Redington Beach News

Did you just have an involuntary shudder? Did you just get a vision of endless condominiums blocking the beach view? Of taillights and stoplights and bridge construction and darting pasty-white tourists? And box stores selling cheap T-shirts and cheaper souvenirs? It's okay, a lot of us who don't live out at the gulf beaches have had that reaction.

When Joanne Kupsis of North Redington Beach chose marriage over a promising dance career nearly 45 years ago in Chicago, she still kept her tap shoes.

Loder arrested for grand theft REDINGTON SHORES - John W. Loder Jr., 21, of Redington Shores was arrested June 21 by Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies and charged with grand theft.

Former Redington Beach Town Commissioner Sam Maniotes was arrested and charged with grand theft June 12 by Pinellas County sheriff's deputies.

Seminole City leaders took the first step June 9 toward a possible agreement to provide fire protection and EMS service to the city of Madeira Beach.

As America prepares to celebrate its 233rd birthday, small towns like North Redington Beach are getting ready to take part in the festivities.

Published: Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 7:15 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 7:15 a.m. REDINGTON BEACH Joseph Foley went for a swim about 3:30 a.m. Saturday.

Starting July 1, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office will begin enforcing the false alarm ordinance approved by the Pinellas Board of County Commissioners earlier this year.

The Board of Commissioners gave a thumbs-up to a new road race planned down Gulf Boulevard in the fall.

A 32-year-old felon was arrested Sunday morning, accused of illegally having several guns at his home and impersonating a law enforcement officer.

A man who spent almost 5 hours treading water in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday was found alive and is doing OK.

Coast Guard rescues swimmer off Redington Beach ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., - The Coast Guard rescued a 32-year-old man Saturday around 8:30 a.m. after he went for a swim around 3:30 a.m., and spent almost five hours treading water near Redington Beach, Fla.

The Coast Guard this morning rescued a man who disappeared in the Gulf of Mexico after deciding to go for a swim about 4 a.m., authorities say.

The Redington Beach Town Commission received a petition May 19 urging repair of a seawall.

Mayor Bill Queen introduced Maggie Cinnella, the new director of the Gulf Beaches Public Library, at the May 14 North Redington Beach town hall meeting.

With government budgets so tight, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office can little afford to dispatch deputies unnecessarily in response to false burglar alarms.

Rented homes. Warehouses. Even an underground bunker. Growers have the know-how to turn any structure into an indoor pot farm.

Thu, May 14, 2009 Includes: "Sing Deadly" includes a three-song disc recently recorded in Vegas.

Fireworks will return this year to the skies over Redington Shores on the Fourth of July.

The Madeira Beach Public Library may be facing a sharp reduction in county funding next year because it saved, instead of spent, nearly $400,000 of county money over the past seven years.