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Boaters line up at the Gandy Boat Ramp to enjoy some social distancing on the waters of Tampa Bay on Saturday. [LUIS SANTANA | TIMES | Tampa Bay Times]
Pinellas boaters and beachgoers abide by the rules on a beautiful Saturday
Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, who was closely monitoring the boating scene, said boaters were behaving better this weekend than last weekend.
Yesterday• Pinellas
New Port Richey woman dead in crash after crossing U.S. 19 median
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The Florida Highway Patrol said it was not known why the woman lost control of her car. She died at the scene.
Apr. 2• Pinellas
Tampa Bay leaders unsure what DeSantis’ order means for local residents
A usually active 200 block of Central Avenue in downtown St. Petersburg is eerily quiet at around 9:30 pm on Wednesday night March 18, 2020 as restaurants and bars closed early due to the government mandated operating restrictions including alcohol sales impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. [BOYZELL HOSEY | BOYZELL HOSEY | Times]
Some said it was “business as usual," and others were awaiting legal guidance.
Apr. 1• Health
Clearwater will pick up your yard waste and bulk items after all — for one more week
Huge claws called grapples lift garbage from an area called the tipping floor at the Pinellas County Solid Waste facility at 114th Ave. N and 28th St. N in St. Petersburg. Clearwater’s solid waste department announced Tuesday that it has suspended collecting yard waste and bulk items because crews cannot do their jobs and stay 6-feet from each other.
That’s because the crews that collect yard waste are unable to stay at least 6 feet apart. Clearwater officials don’t know when service will resume.
Mar. 31• Health

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  1. Which Tampa Bay city employees are ‘essential’ in the time of coronavirus?
    Yesterday• Health
    Tampa Mayor Jane Castor speaks during a news conference about the recent coronavirus pandemic Thursday, March 12, 2020 in Tampa. [CHRIS URSO | Times]
  2. Pinellas boaters and beachgoers abide by the rules on a beautiful Saturday
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    Boaters line up at the Gandy Boat Ramp to enjoy some social distancing on the waters of Tampa Bay on Saturday. [LUIS SANTANA | TIMES | Tampa Bay Times]
  3. Why online learning is hard on students with special needs
    Yesterday• Health
    Mandy Minor works with her 8-year-old daughter, Clara, on a class assignment at home. Clara suffers from learning and developmental delays due to DiGeorge Syndrome. Without peers and a teacher to propel her through the day, she burns out quickly, her mother says. [Courtesy of Alastair St. Hill]
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  5. Pinellas school district to add 13 new free meal sites
    Apr. 3• Health
    Pinellas County schools will expand its number of free meal sites for students while schools are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. [STEVEN SENNE | Associated Press]
  6. Pinellas firms pivot to address COVID-19 health care needs
    Apr. 3• Business
    Madico of Pinellas Park produces film products in a clean-room coating area. The company recently retooled its production to make face shields for health care workers. [Madico]
  7. At Top Workplace KnowBe4, the culture preceded the workforce
    Apr. 3• Business
    Employees of KnowBe4 participate in a yoga class given by Michele Levin, yoga instructor of A Yoga Village, Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at KnowBe4 Town Hall area in Clearwater. The employees are: left to right: Tara McClellan, Christopher Vaughn, and Vall Moss. [SCOTT KEELER | TAMPA BAY TIMES]
  8. Top Workplaces: Three companies that hear their employees
    Apr. 3• Business
    Supervisor Kat Watters, center, visits with beach team members Fred Marsalisi, left, and Sydney Going, at the TradeWinds Island Grand Resort. [MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times]
  9. Uncertainty surrounds $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program that debuts Friday
    Apr. 2• Business
    The new federal Paycheck Protection Program aims to help companies continue to make payroll with $349 billion in forgivable loans, but the day before applications opened, questions abounded. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) [MATT ROURKE | AP]
