St. Pete Beach, Florida News & Events
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St. Pete Beach Events
Mardi Gras events on St. Pete Beach to help local charities
The Kiwanis Club of Gulf Beaches, is hosting the fourth annual Month of Mardi Gras through Feb. 19.
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The Ultimate Women's Fitness & Wellness Event - February 24-26
Getaway Fitness, a leading provider of luxury boot camp vacations, announces the dates for The Ultimate Women's Fitness & Wellness Event 2012 a women's health and fitness extravaganza. Held on February 24-26, 2012 at the TradeWinds Resort, St. Pete Beach, FL, it will feature inspiring speakers on the topic of women's health, fitness, nutrition and beauty.
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Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
The Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg takes place March 23-25, 2012 and is run on a 1.8-mile, 14-turn waterfront circuit that includes a combination of adjacent downtown streets circling Pioneer Park, the Progress Energy Center for the Arts, the Salvador Dali Museum and extending onto the runways at Albert Whitted Airport, which overlook the Bay and picturesque St. Petersburg Harbor and Marina.
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The Corey Avenue Sunset Celebration The monthly event features local artists and crafters along the sidewalks among Corey Avenues unique storefronts. Most shops are opened late and as always there is free Parking and admission. Corey Sunset Celebration is hosted by the Corey Area Business Association and takes place on the last Friday of every month, year round.
Pass-A-Grille Beach Art Market
Saturdays, 9 a.m.
Suntan Art Center
3300 Pass-A-Grille Way, St. Pete Beach FL 33706
Year 'round art market, hosted by the Suntan Art Center. Held on the patio in historic Pass-A-Grille, with a wide selection of works by local artists, including paintings, photography, handcrafted jewelry, metal art and more. Located on Gulf Way, between ninth and tenth avenues.
The Corey Sunday Morning Market has begun its third year. This fresh, green market was put together by the Suntan Art Center and the Corey Area Business Association to bring people together in St. Pete Beach. The Corey Sunday Market will have 25 to 35 vendors each week along Corey Avenue from Boca Ciega Drive to Blind Pass Road. Half of the vendors will be local artists and merchants and the other half are green. Local blues musician Charlie Morris will play opening day this year with a variety of musical acts to follow through the season, which ends in May. For information on the market, check out suntanart.org.
Corey Fresh Market
On Corey Avenue between Blind Pass Road and Boca Ciega Drive
Designed to emulate an open air farmer’s market, vendors will have their wares set up for sale while Corey merchants will be open during market hours for shopping and dining.
The market will run Sundays, October through May
Philadelphia Philles Spring Training
601 Old Coachman Road, Clearwater, FL 33765
Enjoy the fun and excitement of baseball in Clearwater, Fla., as the Phillies get ready for 2012.
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Toronto Blue Jays Spring Training
373 Douglas Avenue, Dunedin, FL 34698
The Toronto Blue Jays will play 17 home games during the 2012 Grapefruit League season at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium in Dunedin, Florida.
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New York Yankees Spring Training
1 Steinbrenner Drive, Tampa, FL 33614
George M. Steinbrenner Field is a 31-acre complex with a seating capacity of 11,026 seats.
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St. Pete Beach News
TradeWinds Sandpiper Suites to Become First Guy Harvey Outpost Resort
Over the next few months, the TradeWinds Sandpiper Suites on St. Pete Beach, Fla. will be transformed into Guy Harvey Outpost – a TradeWinds Beach Resort, becoming the first Guy Harvey Outpost in the United States.
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St. Pete Beach's Alden Suites Undergoes Renovation of Gulf Front Suites
St. Pete Beach Resort, Alden Suites, has undergone a $400,000 renovation of its Gulf Front Suites, formerly known as the Lanai Suites.
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'Spring Breakers' starring James Franco expected to film in bay area
Principal photography is expected to commence later this month in St. Pete Beach, continuing through March. Spring Breakers is slated to reach theaters in 2013.
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St. Pete Beach gets federal grant for marina
An idea to reinvigorate the city's downtown with a high-traffic marina got a major cash infusion this week when the city won $219,750 from a federal grant to build transient docks.
