Janelle Irwin TaylorMay 8, 2019
3min715
The Property Appraiser estimated the property’s taxable value at $90 million.
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Janelle Irwin TaylorMay 8, 2019Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 26, 2019
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Residents argue the restaurant would create disruptive noise and boating traffic.
Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 27, 2018
5min264
A group of St. Pete Beach retirees are battling it out in court over access to a local American Legion Post. Michael Finnerty, age 70, and his 73-year-old wife Terri are suing Tom de Yampert for defamation. They allege his accusations that the couple had a hand in missing funds led to their ouster from American […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 18, 2018
4min368
Gov. Rick Scott is putting another $4 million toward red tide funding for local communities impacted by the outbreak. The Tuesday announcement brings the total Florida Department of Environmental Protection funding available so far to $13 million. Red tide has been spreading north along Florida’s Gulf Coast for much of the late summer. It’s plagued Pinellas […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 18, 2018
4min552
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is getting an additional $1.2 million to enhance research and increase production of redfish in Port Manatee, the state announced Monday. The new funding should help recover Florida’s fisheries from the ongoing red tide sweeping Florida’s Gulf coast and wreaking havoc on Pinellas, Sarasota and Manatee County beaches. […]
Danny McAuliffeJuly 14, 2018
3min549
Jay Beyrouti will fill the vacant Pinellas County Commission District 6 post effective Friday, according to Gov. Rick Scott‘s office. Scott appointed Beyrouti to the commission to fill the empty seat created by Commissioner John Morroni‘s passing on May 20. A Reddington Shores resident, Beyrouti, 66, is a small business owner. He received his bachelor’s degree in […]
Staff ReportsJanuary 3, 2018
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A husband and wife attorney team claims their million-dollar St. Pete Beach home is exempt from short-term rental laws. But the City of St. Pete Beach disagrees and has fined the couple, forcing them to court. Amy Deruelle Boggs, 49, is CEO of the Law Office of Amy Boggs, a three-attorney law firm founded in […]
Drew WilsonDecember 11, 2017
2min285
St. Pete Beach Commissioners Terri Finnerty and Ward Friszolowski have won re-election after no candidates put their names in to run against them before the qualifying deadline Friday. Finnerty holds the District 1 and Friszolowski holds the District 3 seat. Those seats were the only two St. Pete Beach offices up for grabs in the […]
Drew WilsonNovember 30, 2017
1min376
The qualifying period for two St. Pete Beach City Commission seats opened Thursday and would-be commissioners have until Dec. 8 to put their name down for the March election. The Pinellas County town of 10,000 pays commissioners $5,400 a year to meet twice a month. Up for grabs are the District 1 seat held by […]
Associated PressFebruary 24, 2017
1min227
Seven of the top 10 beaches ranked as the best in the nation by a travel-ratings website are in Florida. TripAdvisor said Wednesday in a news release that the sand at Siesta Key outside Sarasota was the best-rated beach in the nation. Other Gulf Coast beaches weren’t far behind. St. Pete Beach was number 3, […]