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Piper Castillo
Piper Castillo grew up in Fort Lauderdale and received her English degree from Florida Atlantic University. As a community news reporter for the Tampa Bay Times, she covers north Pinellas County. She also writes the "Nightstand" column for the Sunday book pages and thinks the only thing better than a good read is a day in the sun with her family.
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Mystery writer Lee Goldberg, author of ‘True Fiction,’ talks Agatha Christie, and more
NightstandLee GoldbergGoldberg, the author of 30 books, has also been a writer and producer for several TV shows, including Monk and Diagnosis Murder. His new novel is True...
Updated: 7 hours ago
Rachel Slade talks books, magic hands in the library and the sinking of El Faro
NightstandRachel SladeIn her new book, Into the Raging Sea, Slade gives an in-depth account of the tragic sinking of the El Faro, the Jacksonville-based container ship plummeted to the bottom of...
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Diplomat Vicki Huddleston talks books and U.S. relations with Cuba
NightstandVicki HuddlestonHuddleston, 75, is the former chief of the United States Interests Section in Havana, and her report for the Brookings Institution about normalizing relations with Cuba was a...
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Peter Thomas, bookmaker, is artfully rolling into town for the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair
NightstandPeter ThomasThomas, 64, has been making fine press and artist books for more than 40 years. He graduated with an aesthetic studies degree from the University of California Santa Cruz. With his...
Published: 04/05/18
Updated: 04/11/18
Contest seeks photos of Oldsmar
OLDSMAR — The city has kicked off a photo contest and community members are invited to enter. Photos must be of Oldsmar, either old or new ones and either color or black and white. Three cash prizes will be given, with a grand prize of $200. Some of...
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TARPON SPRINGS — A new project is under way between the Tarpon Springs Greek Community Documentation Project and the University of South Florida Library’s special collections division. The two organizations are hosting a website documenting the Tarpon...
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‘Thanksgiving baby,’ now a student, reconnects with nurse 25 years later
BY PIPER CASTILLOTimes Staff WriterSAFETY HARBOR — Taylor Griffin knows the story by heart. It was Thanksgiving morning, 1993. Her mother, Kelly Griffin, had learned one week earlier she was having twin girls.
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Lorie Langdon offers a feminist twist on Oliver Twist
NightstandLorie LangdonAs a child, Langdon fell in love with the classic motion picture Oliver! She would sit for hours in her room listening to the movie soundtrack while the gang of rascally...
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From a barefoot dash through a hurricane to 10 years in office, this beach city mayor’s roots run deep
INDIAN ROCKS BEACHIn 1985, as Hurricane Elena hammered the west coast of Florida over Labor Day weekend, R.B. Johnson, then 23, stayed at his family’s beachfront cottage as long as he could. From his window, he watched monstrous waves crash...
Published: 03/29/18
Updated: 04/09/18
Retiring Indian Rocks Beach mayor R.B. Johnson is reading about the Italian renaissance
NightstandR.B. JohnsonThis month marks the retirement of Johnson as mayor of Indian Rocks Beach, a post he has held for 10 years. Recognized for advocating for improved parks, forging better community...
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