St. Pete Beach News

A Treasure Island man who represents 71 business owners and residents says the group is ready to sue the city if it doesn't do something about cleaning up the beaches.

L et's try an experiment this holiday season. With the first festive wine bag you get as a host's gift, mark the bottom with your initials and regift immediately.

No, Ebenezer Scrooge does not live in St. Pete Beach. But some residents could easily think so because the city's traditional holiday street light displays are missing this year, while most other beach towns are greeting the season with the festive twinkle and glow.

Once again, Hollywood has its eyes on Pasco County. Next week, Fox Television Studios is filming a pilot for the A&E cable network drama Sugarloaf at Central Avenue and Crystal Springs Road, south of Zephyrhills.

Even though Beverly Garnett is being sued as a member of a political action group, the City Commission decided Monday to pay her legal bills.

Desires Hotels was named the management company for Villas CeSar, a hotel development in St.

Good Samaritan Church, 6085 Park Blvd., Pinellas Park, invites everyone to "Soup for the Soul: Celtic Service of Deep Peace," Dec.

Both Sunset Beach in Treasure Island, shown, and Pass-a-Grille in St. Pete Beach have gentrified, but part of Sunset Beach remains in party mode, irritating many homeowners.

With no end in sight for six lawsuits over the city's development rules and regulations, the City Commission met in private Monday to plot a strategy for winning in court.

All proceeds benefit The Children's Home. New items will be added for bidding on The Daily Loaf throughout the auction, which concludes Dec.

I went to barbecue school. About six weeks ago, I got certified as a Kansas City Barbecue Society barbecue judge.

Residents may be charged a new tax beginning next year to help pay for stormwater maintenance and improvements throughout the city.

All proceeds benefit The Children's Home. New items will be added for bidding on The Daily Loaf throughout the auction, which concludes Dec.

If Floridians approve a constitutional amendment on the November 2010 ballot, local voters would have to vote on every change to a city or county comprehensive plan - the blueprint for development - no matter how innocuous.

Publix Apron's Cooking School head chef Rich Norris shows Wishbone U. participants turkey carving techniques.

Editor: I can see the Seminole City Council operates on emotion rather than logic with their anti-drilling resolution.

Disagreement over a proposed advisory committee is holding up settlement of six development-related lawsuits that to date have cost the city nearly $300,000. City commissioners are reacting to "considerable negative public comment," according to City Manager Mike Bonfield, over how the members of the proposed Bridge to the Future Committee would be ...

Belleair Development Group sold three Florida properties in its portfolio for $3.65 million.

A Pass-a-Grille man who is a frequent critic of City Hall has sued the city, claiming it illegally took beachfront property belonging to him and residents of a nearby subdivision.

ST. PETE BEACH Residents still have a direct say on major changes to the city's comprehensive plan, but voters last week overwhelmingly decided they don't need to see every adjustment on the ballot.