KEYSTONE Last week, organizers gathered to thank those who helped with a project three years in the making – to open a home for troubled teens. ...more

May 21, 2008

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January 30, 2008

BayWalk, the city's downtown retail and entertainment complex, was the scene of several violent and chaotic incidents Tuesday, including a man being shot in the leg, a crowd stampeding for free money, and a brawl involving teenage girls that was so intense officers said they had to use pepper spray to break it up. ...more

December 26, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - BayWalk, the city's downtown retail and entertainment complex, was the focal point of several violent and chaotic incidents last night, including a man shot in the leg, a crowd stampeding for free money, and a brawl involving teenage girls that was so intense officers say they had to use pepper spray to break it up. ...more

December 26, 2007

AVON PARK — Its members question their own existence. What is their role? What purpose do they have toward benefiting the city, or are they nothing more than a waste of space, time, effort and ultimately the taxpayer's dollar? After finding out earlier this month that its own members lacked the authority to dissolve itself, the four remaining members of the Main Street Community Redevelopment Agency advisory board considered resigning. Main Street CRA advisory board Chairman Devon Donaldson, speaking for the board, repeated the frustrations he had with the council, and what they saw as the inability of the board to have much of an input on facade grants as a reason for their attempted disbanding. ...more

November 26, 2007

AVON PARK — After canceling their meetings the past two months because there weren't enough members present to have a quorum, the Main Street Community Redevelopment Agency advisory board found the quorum it needed Thursday, then decided they shouldn't bother anymore. In an unanimous decision, the Main Street CRA literally voted itself out of existence, eliminating one of the three advisory boards created earlier this year after questions came up over the legality of having multiple CRA boards. Main Street-area residents and businesses would now have to apply directly to the City Council, which doubles as the main CRA board, for a facade grant. Devon Donaldson, who chaired the now-defunct advisory board, said Sunday that he and the rest of the board realized several facade grant applications skipped their board, which the board members themselves thought was unnecessary. "We just didn't see a need for us to be there anymore," Donaldson said. "All of us are willing to serve, we just felt our energies were being wasted." ...more

November 5, 2007

CLEARWATER - Thanks to the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority, American troops in Iraq will be getting a bus load of food, snacks and other items. ...more

September 5, 2007