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BY ABDUL SAHLY NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Al Sunnah Islamic Center this year hosted its first Islamic studies and Arabic classes for the Islamic community at St. Petersburg, which began last Sunday. The Islamic center, located at 2400 S. 6th St., St. Petersburg, Fla., provides Islamic studies, Quran studies, and Arabic language classes for… Continue reading Kernel of First Islamic School in St. Petersburg Started this Fall

BY SAMANTHA MESERVEY NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services almost 30 percent of America’s pregnant women do not receive first trimester prenatal care. Pinellas County is trying to reduce this number with a program called MomCare. The brochures for the program describe it as “health insurance… Continue reading MomCare: Breaking Down Barriers for Midtown Moms

BY TRÉ LITTLEFIELD NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Lightning struck Tuesday outside Community Action Stops Abuse (CASA), as a storm passed over the Midtown area. Inside the nonprofit that serves survivors of domestic violence, another charge filled the air. Linda Osmundson is the 64-year-old executive director for CASA and she is also a survivor… Continue reading New shelter on the horizon for local nonprofit

BY COURTNEY PARISH NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Marina Williams, local artist and owner of ARTpool Gallery/Café/Vintage Shop has always been different. Williams is a St. Petersburg, Fla. native and has made herself irreplaceable in the St. Petersburg Art Scene. She graduated from New College, with a B.F.A and received a M.A. in Photography… Continue reading Local Haven for Creative Minds In St. Petersburg

BY ANDREW KRAMER NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — One by one, the cars line up in the drive thru to fulfill their occupants’ cravings for gyros, when suddenly, it hits them – the sweetest scent imaginable – the smoke pouring out of the barbeque joint next door. “People go to Salem’s and smell the… Continue reading There’s Something in the Air…

BY JENNA SHAW NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Sanderlin Center has been providing Midtown residents and other Pinellas County Fla. residents with free recreation activities for more than 20 years now. The Sanderlin Center provides people of all ages with a wide range of activities. Some of which include “Be True to You,”… Continue reading How the Sanderlin Center can help YOU

BY ALEXA NEWSOME NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Joel Marantz is an optometrist who has provided services to Midtown for almost 50 years. He is willing to see anyone and also treats some of the Tampa Bay Rays baseball players. Marantz began treating the players from the Rays in 1996, before they were an official… Continue reading The Former Rays Optometrist

BY LORI CASTELLANO NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In St. Petersburg, Fla.’s Midtown neighborhood the windows of the old Sweetbay Supermarket remain boarded up with black plywood over them, and the parking lot is still empty with just a few cars that visit the existing stores at the Tangerine Plaza. In February of this… Continue reading After Sweetbay…What Now?

By Kiefer Woods Sidereal, a reggae-rock band hailing from Jacksonville, plays shows all over the Southeast, but they still cherish St. Petersburg as one of their favorite cities to perform. Sidereal was founded in May 2009 by Niko Costas, Lukas Costas, and Colin Paterson. Since then, the trio has also picked up Kevin Beaugrand, a… Continue reading Local band born in Midtown