St. Petersburg will celebrate her birthday-309-th anniversary of the founding of the city traditionally two days today, and tomorrow, 26 27 May. As a reporter BakuToday , today on Nevsky prospect, the celebration will be held in all parts of the city also developed its programmes, will end the first day of the celebration fireworks display on Vasilevsky Island.

By Curtis Krueger, Times Staff Writer Friday, May 25, 2012 St. Petersburg waives fines for city police officers who are photographed running red lights, so Bob Dillinger recently sent a letter to the police chief asking this question: Could the city waive fines for public defenders too? Dillinger, public defender for Pinellas and Pasco counties, read a recent Tampa Bay Times article that ...

St. Petersburg wants area workers, but worries about legal ramifications.

By Jay Mastry, Times Correspondent Thursday, May 24, 2012 What's hot: The recent new moon sparked tarpon action. One day they may be stacked up at the Skyway Bridge, the next jammed in the passes either on the north or south end of Egmont Key, and yet another they may be staged up on Bean Point (north end of Anna Maria Island). Tides and the moon phase often dictate where they can be found ...

ST. PETERSBURG — Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov," which has arguably become the most popular operatic piece by a Russian composer on the international stage in the past decade, has been revamped by renowned British director Graham Vick. The production, which will be staged Friday, Saturday and June 26, opens the 20th International Stars of the White Nights festival, which runs through ...

By Andrew Meacham, Times Staff Writer Saturday, May 26, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — In the spring of 1978, at age 51, Huldah Bredenberg took a four-day bicycle trip through Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties, equipped with crackers, a sleeping bag and some traveler's checks. She left with clearly defined goals of mixing solitude with socialization, testing her fortitude and keeping a log. She ...

Some Beach Drive restaurants benefit from the parking plan, cheaper than meters.

By Mark Puente, Times Staff Writer Friday, May 25, 2012 The 98-year-old Tropicana Building in downtown St. Petersburg could be imploded this year to make room for a new residential and hotel complex. Miami-based Tropicana Redevelopment plans to tear down the four-story building at 25 Second St. N. The nearly 41,000 square-foot building sits across from Janus Landing. The site had already been ...

Gap years are all the rage, and the rationales are many: Take a year off between high school and college to work, travel, learn a language or skill, or volunteer. They can be

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Never once mentioning President George W. Bush by name, or acknowledging that the former president endorsed his candidacy Tuesday, Mitt Romney spent the morning in Florida railing against President Obama for doing too little to solve the debt crisis he inherited...