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A sign seen on the front door of Pom Pom’s Teahouse and Sandwicheria in March, after owner Tom Woodard stopped serving drinks with plastic straws. The St. Petersburg City Council voted 5-2 on Thursday night to ban single-use plastic straws. [CHRIS URSO | Times]
St. Petersburg tweaks straw ordinance ahead of 2020 ban
The City Council tweaked its own ordinance banning single-use plastic straws, which is set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2020.
Earlier today• St. Petersburg
Fox Nation’s Patriot Awards promised to be nonpolitical. Were they?
Conservative media personality Tomi Lahren autographs copies of her book "Never Play Dead," while attending the inaugural Fox Nation Patriot Awards held Wednesday at St. Petersburg's Mahaffey Theater. MARTHA ASENCIO-RHINE | Times
An all-star lineup of conservative pundits mostly avoided talking Trump, but some squeezed in a few digs at the left. | Review
Nov. 7• Arts & Entertainment
‘Disneyland’ for Fox News fans: Patriot Awards come to St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg's Stuart Hostetter, 78, right, hugs Lynnette "Diamond" Hardaway, left, while meeting the Fox Nation duo known as Diamond and Silk, while attending the inaugural Fox Nation Patriot Awards at St. Petersburg's Mahaffey Theater on Wednesday night. Rochelle "Silk" Richardson is to the far right. MARTHA ASENCIO-RHINE | Times
The first-ever Fox Nation Patriot Awards featured ‘Fox & Friends’ hosts and ‘Duck Dynasty’ stars honoring ‘everyday heroes’ at the Mahaffey Theater.
Nov. 7• Arts & Entertainment
Feds to St. Petersburg: Give back our $2.2 million
In July, this sign stood at the corner of Seventh Avenue S and 22nd Street S at Commerce Park, which still sits empty after numerous attempts to attract industrial jobs. The sign has since been taken down. "CHRIS URSO | TIMES" | Tampa Bay Times
The funds were used to buy land to attract industrial jobs to Commerce Park. That hasn’t happened yet and the federal government is tired of waiting.
Nov. 7• St. Petersburg

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  1. St. Petersburg tweaks straw ordinance ahead of 2020 ban
    Earlier today• St. Petersburg
    A sign seen on the front door of Pom Pom’s Teahouse and Sandwicheria in March, after owner Tom Woodard stopped serving drinks with plastic straws. The St. Petersburg City Council voted 5-2 on Thursday night to ban single-use plastic straws. [CHRIS URSO | Times]
    The City Council tweaked its own ordinance banning single-use plastic straws, which is set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2020.
  2. Tech Data buyer Apollo Global Management bets on companies
    Yesterday• Business
    Apollo Global Management has offered $130 per share for Tech Data's stock in an acquisition worth $5.4 billion. If regulators shareholders approve, the home-grown company will remain based in Pinellas County, where it employs 2,000 of its 14,000 workers. DIRK SHADD | Tampa Bay Times
    Private equity firms like Apollo create wealth for pension funds, financial institutions and individual investors by buying assets that typically are sold later at a profit.
  3. From macrame jewelry to Indie Flea, USF student brings talents to market
    Yesterday• Arts & Entertainment
    USF student Gabriela Young is the owner of Earth and Ivory, an online jewelry business with items made out of clay. [Special to the Times | Sarah Foster] SARAH FOSTER | Special to the Times | @sarahtheartiste
    Gabriela Young went from selling bracelets to friends to making clay wares for customers with her business, Earth and Ivory.
  4. Despite their long history in the church, black Catholics struggle for recognition
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    Celina Okpaleke conducts a choir singing traditional African songs during an African Mass at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in Tampa on Nov. 10. LUIS SANTANA | Times
    November is Black Catholic History Month, a time to learn and share stories about the intrepid and devout.
  5. With 2020 looming, St. Petersburg straw ban set to kick in
    Yesterday• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg's single-use plastic straw ban kicks in starting Jan. 1, 2020. BOYZELL HOSEY | Times
    The City Council on Thursday is set to adopt some tweaks to the ordinance, including making all straws by-request-only.
  6. Interest in St. Pete Pier naming rights gains traction
    Yesterday• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg's new 26-acre Pier District, with components that will include a coastal thicket walking path, marketplace, playground and pavilion, is nearing completion. Shown is the tilted lawn in front of the Pier head building that is being created with Geofoam, soil and grass. SCOTT KEELER | Tampa Bay Times
    St. Petersburg hopes to sell naming rights in the Pier District — available for annual payments of $50,000 to $1 million for 10-year terms — to help offset taxpayer subsidies.
  7. Three Pinellas museums close in on $20.6 million in tourist tax money
    Nov. 13• Pinellas
    The Pinellas County Commission moved closer Tuesday to granting a total of $20.6 million to three museums: the Salvidor Dali Museum (top), the Tampa Bay Watch Discovery Center (bottom left), and the St. Petersburg Museum of History. Photos courtesy of Pinellas County
    The Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg Museum of History and Tampa Bay Watch are on track to receive bed tax dollars for expansions.
  8. St. Pete assistant chief among finalists for Tallahassee’s top cop
    Nov. 12• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg police Assistant Chief Antonio Gilliam is one of three finalists for chief of the Tallahassee Police Department. Gilliam has spent his career in St. Pete but was born and raised in Tallahassee. [Courtesy of Antonio Gilliam] Courtesy of Antonio Gilliam
    Antonio Gilliam, who oversees the department’s investigative services bureau, said he couldn’t ignore an opportunity to lead his hometown police department.
  9. Dr. Delay: Hang in there Pasco. Northwood Palms project coming to an end soon
    Nov. 11• Transportation
    Northwood Plams Boulevard in Wesley Chapel has been closed for six months for sewer repair, and residents are ready for it to reopen. After a couple delays, Pasco County expects the project to be complete by the end of the week. Times File
    A Wesley Chapel reader wants to know when Northwood Palms Boulevard will reopen.
  10. Two arrested for vandalizing St. Pete parking meters, police say
    Nov. 9• Breaking News
    Shown here are photographs of damaged parking meters along Central Avenue in downtown St. Petersburg. Those responsible for the damage were arrested Friday evening, according to city police. Times
    Three times in two weeks, police found city parking meters damaged with foam. Now a man and woman are in custody on felony charges.
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