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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
St. Petersburg offers cash to businesses and workers affected by coronavirus shutdown
St. Petersburg-owned bars and restaurants and their St. Petersburg resident employees will be eligible for the grants. [MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times]
The city will be offering $5,000 grants to eligible small businesses and $500 grants to employees.
Yesterday• Health
Are Tampa and St. Petersburg keeping their distance?
Tampa residents enjoy time outside on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 in Tampa. Bayshore blvd is one of the few public spaces open to the public after the City of Tampa enacted the Safer At Home order urging residents to stay home. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor lauded residents for staying apart, while St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman chastised people for crowding. The difference? It might be the parks.
Yesterday• Health
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

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  1. 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]
  2. 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]
  3. Are Tampa and St. Petersburg keeping their distance?
    Yesterday• Health
    Tampa residents enjoy time outside on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 in Tampa. Bayshore blvd is one of the few public spaces open to the public after the City of Tampa enacted the Safer At Home order urging residents to stay home. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
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  5. St. Petersburg offers cash to businesses and workers affected by coronavirus shutdown
    Yesterday• Health
    St. Petersburg-owned bars and restaurants and their St. Petersburg resident employees will be eligible for the grants. [MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times]
  6. 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]
  7. 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]
  8. Amid coronavirus constraints, Tampa Bay Christians will celebrate Easter differently
    Apr. 3• Community News
    Video producer/editor Mike Fitzer films a virtual Easter service with the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), at the denomination's headquarters in Kentucky. The service will be available to churches nationally. Photo by Kathy Francis [Kathy Francis]
  9. 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]
  10. Part of the team: Employees are king at Spoor Bunch Franz
    Apr. 3• Business
    Spoor Bunch Franz, a tax and accounting firm in St. Petersburg, ranked No. 4 this year in the Top Workplaces small business category. Pictured is its St. Petersburg office. [Scott Keeler | Times] [SCOTT KEELER | TAMPA BAY TIMES]
  11. 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]
  12. 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]
  1. 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]
  2. Passover during coronavirus pandemic means celebrating in unprecedented ways
    Apr. 1• Health
    Left to Right: Sarah Cowart, 6, helps her mother Hana Cowart roll out dough to make matzah in the family's kitchen, as Hana's husband Lyle and daughter Maddie, 2, watch. The family watched a YouTube live presentation by Maureen Sechan, director of lifelong learning, Congregation B'nai Israel of St. Petersburg, on their computer. [SCOTT KEELER | Times]
  3. At risk from the coronavirus and running low on food, Tampa Bay seniors get help from emergency program
    Apr. 1• Health
    Creekside Manor team member Blanca Alvardo, 74, right, hands resident Maggie Lauer, 66, food at Creekside Manor I Tuesday, March 31, 2020 in Tampa. Residents at Creekside Manor received four prepared meals in addition to fresh strawberries on Tuesday. [CHRIS URSO | Times]
  4. St. Petersburg woman, distressed by COVID-19, shoots at police officer
    Mar. 31• Health
    Check tampabay.com for the latest breaking news and updates. [Times]
  5. Tampa regional coronavirus strategy: Stay on your side of the county line
    Mar. 31• Health
    Pasco County Historic Courthouse in Dade City. Times (2018)
  6. Pinellas, St. Petersburg create COVID-19 ‘strike team’
    Mar. 31• St. Petersburg
    Firefighter/Paramedic William Fletcher (center) shows off COVID-19 personal protective equipment and EMT Mya Jones wears basic level personal protective equipment. [JOHN PENDYGRAFT | Times]
  7. Here’s what went wrong when a runner collapsed during the Skyway 10K
    Mar. 31• St. Petersburg
    Justin Doyle, 48, collapsed and later died while running in the March 1 Skyway 10K race. A St. Petersburg Fire Rescue report reveals the confusion and miscommunications that delayed medical help. [Courtesy of Lea Doyle | Times staff]
  8. St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman warns: social distancing or citation
    Mar. 30• St. Petersburg
    Mayor Rick Kriseman on Monday held a news conference via Facebook Live, where he lambasted residents for ignoring social distancing guidelines in city parks. [BOYZELL HOSEY | Times]
  9. 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]
  10. Foster care workers fear children isolated by the coronavirus are more at risk
    Mar. 30• Health
    Holly Winn, 60, a case manager with Eckerd Connects Community Alternative, speaks to one of her families via video chat Wednesday at the agency's office in Largo. Most home visits by case managers are now being done over the internet in keeping with Gov. Ron DeSantis’s order that state agencies limit face-to-face contact. [CHRIS URSO | Times]
  11. Three more coronavirus deaths in Pinellas County
    Mar. 28• Pinellas
    Healthcare workers tested residents at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at Raymond James Stadium on Wednesday. [LUIS SANTANA | Times]
  12. For now, despite coronavirus, St. Pete Pier will stick to a May grand opening
    Mar. 27• St. Petersburg
    A look down at "Bending Arc" as cranes began to raise the net-like structure over the new St. Pete Pier in January. The sculpture later had to be dismantled and sent back to the fabricator for adjustments. [DIRK SHADD | Tampa Bay Times]
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