Registered voters in North Redington Beach and Redington Beach decided the fate of candidates running for seats on their town commissioners Tuesday, March 9.
MADEIRA BEACH - The city’s newly hired fire chief will be “a good hands-on leader who is not afraid to jump aboard an engine when it’s going to a fire,” according to City Manager W.D. Higginbotham.
TREASURE ISLAND - An April trial date to determine damages is expected to be the next step in a lengthy court battle between the city and the operator of a short-term drug and alcohol recovery facility.
TREASURE ISLAND - City Commissioners decided March 2 to move forward on a request by the Land’s End Community Association to designate the waters adjacent to the property at the south end of Sunset Beach as a swim zone.
ST. PETERSBURG - Crewmembers from Coast Guard Air Station in Clearwater medically evacuated a 56-year-old man from a boat 60 miles west of Johns Pass about 11 a.m. Sunday, March 7.