CLEVELAND, Ohio The 2014 merger of Holden Arboretum and the Cleveland Botanical Garden was one of the more dramatic cultural rescue stories of the past decade. It joined the big, financially healthy arboretum, with its 3,500 acres of forested land in Lake and Geauga counties, to the 10-acre Botanical Garden, a beloved University Circle institution struggling near collapse under $10 million .
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Almost 100 Pinellas County students celebrated raising their GPAs from below average to college acceptance scores with $500 cash rewards through the Paid for Grades program. (Getty Images/SDI Productions )
PINELLAS COUNTY, FL It pays to have good grades. Literally. Eighty-eight Pinellas County students were recently paid $500 apiece for increasing their GPAs by the end of the school year, WTSP reported.
Boca Ciega High School and Lakewood High School ninth-graders were among the almost 100 students who each received a cash prize for better grades, the TV station reported. This was achieved through the Paid for Grades program, a non-profit organization that helps students bring up their grades with tutoring and other educational resources.
Itâs St. Petersburgâs bench, but Al owns it
Watching the sunrise from the same park bench, every day, feels like his duty.
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Al Nixon, 58, enjoys the sunrise from the St. Petersburg waterfront, every morning, from the same bench. He estimates that he makes it to his favorite spot 350 days out of the year. Most people walking by wave hello and Nixon greets them by name. [ MARTHA ASENCIO-RHINE | Times ]
ST. PETERSBURG â The sun rises and the wind blows over the bay into Vinoy Park.
Itâs so windy that itâs hard to walk, and the whoosh of the palm fronds drowns out everything. The pelicans strain against it and fly in place.