Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

Woman sues SeaWorld Orlando after she says a duck hit her in the face on ride

Hillary Martin, an Orange County resident, claims a duck “flew into the path” of SeaWorld’s Mako roller coaster while she was ...
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Manatee couple pushes to allow ‘granny cams’ at Florida’s long-term care facilities

Sifrit and her husband Tom appeared before the Manatee County legislative delegation on Monday to make their case in advance ...
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band playing at Skipper’s Smokehouse next month

The Grammy Award-winning band, which most recently performed some of the music for Walt Disney World’s new “Tiana’s Bayou ...
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Erica Sutherlin details her three-phase plan for St. Pete’s Studio@620.

Erica Sutherlin, artistic director at The Studio@620, details her three-phase rollout for the St. Petersburg, Florida venue.
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Food pantries and grocery delivery apps prepare for looming SNAP gap

About 250,000 households across the Tampa Bay region receive SNAP, including more than 43% Hillsborough County residents and 31% of Pinellas County residents.
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PSTA will buy or build two new boats for the Tampa Bay Ferry

The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit (HART) transferred its nearly $5 million grant to PSTA in June to replace the defunct Cross Bay Ferry, which stopped operating in April after Hillsborough County ...