May 28, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano Over Memorial Day weekend, downtown Tampa received a new splash of color – the area’s first intersection mural. The Tampa Downtown Partnership commissioned Channelside artist Meaghan Farrell Scalise of Tada! Traditional and Digital Arts to paint a mural at…
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May 27, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano TAMPA – To commemorate Memorial Day, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Randall Kopytowski, who is stationed at MacDill Air Force Base, wanted to find a memorable way to honor fallen service members. Inspired by the 4x4x48 Challenge made…
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May 25, 2020 By Tiffany Razzano With Florida currently experiencing a full Phase 1 reopening, many restaurants, now allowed to operate at 50% capacity, reopened their doors ahead of Memorial Day weekend. While there is still much uncertainty in the air, there is also a…
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May 22, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano TAMPA – The city of Tampa will defer the purchase of body-worn cameras for the Tampa Police Department until later this year. The city had already signed a five-year contract with Axon Enterprise, Inc. to purchase 650 tasers and…
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May 22, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano TAMPA – Due to the unstable economy — a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic — the interest rate on a $147.5 million University of Tampa bond will increase to 5 percent. The city of Tampa is a conduit…
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May 22, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano TAMPA — Tampa City Council postponed a decision to shut down part of Bayshore Boulevard to vehicle traffic once a week. At their meeting Thursday, council members discussed the proposal to open the waterfront roadway’s northbound lane to pedestrians…
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May 22, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano ST. PETERSBURG – St. Pete Pride, Florida’s largest LGBTQ+ Pride event, has cancelled this year’s celebration because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization’s Board of Directors announced on Facebook Thursday that it “has made the difficult decision to cancel…
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May 21, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano TAMPA – The Tampa Bay Comic Convention “lives on,” event organizers wrote in a Facebook announcement Tuesday. Despite similar conventions throughout the region and across the country canceling or rescheduling their events because of the COVID-19 pandemic, TBCC will…
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May 19, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano PORT RICHEY – Pasco County commissioners narrowly approved an updated version of the Port Richey Waterfront Redevelopment Project in a 3 to 2 vote at their meeting Tuesday. Chairman Mike Moore and Commissioners Kathryn Starkey and Mike Wells supported…
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May 18, 2020 By: Tiffany Razzano TAMPA – Even though Florida’s economy has begun to reopen, schools remain closed because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This has put a damper on the 2020 graduation season, as state leaders and the Centers for Disease Control and…
Read More Pandemic Forces Tampa-area High Schools to Rethink Grad Activities