Sunday, May 19, 2013
The “Chunky Sunday” community gatherings are a budding tradition in Clearwater's North Greenwood neighborhood Sunday evenings.
Women jump out of a party bus in ripped, black spandex. They do splits and other dance maneuvers as a camera pans around showing big rims and cars with shiny, bowling ball paint as part of the seven-minute “Chunky Sunday 2013 - Clearwater, FL Wick City” YouTube video posted April 16. The community parties, which swelled to some 6,000 people at their height in 1998 in Bartlett and Campbell parks in St. Petersburg, according to a May 10, 2000 St. Petersburg Times article, are back. This time they have become a tradition in Clearwater’s gritty North Greenwood community, with hundreds of attendees coming to Cherry Harris Park Sunday evenings before lining Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue until 10 p.m. or later. Chunky Issues Resident and …
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The mother and four puppies are doing well after surviving a Clearwater housefire Wednesday morning. Check out the results of this online contest to find the "best beach bars" in Florida for 2013. Clearwater Police say the 65-year-old man was visiting from Vero Beach, Florida. The vehicle crashed through the wall at Dillard's, sparking a blaze on the building's east side. Dillard's will partially open Thursday. The accident happened late Saturday night on a U.S. 19 North frontage road, investigators said. An additional suspect is charged as part of an alleged prostitution ring that included a brothel in Pinellas County. Upgrades are expected to come to Pier 60 Park, but they won’t include a pricey sandcastle playground structure. The 28-…
Friends of the Island Parks officials said building an observation and interpretive facility on Caladesi Island is more complex and costly because of its location.
Cindy Farris is excited about plans to bring a 25-foot observation deck to Caladesi Island. Farris, president of Friends of the Island Parks, told Dunedin city leaders May 16 that the group is close to naming a contractor for the project and fundraising efforts are going strong. The proposed $700,000 Caladesi Discovery Center would provide a panoramic view and include hands-on exhibits in a planned interpretive facility on the popular barrier island. An additional $150,000 would be for educational exhibits. The expense of the project is due, in part, to the high cost of transporting materials and equipment to the remote project site, Farris said. "It's not easy to build on the barrier island," she said. The group's first major fundraising …
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Clearwater Fire Rescue personnel from Station 45 rescued Harley. The bird recently escaped out the front door and perched three stories above his home.
Lady Luck has made her presence known in Florida, where the lone winner in the roughly $600 million Powerball jackpot reportedly bought the ticket at a Publix supermarket.
Were you shopping at a Publix supermarket in Pasco County when you bought your Powerball jackpot ticket? More specifically, were you in Zephyrhills? If so, take a close look at your ticket. If you see the numbers 10, 13, 14, 22, 52 and 11, then take a deep breath and realize that your life has taken a dramatic term, if you're so inclined to claim the cash value of your roughly $600 million winnings. That's right, you're the lone winner to the record Powerball jackpot, as noted by USA Today.com, in an article posted 2:46 a.m. today, May 19. A Florida Lottery official reportedly told the Associated Press that more details were to be released. Not the lucky one? According to Powerball.com, the current estimated jackpot resets at $40 million…
Saturday, May 18, 2013
With a $600 million prize on the line, residents around Tampa Bay are eyeing their tickets.
An estimated $600 million could be all yours if you were lucky enough to pick the winning numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing. The winning Powerball numbers for May 18, 2013 are: 22, 10, 13, 14, 52 and a Powerball of 11. For more on Powerball, visit Powerball.com or the Florida Lottery website. According to the Florida Lottery, Saturday’s jackpot tops the previous $587.5 million Powerball record set in November 2012. Players in Arizona and Missouri won that prize, the lottery website says. Florida, by the way, hasn’t had the best showing in jackpot wins since it joined the Powerball’s other 42 states in 2009. Only five people have hit the Powerball jackpot in Florida, according to a Powerball analysis website. There have been 185 …
With the jackpot for the May 18 Powerball drawing now reaching record-breaking territory, we’d like to hear your ideas for spending that much cash!
What would you do with $600 million in cold, hard cash? That’s what we’re wondering as the jackpot in tonight’s Powerball drawing hits the $600 million mark. That number, according to the Florida Lottery, tops the previous $587.5 million Powerball record jackpot set in November 2012. Players in Arizona and Missouri won that prize, the lottery website says. Florida, by the way, hasn’t had the best showing in jackpot wins since it joined the Powerball’s other 42 states in 2009. Only five people have hit the Powerball jackpot in Florida, according to a Powerball analysis website. There have been 185 second-place winners to date. Just how much would you take home if you won tonight’s drawing? According to USAMega.com, that $600 million …
A military flag plaza, repairs and a new entry sign are part of renovations for Pier 60 Park were unanimously approved by city leaders Thursday.
A pricey playground is not part of renovation plans for Pier 60 Park. But a military flag plaza, repairs and a new entry sign still will be part of the project at the park after city leaders unanimously approved the $500,000 plan Thursday. The more than $300,000, concrete sandcastle playground structure was removed from the project after city leaders heard opposition from resident and business groups. The Clearwater Neighborhoods Coalition, Clearwater Beach Association, Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Beach Chamber all were opposed to the plan. The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board also was against it. A handful of residents wearing homemade paper buttons with the words “Beach Friends Library, Pool, Rec Center” written …
Eddie, a military working dog stationed at MacDill Air Force Base, is up for a national "Hero Award" for saving the lives of 13 troops in Afghanistan, thanks to a Dunedin woman who made sure he was nominated.
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Shannon Hutto will always consider Eddie a hero, regardless of the outcome of a public poll for the next American Hero Dogs. Eddie, a 6-year-old military working dog stationed at MacDill Air Force Base, is up for the prestigious recognition. He was nominated by Dunedin resident Carol White, who is advocating to get Eddie and all service dogs the recognition she feels they deserve. Eddie is credited with sniffing out an explosive 6 inches from Hutto's foot while deployed in Afghanistan. A short time later, during the same sweep, Eddie located a second explosive near a bridge, saving the lives of at least 13 troops and villagers nearby. "He got some street cred that day," Hutto said. He is one of 13 nominees in the…
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8:17 am on Sunday, May 19, 2013
It always amuses me when I read "only accessible by boat of ferry". I guess it is a marketing thing for tourists so they get the $$ which is fine. However.. NEWSFLASH: Caladesi IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE BY FOOT! Simply walk north from Clearwater Beach and you will arrive on Caladesi within 2.5 miles. It is easily the most beautiful walk in the area. Once the Island turns slightly east, you can no … more ›