18, has watched three of his cousins retrieve the Epiphany Cross: Anestis Karistinos in 1991, Theo Koulianos in 1997 and Jason Kolbe in 1999. His dad was a diver, and his great-uncle, Mike Koulianos, retrieved the cross. This is Skandaliaris' final year of eligibility as a cross diver.
Headlines through the years
A look back at the events, people and places that made North Pinellas the unique place that it is. The information is compiled from past editions of the St. Petersburg Times.
