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Closing time? Clearwater Beach faces limited drinking hours
The City Council will vote Thursday whether to pull sales cutoff from 3 a.m. to 1 a.m. as calls for service to police remain an issue. The change would not apply to the mainland.
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Traffic, including a Jolly Trolley, moves north on Mandalay Avenue on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, on Clearwater Beach. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times ]
Updated Jan. 19
CLEARWATER â Before the coronavirus pandemic pushed more locals and day-trippers to find an outlet on Clearwater Beach in 2020, Police Chief Dan Slaughter was already noticing a trend.
Between August 2017 and September 2020, calls for service on Clearwater Beach stayed flat in the first few hours after midnight, while reports in the rest of the city would significantly taper off. Police responded to more fights on the beach than the mainland east of Keene Road, a geographic area more than double in size.