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BY ALEXA NEWSOME NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Painting with a Twist offers a different approach from the traditional painting class. It provides enjoyable, recreational activities for Midtown residents who want to learn how to paint or just want to have fun. Leslie and Marvin Gay started the company at 2527 Central Ave. in 2009,… Continue reading A New Type of Fun

 BY ANDREA LUNA NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Midtown Rotary is sponsoring two exchange students this year as part of the Rotary Youth Exchange Program. The local rotary provides a host family, a small stipend and different volunteer opportunities for the students to be involved in. Joe Smith, 50, is the president elect of… Continue reading Midtown Rotary Sponsors Student in Exchange Program

BY YAN NIE NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Finding someone to give you the haircut, color or style you have been waiting for is not easy. In Meme’s Beauty Gallery, four professional trained and licensed stylists have their own hairstyle that matching face and personality. “Professionalism is what I am expecting,” said Y. Renne Mosley,… Continue reading Meme’s Beauty Gallery: Bringing Professionalism and Warmness to the Community

BY ABDUL SAHLY NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In 2012 Amber Mack decided to look for a rented apartment. She had lived in Gulfport, Fla. for years, but she moved into Midtown, where she had grown up, finding it a vital neighborhood, with good homes and prices. Mack a Certified Nursing Assistant said Midtown was… Continue reading Midtown is Perfect Market for Buy-to-Rent Real Estate

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…