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BY HILLARY TERHUNE NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – Beer and college are practically symbiotic. You can’t have one without the other. The long-standing relationship reached a new level in November 2013 when 3 Daughters Brewing, a new  brewery at 222 22nd Street S in the Midtown area, partnered with the University of South Florida… Continue reading Biology majors get college credit for brewing beer

BY HILLARY TERHUNE NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – A portly black cat slouches across a counter near the entrance of Pet Pal Animal Shelter, almost like he owns the place. “That’s Romeo; he works here,” said Scott Daly, the shelter’s executive director. Romeo is one of a few permanent residents at the shelter. His… Continue reading Its mission: give unwanted animals a second chance

BY SALEM SOLOMON AND SUSAN GODFREY NNB Student Reporters ST. PETERSBURG – It was a ritual of Watson Haynes’ boyhood. Virtually every Saturday the minister would come to his home. They would walk to Webb’s City, a sprawling drugstore complex on the western edge of downtown. There they would sit at the lunch counter and… Continue reading For him, investing in others is payback for mentoring of his youth

BY JULIET MORALES NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – As a machinist for more than 20 years, Hermes Valentin has built countless parts for private industry, NASA and the military. But no customer was more important than a Rottweiler named Sam. Crippled by a bum hip, Sam could barely limp around. His days seemed numbered… Continue reading Unconventional Midtown machinist also styles hair, sizzles in kitchen

BY KELLY MIYAR NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – The new art gallery on St. Petersburg’s historic 22nd Street S features art, of course – specifically African and Caribbean art. But depending on when you stop in, owner Carla Bristol has other offerings in her Gallerie 909. Musical instruments are scattered about the room, ready… Continue reading There’s more than art in her popular gallery

By NANCY McCANN NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – Elihu and Carolyn Brayboy have opened a new Creole restaurant on St. Petersburg’s historic 22nd Street S.  Although they are busy being entrepreneurs, it is just as important for them to welcome people to the neighborhood and share its history. “I’m Mr. B and this is… Continue reading They embrace a neighborhood’s once-proud past

By KARLANA JUNE NNB Student Reporter When authorities discovered her in July 2005, the little girl was living in a tiny room in a filth-filled house in Plant City. Her swollen diaper was leaking down her legs. She was emaciated, covered with sores and lice, and unable to speak. She was almost 7. The St.… Continue reading She tells stories through the lens of a camera