You are right. There are a million other things much more important than this. But when I was looking up the info for the 75th birthday of the ‘Courtney Campbell’ Causeway, we found out that Ben Davis built it with his own money. Courtney later convinced the state to pony up the dough for improvements, leading [...]
The Clearwater Jazz Holiday has become Clearwater's biggest annual event. And it's FREE!
Happy Birthday to the St. Pete Times! On July 25, 1884, editor J.M. “Doc” Baggett, printer M. Joel McMullen, and business manager Dr. J.L. Edgar published the first issue of the West Hillsborough Times. Based in Dunedin, it was a four-page weekly newspaper, printed in the back of Edgar’s pharmacy. Type was set by [...]
In mid-June, the St. Pete Times ran a three part special report on the inside workings of the upper levels of Scientology, and the community simply shrugged. On Thursday, they came out with a follow up story. Please allow me to paraphrase: We ran a three part special report on the inside workings of the upper levels [...]
The Courtney Campbell Causeway linking Tampa and Clearwater recently reached 75 years of age, and local history buffs celebrated the birthday, and put up a new historical marker. Those of you who read the stories will know that Ben T. Davis built the thing, but his name has since been relegated to an undesirable excuse of [...]
Allright, so our efforts over the last ten years to prepare for drought times have been, uh, let’s just say “somewhat short of a complete success.” And once again, we are facing severe water shortages where we are basically demanding everyone just stop watering the grass. But wait… Haven’t we been under restrictions [...]
Downtown Clearwater is still working on their effort to find an identity. Their five step process? Take advantage of existing geography & history Made more pedestrian-friendly Recruiting retail Residential construction Calendar of Events Some of the plans in the five step process could be used in other areas seeking to find themselves.
Kind of on the spur of the moment, I attended the much-hyped Criss Angel event at Clearwater Beach last night. The illusionist was scheduled to “escape” from the condemned Spyglass Inn live before it was imploded on his A&E television show. I was just excited to see a building imploded, something I’ve always wanted to [...]
Besides the (very) loud music, here’s your introduction to Criss Angel > The Official Website: Don’t miss the first LIVE episode in MINDFREAK history as Criss attempts to escape from an imploding building! Watch it LIVE on Wednesday, July 30 at 10 PM EST / 7 PM PST on A&E, or watch it LIVE here on [...]
