BY BIANCA SOLER NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – Shortly after the doors opened at 6:30 on a recent morning, a 5-year-old girl was playing
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University strives to be ‘beacon of hope’ for Midtown students
BY LAUREN HENSLEY and SHELBY BOURGEOIS NNB Student Reporters ST. PETERSBURG – From atop the new College of Business building going up at the University
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For St. Petersburg College, a big new building and a challenge
BY ANDREW CAPLAN NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – When St. Petersburg College’s sparkling new Midtown Center opens in August, the three-story, $15-million building will
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In a once-gritty industrial area, they create art
Courtesy of Five Deuces Galleria Story and photos BY PHIL LAVERY NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – Drawn by low rent and abundant space, artists
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Up and down the Deuces: new businesses, new hope
Story by REBEKAH DAVILA Photos by REBEKAH DAVILA, CANDICE RESHEF, ZACHARY GIPSON-KENDRICK and LAUREN HENSLEY NNB Student Reporters ST. PETERSBURG – When Mac Arthur was
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Where freight trains once rumbled, artists fire up clay creations
Candice Reshef | NNB Photos and story BY KELSEY AL NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – The last locomotive passed through in 1967, but the
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Childhood cancer shaped his work and outlook on life
BY LAUREN HENSLEY NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – When he was 5, Jake Pfeifer got a grim diagnosis. He had a malignant, inoperable tumor
Read MoreBottoms up! Distillery trades on St. Pete’s name, new image
BY CAITLIN ASHWORTH NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – For years, national publications taunted St. Petersburg as “God’s waiting room” – a “city of green
Read MoreA father’s tribute: gym teaches boxing skills and drug awareness
BY JEFFREY ZANKER NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – When Raymond Montchal decided to start a boxing club in 2013, he converted his fence company
Read MoreDecades later, its taxicabs serve the neighborhood – and beyond
BY CAITLIN ASHWORTH NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – In its heyday during decades of segregation, the city’s 22nd Street S was the vibrant heart
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