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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Top Headlines: Woman Bites Cop, New Businesses, Finley's St. Paddy's Party

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Osteopaths, optometrists and an acupuncturist are some of the new businesses opened in Largo recently. The East Bay Drive emporium makes a bold proclamation. But does it live up to its name? Largo Police have arrested and charged Jamie Ramseur with attempted felony murder of a law enforcement among several other charges. Two police officers and two bystanders were allegedly assaulted by Ramseur after she was found with a stolen car. As the Florida House of Representatives considers outlawing red light cameras around the state, here's what some Patch readers had to say on the subject. City leaders unanimously approved a more than $830,000 plan to bring improvements to a mile of sidewalks as well as drainage to parts of Mehlenbacher Road. …

Monday, January 28, 2013

Finley's Hosts Fundraiser to Benefit Local Family Tuesday

The benefit will help the family of a Largo man who died in a car crash Dec. 26.

Finley's Irish Pub is hosting a benefit Jan. 29 to help the wife and young children of a Largo man who died in a car crash Dec. 26 in Tennessee, said Finley's owner Mark Ternes. The fundraiser, which starts at 5:30 p.m., will include appetizers and a silent auction with gift baskets collected from local businesses, said Carmen Abadji, who is helping with the fundraiser. The fundraiser is being organized by Applebee's co-workers of Melissa Johnson, who lost her husband Chris on Dec. 26, Abadji said. "She's a good friend and a great person, anything I can do to help," Abadji said. The Johnson family went up to visit family around Christmas. They had only been in Tennessee a couple of hours when Chris and his brother-in-law went to get gas, …

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