Safety Harbor News

City wins Playful City USA distinction SAFETY HARBOR - The national nonprofit KaBOOM! has named Safety Harbor as one of its 2012 Playful City USA communities for its efforts to increase play opportunities for children.

Ahhh, nothing smells quite as enticing as freshly baked bread. Delicious cakes and pastries, not only smell good; they can make one's mouth water.

A severe thunderstorm warning was in effect for Pinellas and Northwestern Hillsborough Counties.A The warning ended at 7:30 The National Weather Service issued the alert after Doppler Radar indicated a line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing quarter-sized hail and damaging winds in excess of 60 MPH.

With Mayor Andy Steingold opting out of the rest of his three-year term to run for an open judicial seat, the Safety Harbor City Commission may hold a special election Nov.

Ruth Eckerd Hall has appointed eight civic leaders to its board of directors effective immediately.

It all started on a Sunday afternoon 19 months ago when a couple of moms brought their kids to look at puppies at a pet store.

Pinellas County commissioners are grappling with how to close the budget gap caused by a change to the state's Medicaid billing system.

Federal officials decided Thursday to take the reins of Pinellas County Head Start and will send in a team Monday to temporarily oversee the operation until a permanent solution is found.

The Safety Harbor Middle School student is bound for the National History Day competition in Maryland after winning first place at the state level in a category he was told two months ago he had lost.

The Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners will hold two information sessions in the community.

Army National Guard Pvt. Alexander M. Correale , son of Kristin Braden of Palm Harbor and Ernest Correale, graduated from the Fire Support Specialist Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.

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An electrical malfunction is said to be the cause of a fire that caused more than $1 million in damage Monday morning at a Safety Harbor medical facility.

Bring the family to the Clearwater Historical Society's annual Fish Fry from noon to 1:30 p.m. today at Ross Norton Recreation and Aquatic Complex, 1426 S Martin Luther King Jr.

Routine surgery, people call it. Kids get their tonsils out all the time. It's practically a medical rite of passage, like the first cast on your arm, or a couple of stitches in the emergency room.