Stories from Week 3
After last year's Fourth of July explosion, two Florida cities move shows off shore.
Form and function come together when Markus Lehtovirta makes custom chairs in his Pass-a-Grille workshop.
Markus Lehtovirta created a new life on the beach in crafting his chairs.
- Shuffleboard champ Mary Eldridge helps players young and old, new and expert, learn the game at St. Pete Shuffle on Friday nights.
- Watch a time-lapse video of the celebration and read about a few of the 70,000 people who attended.
A St. Petersburg biologist searches shorelines for sea turtle nests. He's their best chance at survival.
- A Gulfport, Fla., performer sings and lives by her own beat.
- By day, Carmen Ruiz is a hospice nurse. Three nights a week, she also brings life, rhythm and energy to her St. Petersburg fitness class.
- When money’s tight, look to pawnshop shelves for the real deal.
- Gym membership numbers are falling. Obesity rates are rising. Still, the fitness industry is staying healthy.
See and hear how education coordinator Vickie Brunner presents Dali's bizarre art to children.
- Clam Bayou’s environmental future is unsure, but everyone has a different opinion.
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