{"id":126430,"date":"2026-01-21T14:24:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126430\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T14:24:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:24:54","slug":"around-town-beaches-news-briefs-beaches-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126430\/","title":{"rendered":"Around town: Beaches news briefs | Beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                Gulf Beaches library updates events<\/p>\n<p>MADEIRA BEACH \u2013 The Gulf Beaches Public Library is located at 200 Municipal Drive in Madeira Beach. Here is a schedule of upcoming events:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Writers Group: Mondays, 10 a.m.-noon<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Adult Coloring Book Group: Wednesdays, 11 a.m.-noon. Coloring books, markers, and colored pencils will be provided.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Library App Help: Wednesdays, 2-3 p.m. For help with Libby, Kanopy, and Hoopla.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Mahjong: Thursdays, 11 a.m. Old and new members welcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Investment Club: Thursdays, 2:30-4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Meditation: Fridays, 11 a.m.- noon. Relax and rejuvenate at the end of the week.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Scrabble: Fridays, 1-4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Storytime: Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. ages 2 and under; Fridays at 10:30 a.m. ages 2-4.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Hurricane Relief Workshop: Jan. 22 and 29, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Techniques to reduce storm-related stress, regulate your mind, and promote emotional healing after loss. Reserve a spot at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voaflorida.org\/hurricanerecoveryworkshops\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.voaflorida.org\/hurricanerecoveryworkshops<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The library is currently taking gently used donations of books, CDs, DVDs, and audiobooks. Textbooks are not accepted.<\/p>\n<p>For information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/gulfbeacheslibrary.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gulfbeacheslibrary.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Redington Shores resets Town Hall hours<\/p>\n<p>Redington Shores and its building department have returned to their pre-2025 hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The change in hours took place on Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the 2024 hurricanes, Town Hall hours were adjusted so the Building Department could accommodate permit requests. Now that the rush of post-storm permitting activity has slowed and the town is only servicing Redington Shores residents, the original hours have resumed.<\/p>\n<p>Dune planting done in Indian Shores<\/p>\n<p>Dune plantings are complete, the town of Indian Shores reported Jan. 12 on its website.<\/p>\n<p>However, beachgoers are requested to \u201cplease continue to stay off the dunes to allow for the plants to adhere fully and flourish.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gulf Beaches library updates events MADEIRA BEACH \u2013 The Gulf Beaches Public Library is located at 200 Municipal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[32370,2148,596,3123,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-126430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-indian-shores","9":"tag-madeira-beach","10":"tag-pinellas-county","11":"tag-redington-beach","12":"tag-st-pete","13":"tag-st-pete-headlines","14":"tag-st-pete-news","15":"tag-st-petersburg","16":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","17":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}