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The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority is hoping to secure a $21.8 million federal grant to help pay for a bus rapid transit line connecting downtown St. Petersburg and the beaches. St. Petersburg City Council approved an interlocal agreement Thursday supporting the project. ALESSANDRA DA PRA | Times
St. Petersburg still on board bus rapid transit to the beaches
Pinellas transit officials hope the project will get a federal grant in 2020. However, St. Pete Beach and South Pasadena still oppose it.
Yesterday• Transportation
Spontaneous combustion in St. Petersburg? The curious case of Mary Reeser.
Firemen shoveled rubble at spot where disintegrated body of Mrs. Mary Reeser, left, was found in her St. Petersburg apartment. Tampa Bay Times file photos
Police went looking for Mary Reeser and found a pile of ashes. The unsolved mystery baffled even the FBI.
Yesterday• Florida
Lee Benjamin played many roles for Pinellas schools. ‘He was all about kids.’
In this image from a Pinellas County school district video, former School Board member Lee Benjamin motions to someone he knows while sitting with family members during at 2013 ceremony to name the Northeast High School gymnasium in his honor. Mr. Benjamin was the school's first basketball coach in 1954 and later became Northeast's principal in a long career with Pinellas schools that included 14 years on the School Board. He died Wednesday at age 92. Pinellas County Schools
A teacher, coach and principal at Northeast High, he rose to district administrator and served on the School Board. Mr. Benjamin died Wednesday at age 92.
Yesterday• Education

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  1. St. Petersburg still on board bus rapid transit to the beaches
    Yesterday• Transportation
    The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority is hoping to secure a $21.8 million federal grant to help pay for a bus rapid transit line connecting downtown St. Petersburg and the beaches. St. Petersburg City Council approved an interlocal agreement Thursday supporting the project. ALESSANDRA DA PRA | Times
    Pinellas transit officials hope the project will get a federal grant in 2020. However, St. Pete Beach and South Pasadena still oppose it.
  2. Oldsmar corporate center sold for $47.1 million
    Yesterday• Business
    580 Corporate Center in Oldsmar Jones Lang LaSalle Capital Markets
    The six-building center is 91 percent occupied.
  3. Cross-Bay Ferry returns Nov. 1
    Yesterday• Business
    The Cross Bay Ferry, Provincetown III leaves the Vinoy Yacht Basin in January with passengers headed to Tampa. For departure times and fares for this season, which will go from Nov. 1 through April 30, check thecrossbayferry.com. [SCOTT KEELER | Times] SCOTT KEELER | Tampa Bay Times
    Now in its third year, the ferry will run Wednesdays through Sundays, with service for every Tampa Bay Lightning home game.
  4. Mother who detectives say shook baby to death tested positive for cocaine and an opioid when giving birth
    Yesterday• Crime
    Burgandie N. Marquez, 30, of Palm Harbor, faces a charge of first -degree murder over the death of her 5-month-old son. PINELLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE | Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
    The family of 5-month old Mason Marquez was the subject of five reports to Florida’s abuse hotline, state records show.
  5. Restored church opens in Tarpon Springs
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    The Unitarian Universalist Church of Tarpon Springs, at 230 Grand Blvd., has reopened to the public following a six-year restoration effort that started as a sinkhole repair in 2013. Jeff Rosenfield
    The Unitiarian Universalist Church opens to the public after a six-year restoration project.
  6. Spontaneous combustion in St. Petersburg? The curious case of Mary Reeser.
    Yesterday• Florida
    Firemen shoveled rubble at spot where disintegrated body of Mrs. Mary Reeser, left, was found in her St. Petersburg apartment. Tampa Bay Times file photos
    Police went looking for Mary Reeser and found a pile of ashes. The unsolved mystery baffled even the FBI.
  7. Treasure Island okays dog park at Rosselli Park
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    Treasure Island city commissioners voted to add a dog park in Rosselli Park. PHOTO BY TOM GERMOND |
    A donation from the Capri Civic Association will establish the dog park, over some opposition.
  8. Typhoon cancels Clearwater’s sister city visit to Nagano
    Yesterday• Clearwater
    A woman surveys her home destroyed by Typhoon Hagibis this month in Nagano, Japan. More victims and damage have been found in the typhoon-hit areas of central and northern Japan, where rescue crews are searching for people still missing. JAE C. HONG | AP
    Typhoon Habigis caused devastation to much of Japan. Nagano got some of the worst of it.
  9. The latest on USF consolidation: Smaller campuses will keep what they have
    Yesterday• Education
    The University of South Florida revealed a new plan for the school's consolidation Thursday morning. Unlike the first plan presented in September, it promises a high level of authority to leaders on campuses in St. Petersburg, shown here, and Sarasota. [SCOTT KEELER | Times]
    A new proposal also aims to strengthen programs at the university’s St. Petersburg and Sarasota locations.
  10. New rules proposed to cool St. Petersburg’s historic designation battles
    Yesterday• St. Petersburg
    The Doc Webb house, which became a point of contention over its historic status. LUIS SANTANA | Tampa Bay Times
    The City Council will vote on amended regulations about third-party designation meant to quell verbal and legal skirmishes over historic preservation
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