patching...
Welcome back, Patch Blogger!

Announcements

Showing 541-550 of 937 announcements

School

USF St. Petersburg Welcomes Record Freshman Class

Hundreds of USF St. Petersburg students have moved into residential student housing, the largest number in the history of the university. The move-in marks the opening of the new University Student Center, a $21 million facility expected to quickly become the main gathering spot on campus. It …

Government

County Offers Explanation of Election Night Modeming Issue

Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark asked the county’s Business Technology Services Department (BTS) to help determine the root cause of the modeming issue that occurred Primary Election night, and she received the following explanation from BTS Executive Director Paul Alexander: …

Government

Heavy Rains Impacting Sanitary Sewer System

Customers asked to limit wastewater generation Recent heavy rains are having a negative impact on Pinellas County’s wastewater treatment facilities. Rainfall from Tuesday evening (Aug. 21) resulted in 60 million gallons of water entering the system at South Cross Bayou Water Reclamation Facility. …

Local Connections

Leading St. Petersburg Acupuncture Center is Expanding, Acupuncture & Herbal Therapies Announces Move to Downtown St Pete

St. Petersburg, FL -August 20, 2012 - Acupuncture & Herbal Therapies is excited to announce their move to downtown St. Petersburg, Florida on August 20, 2012. “We expand from 2200 square feet to 3600 square feet,” explains Bob Linde, owner of Acupuncture & Herbal Therapies and director of the …

School

USF St. Petersburg Hosts Three RNC events

  • Aug 21, 2012

The University of South Florida St. Petersburg will hold three events during the week of the Republican National Convention featuring two prominent speakers and a TV watch party on the final night of the RNC. All three events are free, open to the public and at Harbor Hall Gallery, 1000 3rd St …

Accomplishments

New Mixed-Use Building “Tellus” to seek LEED Gold Certification; Power Design, Inc. Named Electrical Contractor

St. Petersburg, Fla. – Aug. 21, 2012 – Power Design, Inc. has been named electrical contractor on Tellus, Arlington’s first residential mixed-use building seeking LEED gold certification. Power Design partnered with the developers Erkiletian, Jefferson Apartment Group, WDG Architecture and …

School

Canterbury School Has iPads!

In a pilot program at the Canterbury School of Florida, students in grades 3, 4 and 6 are using digital textbooks and educational apps on brand-new iPads. The One-to-One Computing program gives every student and teacher in select grades iPads to take home and use as study tools throughout the …

Social Services

Medea Benjamin: Drone Warfare, Killing by Remote Control

Spend an evening with Medea Benjamin, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, as she discusses her book, "Drone Warfare: Killing By Remote Control".  Medea's talk will take place at The Studio@620, 620 1st Ave, S, St. Petersburg on Wednesday, August 22 at 7:00pm.  The evening, sponsored by St. Pete for Peace, …

Government

Registration Open for Tri-County Water School

Learn about critical water issues facing Pinellas, Pasco and Hillsborough counties Pinellas County is launching a two-day program to educate community leaders, natural resource managers and decisions makers about critical water issues facing Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco counties. The Tri-County…

Volunteers Needed

MTV "True Life" Documentary Now Casting!

MTV's "True Life" is looking to cast girlfriends/wives who appear to be between the ages of 16-28 that have boyfriends/husbands that are especially close with their mother for "True Life: I'm Dating A Mama's Boy". If this is you, or anyone you know, please email: casting@triplethreattv.com and tell…

Add an Announcement
 
 
 

PSST! Want to Contribute?

  • Got a hot tip on news you think everyone should know? Tell us.
  • Just married? New baby? Make honor roll? Add an Announcement
  • Organizing that big block party or poetry reading? Put it on the calendar!
  • Have a great photo of your community?
    Add it to Your Neighborhood Gallery.