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Inflatable dog stands his ground in St. Pete Beach
The 6-foot-high, short-eared dog chewing on a red stocking stands in defiance to government bureaucracy. His owner, Alan Ronay, is determined to leave the inflatable pup atop his dog boutique's delivery van, even though he has been told he is in violation of the city's sign ordinance.
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St. Pete Beach gets victory concerning development rules in appeals court
The city has won yet another case in its seemingly never-ending legal battle over development rules.
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St. Pete Beach police say man's gift card scam cost bars, restaurants thousands
Hefner worked fast, the detective said. In two days in August he's accused of hitting Hooters, Lee Roy Selmon's, Paddy O'Sullivan's, Ruby Tuesday, the Sloppy Pelican and the Twisted Tarpon. He's also accused of bilking establishments in Madeira Beach, St. Pete Beach, St. Petersburg and Treasure Island.
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St. Pete Beach approves $25K traffic analysis to vet one-way street plan
Could redirecting the traffic flow in the city's downtown core bring more business to Corey Avenue merchants?
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Swigwam Beach Bar in St. Pete Beach keeps its sidewalk seating, despite complaints, commission decides
The 3-2 vote to allow the bar to continue to sell alcohol to patrons sitting in chairs on the sidewalk outside the bar echoed an equally sharp split among Corey Avenue business owners.
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Buy PSTA passes at Maddy’s in St. Pete Beach
The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority welcomes Maddy’s Scrumdiddlyumptious Sweets & Treats, 595 Corey Ave., as a new PSTA ticket outlet and vendor.
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Bongo's beachfront bar in St. Pete Beach is gone Coral Reef Hotel getting facelift
The former Bongo's beachfront bar at the Coral Reef Hotel is gone and the boarded-up hotel is getting a facelift.
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Beach to Bay trolley starts
Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority will kick off its new Beach to Bay trolley service Sept. 30 that will transport passengers from Pass-a-Grille to The Pier in downtown St. Petersburg and back. PSTA will kick off the new service with an introductory trolley run that will begin at 2:45 p.m. at the Freefall Theatre Co., 6099 Central Ave. Seating is limited. R.S.V.P. to Cyndi Raskin-Schmitt at craskin@psta.net or by calling 540-4828.
Don CeSar hotel on St. Pete Beach gets a major makeover, name change
It's not the fountain. It's not even the replica of the fountain. It may be a substitute for the replica of yet another fountain in London where the builder of the Don CeSar supposedly met his true love and inspiration for his pink palace by the sea. So perhaps it's the fountain twice removed.
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Pedestrian Flags Make Gulf Boulevard Safer
Unless you live on the Gulf side, crossing Gulf Boulevard to enjoy a few hours at the Beach without pedestrian safety measures could be scary, especially when Tampa has been dubbed tops on the list of cities to incur traffic accidents.
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Trolley changes mean transfer on beach trip
The Beach Trolley trip that now allows tourists to travel the full extent of Pinellas County beaches from Clearwater Beach to Pass-a-Grille will get a bit shorter next month.
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St. Pete Beach Connector Trolley Will End in October
The Connector Trolley that runs from Gulfport to St. Pete Beach will be discontinued after Sept. 30. Gulfport City Manager James O'Reilly says the grant from the Florida Department of Transportation expires at the end of September, less than two months from now. In a previous story, O'Reilly said "the intention of the initial grant was for the PSTA to add additional routes." Gulfport "was an underserved route," he said.
Florida's St. Pete beach rated best for families
Looking for the best family beach in the United States? St. Pete/Clearwater's Fort De Soto Park was named best family beach by the editors of Parents magazine for its water quality reports, calm surf, lifeguards and more. Located at the southern tip of St. Petersburg, Florida, its natural sandbar off the coast makes a warm lagoon-like pool.
Tearful locals bid farewell to tiny, historic Pass-a-Grille post office
For the past few weeks, the locals lobbied postal clerk Dick Weber for his final postmark. The post office was closing on Friday after nearly 106 years, and it was for many in this town like the loss of a stolid old-timer.
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