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Saturday 28th January, 2012

    • Ex-con helps county clean up

    TBO.com

    DADE CITY -- From the time county officials realized that Corky Yager's Volkswagen Graveyard -- an institution for 25 years -- was illegally zoned, they tried to figure out a way to clean up ...

    • Teacher of the Year brings charisma to classroom

    TBO.com

    WESLEY CHAPEL -- Pasco County's Teacher of the Year has acting chops to go along with her teaching skills.Maybe that combination contributes to her success."I know in my classroom ...

    • Conservative 'Friends' group targets abrasive Bunting

    TBO.com

    WESLEY CHAPEL -- There is much about the tale of Sheila Mann that cannot, or at least will not, be told, the authorities on the matter being unwilling to air family laundry on the public ...

  • School closings in Seminole may force thousands at other campuses to switch

    Orlando Sentinel

    Seminole County could trigger a wave of rezonings that would affect thousands of students and half of the elementary schools in the district. Parents who thought they had nothing to worry about ...

  • Boys basketball: Former assistants put on show for mentor

    TBO.com

    NEW PORT RICHEY -- In the second edition of the Anders Family Classic at Ridgewood's Anders Court, eight teams participated and provided great Saturday basketball action with legendary former ...

  • Wrestling: Fivay captures 1st SAC title

    TBO.com

    HUDSON -- In just its second year of existence, Fivay's wrestling team brought home the school's first championship as they dominated the county at the Sunshine Athletic Conference ...

  • Early Voters Cast Ballots

    ABC Action News

    Almost 3,500 voters cast their ballot Saturday alone. Voters must be a registered Republican to be eligible to vote for the Republican Party's presidential nominee. For more information about ...

  • Gasparilla 2012 pirate invasion

    ABC Action News

    TAMPA, FL. - As the pirate invasion took over Bayshore Boulevard the crowd of hundreds of thousands of people grew by the minute. "The coolest thing is just going to see the pirates come onto ...

  • Several apply to be Seminole's new schools chief

    Orlando Sentinel

    SANFORD — The first applications for superintendent of Seminole County schools are in and the list includes several candidates who also have applied to be superintendent of Orange County ...

  • Sarasota-Manatee area bowlers among leaders in state senior event

    Examiner

    Heading into the final weekend of the annual Florida State Senior Bowling Association's annual championship tournament in Orlando, a number of area participants occupy spots on the ...

  • GOP advantage on health care complicates if Mitt Romney is Republican nominee

    St Petersburg Times

    JACKSONVILLE — The candidates have circled the issue for months, throwing bantam punches that mostly missed. During Thursday night's GOP presidential debate, Rick Santorum broke through ...

  • Hillsborough, Pasco report increase in early voting turnout

    St Petersburg Times

    The early voting period ended Saturday for the Republican presidential primary with two local counties drawing more voters than they did four years ago.Hillsborough County reported a total of 22,515 ...

  • Republicans increasingly worry volatile primary will hurt them in general election

    St Petersburg Times

    WINTER PARK — The most volatile Republican presidential primary in decades may be great drama, but Republicans increasingly worry it could be hurting the GOP's prospects against President ...

  • Sinkholes in St. Pete? Not as rare as you'd think.

    St Petersburg Times

    Everyone knows there are sinkholes in Hernando County, where nearly a third of homeowners in one subdivision have reported sinkhole damage.And everyone past a certain age remembers the Great Winter ...

  • Seminole casino doubles down

    Sun-Sentinel

    Ty Pennington revealing the casino's new entranceway at noon, and Foreigner performing at 8 p.m.Most of the changes came in the past three months. Since Nov. 1, workers have sawed, sanded and ...

  • Boat Crashes into Dock, 2 injuried.

    ABC Action News

    Indian Rock Beach, FL - Two men were taken to the hospital after their boat crashed into a dock and seawall near 20th Avenue North, said Pinellas County Marine Unit ...

  • Pilot Survives Plane Crash

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    CLEARWATER, FL - A pilot was lucky enough to walk away after surviving a plane crash that happened Saturday around 2:15 p.m. near 6100 150th Avenue ...

  • Ad campaign puts kids first

    TBO.com

    PEDC The Pasco Economic Development Council is using children in its ad campaign to try to separate itself from typical marketing ...

  • Students see teacher's lecture not full of hot air

    TBO.com

    PORT RICHEY -- Bishop Larkin Catholic School science teacher Jessica Croghan-Ingraham's sixth-grade class was studying a unit on weather. Specifically, they were learning about air ...

  • Small plane makes crash landing in Pinellas County field

    St Petersburg Times

    LARGO — A single-engine plane crash-landed Saturday afternoon in a field near High Point Elementary School, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. The pilot was the only person on the ...

  • Boat crash leaves two injured in Indian Rocks Beach

    St Petersburg Times

    INDIAN ROCKS BEACH — A boater and his passenger were injured Saturday morning when their vessel crashed into a dock and seawall on the Intracoastal Waterway in Indian Rocks Beach.Richard ...

  • One dead after two personal watercraft collide in Lutz

    St Petersburg Times

    LUTZ — A man died after two personal watercraft collided early Saturday morning on Lake Hobbs, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.Ryan N. Burke, 30, of Lutz, ...

  • FWC investigates Lake Hobbs death

    ABC Action News

    LUTZ, Fla. - The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is currently investigating a fatality boating accident on Lake Hobbs. One unidentified male died as a result of two personal water ...

  • I-Team: Not all state workers raise-less

    ABC Action News

    TAMPA - When Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature forced state workers to chip in 3 percent for their pensions last year, some sheriffs struck back. They increased the pay for their employees ...

  • Crash blocks I-75 NB at Brooksville

    ABC Action News

    BROOKSVILLE, Fla. - A serious crash shut down all northbound lanes on I-75 Saturday morning for about an hour. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, it happened shortly before 6 a.m. Hernando ...

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The Pier in danger after decades of memories and pictures


The Pier in danger after decades of memories and pictures

Advocates for The Pier want it to be renovated and restored in its current form, kept as the tourist attraction it is, while city officials feel it would be more economical and feasible to tear it down and replace it with a new structure. The advocates for The Pier want us to decide.

The Pier, as it is called by St Petersburg residents, or the St Petersburg Pier, as it is known nationally and even internationally, is one of the major landmarks of the city and a seminal tourist attraction and has been visited by tens of millions of people during the course of its exis ... more


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