About 2,400 customers on Sand Key lost power Monday afternoon after a contractor working on sea pilings near the Belleair Beach Causeway hit some Progress Energy equipment. The outage happened at 3:30 p.m. By 4:45 p.m., power had been restored to all but a handful of addresses, said Progress Energy representative Sarah Varga.
Man, 19, accused of sex with girl, 14
Police officers showed up at a loud disturbance Sunday afternoon and found two adults and a child engaged in a water fight. They were all stripped down to their underwear, according to a police report. Investigators said that one of the adults, 19-year-old Maury Lynn Scott Jr., was involved in a sexual relationship with the 14-year-old girl. Authorities charged him with one count of lewd and lascivious battery. A 21-year-old woman knew about the inappropriate contact and allowed it to happen, police said. The woman, whose name is being withheld to avoid identifying the girl, was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Scott was held in lieu of $10,000 bail. The woman was released on $150 bail.
TARPON SPRINGS
City officials tackle the budget tonight
City commissioners will hold their second budget workshop at 6:30 tonight at City Hall, 324 E Pine St. Public hearings will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 8 and Sept. 25.
LARGO
Neighbors discuss Starkey upgrades
A coalition of Largo neighborhoods has organized a workshop today to discuss how best to widen and improve Starkey Road. Largo officials, several county commissioners and a private engineer hired by the neighborhood group are scheduled to attend. The workshop is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the clubhouse of the Paradise Island neighborhood, 1001 Starkey Road.
Palm Harbor U loses key players
Two key football players for Palm Harbor University High School transfer to Tampa Catholic. For this and more notes from the first day of football practice, see Sports, 2C.
Correction
Mike Germino is the owner of Gasoline Alley. His last name was misspelled in a story about the Largo business in Saturday's North Pinellas Times.
Pinellas deaths
Allard, Margaret E.
Bennice, Wilma J.
Combs, Irene D.
Flynn, Joyce Louise
Grieco, Daniel J. Sr.
Harris, Linda Ceppos
Hinks, Beverly M.
Marshall, Alma H.
Morgan, Joan M.
Mulderink, Wayne P. Sr.
Pachuta, Eleanore
Penndorf, Mary A.
Santana, Lorena G.
Wallace, Helen K.
This list is from detailed obituaries published in Section B.
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