Paradise News Team 
Stephen O’Connor; owner of Blue Current Designs was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. Growing up on the west coast, Stephen developed a quick appreciation of the ocean and all of the … Read more
Dining with Joyce LaFray Sundial Photos by Kathleen Finnerty In the last two years Downtown St. Petersburg has witnessed a boom like never before. Restaurants & breweries are inundating downtown … Read more
One little pig built a house on sand, another on pilings and the third bought flood insurance and didn’t care. None of the 3 little pigs knew enough to make … Read more
In celebration of Earth Day, Tampa Bay Watch partnered with Coca-Cola for a community-based oyster creation project to install new oyster shell communities on the northern shoreline of McKay Bay. … Read more
At one time it was thousands of feet across, now the Northern Pass into the Shell Key Preserve has closed. Tampa Bay Watch is concerned with the serious and long … Read more
Paradise News is exited to introduce its newest feature writer, Joyce LaFray, who will be writing about dining out on the South Beaches and a short drive away. Joyce LaFray … Read more
It’s been quite a while since we took a peek at Chill Restaurant at Corey & Gulf… oops, our mistake. Even from the outside you can see a return to … Read more
2015 is a BIG year for a lot of places in the Tampa Bay Area! Seminole Elementary and Treasure Island both have Centennial Celebrations on May 2nd. The City of Clearwater … Read more
Four years ago this month Paradise NEWS introduced its readers to Al Konetzni (pictured at right with Walt Disney), then an impressive 96-year-old local retiree, met through a chance encounter. … Read more
Warm temperatures and clear, sunny days between some of the coldest weather of the year assisted FWC biologists and partners in counting an all-time high number of manatees during this … Read more