Tampa Bay: March 25, 2001
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St. Petersburg mayoral race
Meet the candidates:
 Rick Baker
RICK BAKER: This methodical, millionaire lawyer may not have all the details in place, he says, but he knows how to see a plan to fruition.
 Kathleen Ford
KATHLEEN FORD: Old friends remember her as a go-getter. On City Council, she is admired for her convictions but criticized for her style.
Function, fire compete in mayoral race
As St. Petersburg's election approaches, Rick Baker describes himself as "function-oriented" and admits a love of financial statements. Kathleen Ford, by contrast, brings energy and assertiveness to every meeting.
City workers on campaign against illegal election signs
ST. PETERSBURG -- The city has pulled nearly 2,000 illegally placed campaign signs this year. As of Thursday, the 755 signs in the city's rights of way during March was on pace with February's total of 1,037 seized "snipe" signs, up from 174 in January. |
South Pinellas County news
Student-athlete healing after bizarre accident
The nurse had seen plenty of traumatic injuries. Seeing her daughter, a college student in North Carolina, hurt was another thing.
City Hall will be built without bid
The St. Pete Beach City Commission approves the plan, thought to have been abandoned. The newest commissioner dissents.
Cars should share roads with bikes
Re: Midlane maverick says law is muddled, March 14.
Save-A-Lot replaces Publix at Coquina Key Shopping Plaza
ST. PETERSBURG -- The Coquina Key Shopping Plaza once again has a grocery store. Save-A-Lot is operating in the spot Publix vacated last year.
Starbucks is coming to garage at BayWalk
Those in need of a trendy, brewed awakening can visit the shop by summer's end.
A vanishing neighborhood
The Dome district "pilot project" promises new jobs when industry moves in. But it also means families will lose their homes.
Pinellas students to join for evening of harmony
ST. PETERSBURG -- Put 1,600 students in a room together and you would expect cacophony.
Mayor will exit basking in praise
Organizers are turning away people who want to attend a sold-out dinner to honor the departing mayor.
Causeway Bridge closed 3 nights for repairs
TREASURE ISLAND -- The Causeway Bridge will be closed to traffic from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to repair some damaged parts discovered during recent maintenance. The span needs to be open for the work, so boat traffic will be unaffected.
New noise proposal falls on deaf ears
The plan would have banned outdoor, amplified music in Treasure Island from 7 p.m. to 11 a.m.
Shakespearean-themed event brings out artists
Food for thought is a good thing, and there was plenty of it at this year's Much Ado About Art Auction on March 16 at Salt Creek Artworks. Even better, there was food for digestion -- let's call it Munch Ado About Crab Cakes -- by Salt Rock Grill chef Tom Pritchard, though I felt like something of a freeloader when I scarfed down the crab cakes and didn't drop hundreds of dollars, as most attendees do, on the art.
Former Bond Hotel getting eye-opening makeover
The downtown hotel will become the Hollander Park Inn, with a European feel -- and a darker yellow than now.
The week ahead
Today
Snowy liberation
Kids whose burns have limited their lives and scarred their self-images find comfort and inspiration on a Colorado mountain.
Web site offers tour of Holocaust museum
A new Holocaust education Web site and multimedia virtual tour of the Florida Holocaust Museum, 55 Fifth St. S, was unveiled last week to a class of ninth grade International Baccalaureate students at St. Petersburg High School.
Right on red arrow is allowed, sometimes
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Tribute to a colleague of the yarn
There was more than the regular stitching and yarn talk going on Thursday when the members of the Pearl McGowan Rug Hooking Guild gathered in Pinellas Park.
Book helps parents who travel
People who travel for work may feel they spend half their life in cramped airline seats next to strangers. Or when they first wake up in yet another hotel room they have to glance at the phone book to remember what city they are in. There's lousy room service or boring dinners with clients.
Burst pipe soaks part of new library
Notice by a late-night muralist prevents more extensive damage.
Madeira leans toward one attorney
Commissioners tentatively choose a Tampa lawyer. The city will likely pay more for him than his predecessor or his rival.
What's up on Campus
Eckerd College
Feisty, funny leader dies
Cancer claims Ethel Connolly, former member of the Pinellas Park City Council. The memorial Mass and funeral is Thursday.
Program deals with legal issues for aging relatives
Concerned about the legal and life care issues facing older relatives? Stetson University College of Law presents "Legal Issues of Aging Relatives: What Families Need to Know," a program designed to help families cope with some of the complex issues that face aging seniors.
Short course swimmers earn long list of honors
Florida's short course swimming season came to a thrilling end this month in the Junior Olympic Championships in Gainesville.
Bruckner, Liberty Ladies enjoy perfect finishes
Largo's Lori Bruckner rolled the first perfect game in tournament history, and the Liberty Lanes Ladies won the title as the 58th annual St. Petersburg Women's City Championships ended last Sunday at AMF Kenneth City Lanes.
St. Pete Beach's new City Hall: A timeline
August 1998: Developer Paul Skipper offers to build a new City Hall at the site of the defunct Paradise miniature golf course, 155 Corey Ave., and then lease the building to the beach. Although then-Mayor Ron McKenney and Commissioner Ward Friszolowski are interested in considering it, the idea fails because other commissioners want the city to own the land City Hall occupies.
Class envisions changes both idealistic, practical
A USF class has students coming up with ways to make St. Pete Beach more beautiful and user-friendly.
