Clearwater-Beach News

Published: Friday, July 3, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 4, 2009 at 2:26 a.m. TREASURE ISLAND Hundreds of tanned, sweaty people crowded the beach with chairs, towels, umbrellas and beer.

IF YOU PLAN ON CELEBRATING THE LONG WEEKEND UP IN CLEARWATER, DON'T GO TO THE BEACH! THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS DECLARED THE WATER A POTENTIAL HEALTH RISK... BACTERIA HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE WATER THAT CAN MAKE YOU SICK.

The news that Pinellas County is proposing to downsize capital improvement projects brought several mayors from the barrier islands to the Board of Commissioners June 22 budget recap session.

Rumors are swirling that the Clearwater Beach and Countryside post offices are going to close, but the U.S. Postal Service says it hasn't made any decisions yet.

Tequila the parrot earns her keep by spending her nights at Pier 60, posing for pictures.

S t. Pete Beach is a throwback to Florida's pre-Disney beachfront tourism era. Squat, aging hotels line a tacky, run-down main drag.

Living at the legendary Playboy Mansion in California, becoming big-time models and being the girlfriends of Hugh Hefner has been a blast, even more so than Karissa and Kristina Shannon could have imagined.

The News Channel 8 team looks back at the career of anchor Bill Ratliff, who will leave the station after this week.

Abi Steffens, 7, and her dad, Jason, look for shells along Clearwater Beach recently.

By Thomas C. Tobin and Joe Childs , Times Staff Writers In Print: Monday, June 22, 2009 At a ceremony at the Fort Harrison Hotel in September 1995, Lisa McPherson was designated "clear,'' meaning that through Scientology counseling, she had rid herself of all interference from troubling memories buried in her subconscious.

Drilling for oil and natural gas within 10 miles of Florida's coast has suddenly become one of the chief objectives for Republican legislative leaders and industry backers who see a rare convergence of political opportunity and public sentiment.

Clearwater Beach, Florida's Development Board Approves Plan for Developer Uday Lele's 88-room Hotel on Clearwater Beach Jun.

The biggest complaint about Clearwater Beach is getting attention tonight from the city leaders.

Once upon a time, developer Uday Lele dreamed up a vision for an incredibly lavish Clearwater Beach condominium called Enchantment.

Callaloo's 442-4422, callaloos.com) celebrates its grand opening at 11 a.m. Friday.

A member of Largo High School class of '89 shows a T-shirt that was removed from the time capsule buried at the school.

The June 3 meeting of the Sand Key Civic Association was like a flashback to 1861.

Martin Luther King Center summer campers, from left, Ariel Berrien, 7, Makenzie Kent, 8, Freddie Hamilton, 8, and Janae Ford, 8, read books Wednesday at the North Greenwood Library.

Gregory Cox, of Clearwater Beach, Fla., washes the Waverunner ride Tuesday afternoon in preparation for Wednesday's opening of the annual Lion's Club carnival at Lincoln-Douglas Park in Ottawa.

The Columbia Restaurant has added a new vegetarian section, along with some new menu items to their lunch and dinner menu in their six locations that include Ybor City, Sarasota, St.