Saint Petersburg Informer

St. Petersburg Pier petitions to be handed over on Wednesday ST. PETERSBURG — Concerned Citizens of St. Petersburg, the group fighting to stop construction of the proposed new Pier, plans to hand in more than 20,000 petitions to City Hall on Wednesday. The group says it has collected more than enough signatures … Read more [...]

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City Seeks K from Ford Over Pier Lawsuit The city of St. Petersburg is seeking $ 16,152 from local attorney and mayoral candidate Kathleen Ford for court costs relating to the VoteOnThePier lawsuit. The motion, filed by assistant city attorney Joseph Patner, said because Ford brought the suit … Read more on Patch.com

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Bellona's St. Petersburg office meets with Norwegian PM Stoltenberg over … Rybakov said that Stoltenberg, who is in St. Petersburg to attend the meeting of Baltic Sea Countries later on Friday, promised to bring up the concerning situation of Russian NGOs with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who is also attending the … Read more [...]

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Homeless people take St. Petersburg to court over trespass warnings A St. Petersburg ordinance allows police officers to issue trespass warnings on city-owned property anytime rules are broken. The first offense brings violators a ban up to one year. A second offense could bring up to a two-year ban. Anyone can appeal … Read more [...]

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Venice To Cut Ties With St. Petersburg Over Anti-Gay Law In support of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, Venice is seeking to cut ties with its sister city St. Petersburg, reports WSAV. The Italian city wants to break off cultural relations with the Russian city because of its anti … Read more [...]

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St. Petersburg man dies when bus runs over him ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Florida Highway Patrol says a 59-year-old man has died after being run over by a public transportation bus. The agency says Joseph Michael Lukowski got out of the bus as it was pulling away from a bus stop in St. Petersburg [...]

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Francis scores game-winner in St. Petersburg's win over East Lake St. Pete has been here before, but so has Oswald Francis. Up 2-0 at the half, the Green Devils allwowed East Lake two second-half goals, as the Eagles looked to eek out a tie against their Class 8A District 7 rival. Francis had other ideas. [...]

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Boys basketball: St. Petersburg enjoys drama-free win over Seminole ST. PETERSBURG — In four games last season, Seminole and St. Petersburg turbo-boosted heartbeats and eliminated fingernails in down-to-the-wire finishes. The Green Devils won each of those meetings against their Class 7A, District 10 counterpart, … Read more on Tampabay.com (blog)

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IndyCar passes over St. Petersburg for doubleheader event IndyCar is introducing doubleheader events at three of its street circuits next season, and although the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg received consideration, it was ultimately passed over as a doubleheader site. The cities chosen to host … Read more on Bizjournals.com (blog)

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HSN host Kathy Wolf logs more than 22000 hours of live TV over 20 years ST. PETERSBURG — It's tough to catch Kathy Wolf speechless. Except maybe that time as a teenager when she was playing baseball with her brother and got a forkball in the throat. The accident permanently lowered her voice and left [...]

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Cook, Ellsbury lead Red Sox over sliding Rays 5-2 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Aaron Cook went six weeks without a win. So when he finally got one, he enjoyed it. Cook pitched six solid innings to stop his five-game losing streak, Jacoby Ellsbury homered and drove in three runs, and the Boston Red Sox beat [...]

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Jewish Travel Consultant Offers Personalized, Client-Centered Tours All Over … The late 18th century marks a significant turning point in Russian Jewish history, when many Jews left their small towns, known as shtetls, and came to St. Petersburg, the Czarist capital. As Russia's Jews became better educated, attained greater … Read more on The Jewish [...]

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Jonny Gomes' two-run homer lifts Oakland A's to road win over Tampa Bay Rays ST. PETERSBURG – AUGUST 24: Designated hitter Jonny Gomes #31 of the Oakland Athletics is congratulated after his two run home run against the Tampa Bay Rays in the eighth inning during the game at Tropicana Field on August 24, 2012 [...]

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ST. PETERSBURG — After more than three hours of often testy debate, the City Council finally settled on how to ask voters if they want to save the Pier. After several false starts, the council decided to use the same question that was on the … Saint Petersburg – Bing News

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ST. PETERSBURG — As expected, the City Council’s debate Monday morning about how to ask voters if they want to save the Pier was prolonged and contentious. When the dust settled after more than three hours, council members agreed to stick to … Saint Petersburg – Bing News

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