Dunedin puts muscle in short-term rental regulations
City code enforcement officials plan to strictly enforce rules on how long - or more accurately, how briefly - houses and apartments in residential areas can be rented.
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Entertainment Calendar
Today, Saturday 05/10 •The "Oils, Ink, Clay, Paper," Anniversary Show, will be held by Bill and Linda Renc , owners of the Painted Fish, and Barbara and Ira Burhans, owners of Clay & Paper, 350 Main St., Dunedin, through June 15. The gallery anniversary show combines new works in the four artists' main media. Call 727-734-5060, or 727-736-0934 or visit w www.paintedfishgallery.com, or www.claypaper.com.
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Tarpon Springs historic street lighting project moving slowly
It will be almost another 18 months before old-fashioned streetlights illuminate Tarpon and Pinellas avenues.
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Tarpon to use headhunter to find city manager
City commissioners will not reinvent the wheel when it comes to hiring their next city manager.
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Seasonal art shows coming back downtown
Seasonal art shows return to the downtown historic district later this month.
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Dunedin plans united effort to lure business
Local officials plan to show businesses looking to expand how delightful the city can be.
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Walkathon to educate, raise funds in fight against scoliosis
A walkathon will both educate about the spinal deformity scoliosis and raise money for research.
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Hyundai Sonata Limited almost a steal
THE RIDE: Four-door, five-passenger 2008 Hyundai Sonata Limited midsize sedan.
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Canine Unit Hauls In Scrap Metal Suspects
A Pinellas County canine team helped arrest men who stole marine scrap metal early Friday, Pinellas deputies say.
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Video Shows Suspected St. Pete Burglar
St. Petersburg police released surveillance video Friday of a man they think has burglarized 13 churches and restaurants in the past two weeks.
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St. Pete Woman Shot To Death In Car
Cynthia Woods lost her son to gunfire three years ago. Today, her life was touched by violence again when an unknown gunman shot and killed her daughter-in-law as she slept in a car along the shores of Lake Maggiore. Police identified the victim as Angela Burgess, 32, of St. Petersburg. The mother of four died at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds, the 13th homicide in the city this year.
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Lights, Cameras, Dunedin Osprey-cam
By fall, osprey aficionados around the world should be able to view Dunedin's very own Osprey-cam, direct from high atop a perch at St. Andrew's Links Golf Course.
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St. Pete Police Release Images Of Busy Burglar
St. Petersburg police released surveillance video today of a man they think has burglarized 13 churches and restaurants in the past two weeks.
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St. Pete Police ID Woman Slain While Sleeping In Car
St. Petersburg police say a woman sleeping in her car about 5:15 this morning was shot dead and a fisherman was struck by a bullet in the 2800 block of Pallanza Drive South near Lake Maggiore.
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Bollea Gets 8 Months In Jail, Probation For Reckless Driving
CLEARWATER – Attorneys for Nick Bollea are asking a judge this afternoon to spare the 17-year-old a state prison sentence for reckless driving.
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Campaigns, Signs Draw Stadium Lines
Elizabeth Powell's next-door neighbors like the idea of a new Rays stadium so much they've planted three "Let's Build The Ballpark" signs on their front lawn.
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Sarasota 'Idol' Finalist Mercado To Perform In Bay Area Friday
TAMPA - "American Idol" finalist Syesha Mercado, 21, is coming home to Sarasota on Friday for a free public concert, a visit to Tampa radio and TV stations and to sing the national anthem at a Tampa Bay Rays baseball game.
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Win Mom A Luxury Hotel Stay
Enter The Suncoast News' online Mother's Day photo contest and receive a stay at the Omni Orlando Resort.
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Patrol Responds To Bike, Vehicle Collision In Clearwater
CLEARWATER – The Florida Highway Patrol is on the scene of a serious crash of a bicyclist and vehicle.
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'He Thought He Had To Do Some Hero Thing': Gunman Shot, Killed At St. Pete Courthouse
ST. PETERSBURG - Pinellas County deputies shot and killed an armed man this afternoon after he fired at them at the St. Petersburg Courthouse. At 1:10 p.m., a male suspect, identified as Glen Lee Powell of Brandon, came through the courthouse's west entrance, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said.
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