This Week: Manatee Lovemaking, Food Truck Rally, Big Lotto Winner, Ferrari Inspired Piano & Local Baseball Team Headed to World Series

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Nationwide Title Clearing officials say the hiring is a result of increased activity in the mortgage industry.

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Interim Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and challengers Everett Rice, Scott Swope and Greg Pound squared off in Tuesday night's debate. But it was Rice and Gualtieri, who stole the show as they vie for the Republican nomination.

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Jane and Bob Pictor of Palm Harbor's Pictor Marketing Solutions are supplying local hotels with souvenirs for the Republican National Convention.

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About eight to 10 manatees are mating in the shallow waters off the east side of the Courtney Campbell Causeway.

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Justin Elliott, a Clearwater designer of custom, high-end pianos, debuted his newest creation at Ferrari of Tampa Bay — a very suitable location since the piano was inspired by Ferrari’s 1957 Testa Rossa race car.

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The continued popularity of the durable plant has helped make Mary Ann and Jerry's Smith's nursery a success.

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The District 12 Big League All Stars clinched the Southeast Regional Championship on Tuesday evening in Ft. Lauderdale.

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The nearly $1 million project, funded by Penny for Pinellas, will provide for lights on courts and playing fields.

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Buy a lottery ticket lately? A ticket worth a big chunk of change was purchased in Palm Harbor.

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Old Palm Harbor Main Street held its first food truck rally and night of family fun Friday in the Harbor Hall parking lot.