{"id":218014,"date":"2026-04-03T22:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T22:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/218014\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T22:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T22:18:07","slug":"rising-costs-threaten-future-of-st-petes-first-friday-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/218014\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising costs threaten future of St. Pete&#8217;s \u2018First Friday\u2019 tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                &#13;<br \/>\n                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"video__modal-close-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/close-menu.svg\" alt=\"x\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                                                &#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"video__modal-message\">To stream 10 Tampa Bay on your phone, you need the 10 Tampa Bay app.<\/p>\n<p>                                                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"video__modal-thumbnail\" src=\"\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Download the 10 Tampa Bay app<\/p>\n<p>                                                            <a class=\"video__modal-app-link video__modal-app-link_type_ios\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/tampa-bay-news-from-10news\/id568148832?ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/badge-app-store.svg\" alt=\"Download on the App Store\" width=\"120\" height=\"40\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                                                            <\/a><br \/>\n                                                            <a class=\"video__modal-app-link video__modal-app-link_type_android\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.gannett.local.library.news.wtsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/badge-google-play.svg\" alt=\"Get it on Google Play\" width=\"135\" height=\"40\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                                                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                                &#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First Friday&#8221; 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