August 12, 2001
Tampa Bay: August 12, 2001
South Pinellas County news
Seminole rejected but not dejected
After a "no" vote on annexation, the city will keep beating the drum. So will anti-annexation activists.
Gandy project worries church
First Baptist and neighbors in Glen Lake Estates fear proposed road improvements will increase traffic hazards.
Kenneth City rejects idea of annexing Lealman
Concerned by the unincorporated area's much larger population, the town decides not to study the possibility.
Wish list for park waits one detail
St. Pete Beach must decide where to put public works. Then it will envision plans for the old City Hall land.
Converting one-way streets has a steep price
To convert Dr. M.L. King (Ninth) Street in downtown St. Petersburg from one-way to two-way will cost nearly $2-million and take two years.
The week ahead
Jungle Terrace approves improvements to gym, park
The project includes air conditioning the gym at Walter Fuller Park and adding a community meeting room.
Seminole manager gets raise
The council approves a 6 percent bump, almost double what Frank Edmunds made when he started six years ago.
Retiring at 40
The Sewing Circle, which adapted to the changing times, will close its doors.
Don't like thought of dog being lonely?
SEMINOLE -- Separation anxiety pushed Sue Mulligan to act.
For club, networking is serious business
Getting referrals is the name of the game, not socializing. And if you dare to be late, be prepared to pay the price.
Historical museum to move again
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH -- The city is seeking a $45,000 grant to help move its historical museum to a busier neighborhood.
Snell: castle to condos
ST. PETERSBURG -- The castle-like Snell Arcade, one of St. Petersburg's more notable buildings, is being advertised as the next downtown condominium project where residents would work and live.
22nd St. S waits for sweet taste of renewal
Reality takes its time on a boulevard of dreams. The first step, buying up to 70 parcels of land, is a complex job.
Pinellas Park delays hearing on apartments
Neighbors opposed to the complex are upset and say the delay is meant to help the developer.
Residents get a say in taming intersection
Some of the improvements at Walker Avenue and 113th Street have slowed speeders, but more work is on the way, and public input is sought.
City may relax rules on parking spaces
An ordinance change that would require fewer spaces would mean some businesses could expand and others could build.
Protests spare bus shuttle in Treasure Island for now
Just 15 people use the shuttle each day, compared to more than 500 trolley users, according to a city survey.
Perch packs them in with piano and poems
Perch is one stylish place. The restaurant at Beach Drive and Central opened this year after a major renovation that had to be a labor of love for owner Rob Gordon, who must have spent a small fortune transforming it. It shows.
He sheds an awful job but not nemesis couch
Pinellas Park's Rick Butler strikes a deal that sticks him with a sofa he finds loathsome.
Buddhist statues arrive from Vietnam
A temple off Gandy Boulevard adds to its collection of marble figures. Now the 6,000 members have sitting and reclining Buddhas and Buddha's mother.
City manager hunt will be team effort
Commissioners hope to hire someone from an area similar to St. Pete Beach. And they're looking for help finding that someone.
Neighborhood briefs
Pinellas Park finally annexes Sam's Club
46th Street bumps likely to jiggle out the eyeballs
We're going to start off today with the Eyeball Jiggler of the Week because it is the most astonishing example of painful driving experienced in Pinellas County since the days of muddy, wagon-rutted, horse besoiled trails back in the time before the invention of asphalt.
Belleair Beach rethinks rules for proper use of city hall
BELLEAIR BEACH -- While regulations for city hall uses are being reviewed, the City Council ruled Monday that women's exercise classes can resume even though they include non-residents.
Treasure Island will alter traffic 'bubble'
TREASURE ISLAND -- Although drivers appear to be mastering downtown's traffic-calming "bubble," commissioners agreed Tuesday to make changes to soften the curves.
Beach mayors renew firehouse quest
North Redington Beach and Redington Shores would prefer one nearby.
Baseball player catches national attention
Skepticism quickly turned to optimism for Craig Smith when he was chosen to join a national baseball team.
Top ABC tourney teams are rolling in the money
The Top of the Line Pool Service squad from Clearwater heads a respectable list of Florida teams and individuals who cashed in at the recent ABC Championship Tournament in Reno, Nev.
Tampa Bay headlines
Professor dies from lightning injuries
Dome District slump
Divorce case stretches into its fifth year
Experts call virus no reason to panic
West Nile virus Q & A
Baptist leaders meet, plan list of demands for hotel
NAACP members protest Clearwater hotel
Metro review
Tampa Bay briefs
North Pinellas headlines
Back to school
Building boom
Bus schedules
Even private schools see expansion
Don't let 'choice' sneak up on you
Principals emphasize close-knit campuses
4 schools to teach avoidance of harm
Lunches will cost an extra quarter
Special observance days
2001-02 report card distribution
Immunizations
Registration
Calendar
Other news
A city divided
PODS to city: Sign rules unworkable
At flea market, it's always Sonny
Hospital could become celebrity spa
Too many drivers hit road ready to do battle
New leader keeps band marching
Hillsborough headlines
Special ed teachers still rare commodity
Electric buses generate complaints
News of Florida
Is this in Florida's future?
Black UF freshmen numbers plummet
Gulf drilling's mitigating factor may dry up
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