Clearwater welcomes new Publix [Times photo: Boyzell Hosey] The downtown supermarket can't open soon enough for schoolchildren across the street: "We've been counting the days."

North Pinellas County news
Answering the call to teach
After sometimes many years in other careers, these professionals say they belong in front of classrooms.

City gives Stanton 6 percent pay raise
Pleased with the city manager's performance, commissioners raise his salary to $114,530.

Feds say 90,000 snared in scam
The telemarketing victims were told they would receive a credit card. Instead, they got a pay-as-you-go card, the Federal Trade Commission said.

Sinkhole opens in Palm Harbor
A hole 8 feet across and 6 feet wide opened up in the Quirks' yard. A neighbor thought it was the first sinkhole in the neighborhood.

Fire chief steps in as development director
OLDSMAR -- Fire Chief Scott McGuff will be the interim community development director while the city works to fill the job. Nick Staszko, Oldsmar's former community development director, left the city Friday after 12 years at that position for a job in the private sector.

Proposal to borrow beach money is a washout
Beach interests' ire dissuades officials from letting the visitors bureau borrow the money to balance its budget.

Local cyclist wins state title
The state's fastest USA Cycling racers competed in the Florida State Championship Road Races on Saturday, battling heat, thunderstorms and flat tires on a hilly course near Tallahassee.

South Pinellas man has fun learning sport
When a friend of David Kelley's encouraged him to play tennis a couple of years ago, Kelley discovered he liked the game.

Editorial
Barring women from boot camp crossed line
Gender lines when it comes to parenting duties have been disappearing for years. In many -- if not most -- homes, Mom and Dad now share responsibility for diapering, formula preparation, nighttime feedings, bedtime stories and discipline.

Letters
U.S. 19 proposals will only increase risk of accidents
Re: Drivers aren't using right-turn lanes properly, letter, July 29, and Right turn lanes need barricades, letter, Aug. 4.

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