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Rescue group pleads for help as they rescue hundreds of pelicans from Skyway pier
Cynthia Smoot reports
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - At nearly two miles long, the south end of the old Sunshine Skyway Bridge is now the longest fishing pier in the world.
Since 1994, it has been open to fishing, seven days a week and 24 hours a day, and it might just be the deadliest for pelicans and other seabirds.
For years, volunteers with the rescue group Friends of the Pelicans have been rescuing birds trapped in fishing lines there. They knew it was bad, but didn t know how bad until they hired their own rescuer to be there five days a week.
Skyway 10K may be virtual this year, but proceeds will still benefit military families
By FOX 13 News staff
Published
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - For the past three years, thousands of runners and walkers crossed the iconic Skyway Bridge during an annual 10K run, but this time around, it will be a virtual run because of the pandemic.
In an effort to avoid further spread of the coronavirus, the Skyway 10K organizers announced registration for the 6.2-mile virtual run will open Wednesday
on the event’s website. It can be completed virtually anytime between March 6-31. It is open to the first 2,500 people to register.
Governor Outlines 2021 Agenda And Releases Full Agenda: Reimagine | Rebuild | Renew
By Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Office
021 State of the State Book Available Here
The Governor s Agenda is Focused on Defeating COVID-19 and Reopening the State Safely; Jumpstarting the Economy; Creating a Fairer, More Just State; Leading the Development of the Green Energy Economy; and Building and Strengthening the State s Infrastructure
Proposals Include the Largest Off-Shore Wind Program in the Nation; Five Dedicated Port Facilities to make New York a Global Wind Energy Manufacturing Powerhouse; Building a Green Energy Transmission Superhighway; Creating a new 1,000 person Public Health Corps; Safely Reopening Businesses and Bringing Back the Arts; Legalizing Adult-Use Cannabis and Online Sports Betting; First-in-the-Nation Affordable Internet for All; Expanding Early Voting; and $306 Billion Infrastructure Plan - Largest in the Nation - to Update Airports and Transportatio
We’re hardly the first to make
Grand Theft Auto-slash-Greater Toronto Area jokes, but the comparison is just
too apt, here.
The driver took off, but was spotted shortly after heading westbound on the QEW at Walkers Line, reaching speeds of approximately 180 km/h. He took to the shoulder, and was weaving in and out of traffic.
Before police could catch up, the driver reportedly stopped his car in the centre westbound lane approaching the Skyway Bridge and got out, clogging and dodging four lanes of live traffic should we mention the two and three lanes of merging traffic at this bend in the semi-truck-laden roadway?