  10. Clearwater City Council will meet in person tomorrow. Is that a good idea?
    Apr. 1• Health
    Filmmaker and longtime Scientology critic Mark Bunker, candidate for Clearwater City Council's Seat 2, answers a question while attending a candidate forum on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, in the City Council chambers at the Clearwater Main Library in downtown Clearwater. Bunker will head to those same chambers on April 2 for his first council meeting. [DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times]
  11. Apply Friday for small business Paycheck Protection Program
    Apr. 1• Business
    Drivers pass a sign outside the Kimmins Contracting Corp., looking to hire employees last Thursday in Tampa. A record-high number of people have applied for unemployment benefits as layoffs engulfed the United States in the face of a near-total economic shutdown aimed to curb the spread of the coronavirus. On Friday, applications open for the new federal Paycheck Protection Program, which will provide forgivable loans to small businesses that maintain their headcount, pay and employee benefits. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) [CHRIS O'MEARA | AP]
  12. Is the pedestrian signal at this Dunedin intersection too quick? Or am I walking too slowly?
    Mar. 30• Transportation
    A Dunedin reader tells Dr. Delay that the Bass Boulevard and Main Street intersection has a "potentially deadly crosswalk." He and his wife were nearly run over, he said. [Google Maps]
  1. Pinellas jail count down 500 after concerted legal effort to address coronavirus fears
    Mar. 24• Health
    The Pinellas County jail population has decreased by about 500 people in seven days thanks to the concerted effort of Pinellas public defenders, prosecutors and judges. Jails and prisons across the country are grappling with concerns that the coronavirus could infect incarcerated populations. [Times]
  2. The coronavirus recession is here. Will it linger in Florida?
    Mar. 24• Business
    The Double Decker Bar in Tampa's Ybor City entertainment district was closed last week. Tampa City Hall had sent fliers local bars, which were expecting a possible bar and restaurant closure announcement due to preventing the spread of the coronavirus. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]
  3. Tech Data to appeal $83 million fine in French antitrust case with Apple
    Mar. 24• Business
    Tech Data is based in Largo, where it employs 2,000 of its 14,000 workers. [DIRK SHADD | Tampa Bay Times]
  4. Signs read 'Signals set for 30 mph’ in downtown Tampa. But it doesn’t feel like it.
    Mar. 23• Transportation
    Speed limit signs set for 30 miles per hour are posted along Kennedy Boulevard in Tampa. [BOYZELL HOSEY | BOYZELL HOSEY | Times]
  5. Local governments are giving themselves special powers in the time of coronavirus
    Mar. 23• Health
    The Covid-19 update beach closure sign along the sand at North Shore Park on Friday, March 20, 2020 in St. Petersburg. Pinellas County has announced that all public beaches will close tonight at 11:59 p.m. [DIRK SHADD | Times]
  6. Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority announces bus service cutbacks due to Coronavirus
    Mar. 21• Health
    Passengers board the Route 9 PSTA bus at Grand Central Station in St. Petersburg, Florida on Thursday, January 23, 2020. [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]
  7. Coronavirus in Florida: Will Tampa Bay leaders close parks next?
    Mar. 21• Health
    A picture of Lake Conservation Park, which was closed by Hillsborough County in response to the Coronavirus outbreak in March 2020. [JEFFREY S. SOLOCHEK | Times]
  8. Pinellas Sheriff blasts county leaders and national media for beach shutdown
    Mar. 21• Health
    An empty Clearwater Beach is seen Saturday, March 21, 2020. Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri laid into national media for fostering panic that pressured county leaders to close the beaches. [CHRIS URSO | Times]
  9. Coronavirus closings can cause hunger. Schools, volunteers are stepping up.
    Mar. 21• Health
    The Kind Mouse founder and CEO Gina Wilkins, known as "Mamma Mouse," left, and Stephanie Chill load bins with items to be packed into lunch bags. The organization, along with The Junior League of St. Petersburg, packed nearly 600 bags on Tuesday, each with three meals. [JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times]
  10. BayCare shortens drive-through coronavirus testing hours and tightens requirements
    Mar. 21• Health
    A motorist pulls up Wednesday for a coronavirus test outside a BayCare health center on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard in North Tampa. [PAUL GUZZO | Times]
  11. Epilogue: Sid Klein, Clearwater’s innovative police chief, dies at 78
    Mar. 20• Clearwater
    Former Clearwater police Chief Sid Klein died Wednesday of cancer. Klein spent his retirement in Port St. Joe, right, where he enjoyed hanging out on the water. [Times staff | Courtesy of Kelly Klein]
  12. Coronavirus hitting Florida development like 'an economic hurricane’
    Mar. 19• Business
    A construction worker earlier this year walks along the beams of the Bainbridge Ybor City luxury apartments, slated to open this summer in Tampa. Currently, developers are seeing signs of a tighter lending environment, particularly for apartments, hotel and retail projects.
 [OCTAVIO JONES | Times]
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