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Bloomingdale Family To Battle It Out On Family Feud

Bloomingdale Family To Battle It Out On Family Feud By Michelle Colesanti On Wednesday, March 3, the Hirsch family, of Bloomingdale, will face off against the Lewis family, of Inglewood, CA, on the exciting new season of Family Feud. Excited to be on the Feud, the members of the Hirsch family include Kevin, a sales manager for Nestles, who also was a former semi-pro hockey player, and his wife, Diana, who currently works in ministry support at Celebration Church in Valrico.Together, they have three sons: Ryan has a master’s degree from Florida State in Integrative Marketing Systems; Shawn is currently finishing his ...

Citizens Express Concerns At Lithia Pinecrest Public Hearing

Citizens Express Concerns At Lithia Pinecrest Public Hearing By Michelle Caceres The standing-room only crowd at Bell Shoals Baptist Church would have been enough to make any preacher proud.The multitidue, however, wasn’t there to worship but to learn more and express their opinions about the proposed widening and improvements to Lithia-Pinecrest Rd. Fancy full-color maps, strewn throughout the room, illustrated the probable changes to the 10.95-mile stretch of roadway from S.R. 60 to C.R. 39.The $156.77 million proposed project will widen Lithia-Pinecrest Rd. to a four-lane divided roadway from Lumsden Rd. to FishHawk Trails Dr. (designated as Segments B & C) and ...

Jessica Rose Family Fun Day Creates Foundation For Families

Jessica Rose Family Fun Day Creates Foundation For Families By Carisa Biesecker “Every day is an uphill struggle for me just to get through the day and night without her. I have to find the strength just to keep asking myself, ‘What would Jessie want?’” states FishHawk resident Maureen Massari in regard to her daughter, Jessica Rose, 6, who lost her battle with cancer in February of 2009 after battling neuroblastoma stage IV for two years. Her answer came in the form of The Jessica Rose Foundation, Inc.Being unveiled on Saturday, February 6, at Sunset Bay Chapel, located at 6026 Churchside Dr. in ...

Collections For Haiti – Local Ways to Contribute to Relief from the Recent Earthquake Disaster

Publix Collects Earthquake Relief Funds for Haiti Customers may donate any amount of money by adding it

Local Car Hops Appear in National Sonic Drive-In Commercial

Two local resident car hops will appear in a National Commercial for Sonic Drive-In in March. Sonic Director of Operations Brad Young stands

Volunteers Needed For Daystar Center “I Am Hope” Homeless Café

Volunteers Needed For Daystar Center “I Am Hope” Homeless Café By Carisa Biesecker I Am Hope Café will soon have a third local location on the grounds of Daystar Faith Center in Gibsonton thanks to the partnership of local organizations who gathered together at Riverview’s Resurrection Catholic Church last month.With the numbers of the homeless growing, the Greater Brandon Ecumenical Ministries is aiming to open the third I Am Hope Café in order to provide struggling residents with food and a connection with services provided through the staff of the center. Here, homeless residents would be introduced to a hot meal while ...

Local Sponsors Contribute to Summer Bible and Basketball Camp’s Success

Local Sponsors Contribute to Summer Bible and Basketball Camp’s Success By Tamas Mondovics What do 18 coaches, 26 corporate sponsors, 93 children and $4,000 in cash and donations equal? One of the most successful summer camps in the area. Bibles and Basketball Summer Camp—as it has come to be called over the years—was once again hosted by Immanuel Lutheran Church and School and led by Ed Treimanis, Chief Financial Planner of Ameriprise Financial Services, who was proud to announce that this year's camp was an overwhelming success. Due to the overwhelming support from local Platinum corporate sponsors, Women’s Care of Brandon, William ...

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Bloomingdale Family To Battle It Out On Family Feud

Citizens Express Concerns At Lithia Pinecrest Public Hearing

Jessica Rose Family Fun Day Creates Foundation For Families

Collections For Haiti – Local Ways to Contribute to Relief from the Recent Earthquake Disaster

Local Car Hops Appear in National Sonic Drive-In Commercial

Volunteers Needed For Daystar Center “I Am Hope” Homeless Café

Local Sponsors Contribute to Summer Bible and Basketball Camp’s Success

Bloomingdale Set For Spring Ball

Area Midwife Brings ChildBirth Experience To Comfort Of Home

Bloomingdale Family To Battle It Out On Family Feud

Park Square Cellar Celebrates Annual Wine Fest

Lithia Crossing Plaza Welcomes Trio Of New Businesses

Thundercats Wrestlers Sport Great Showing At Games Of Rome Tourney

Upcoming Chamber Fair Focuses On Residents’ Health

Citizens Express Concerns At Lithia Pinecrest Public Hearing

Annual Chalk Walk Celebrates Art

Nature’s Remedies Found At Local Market

TechPlay Zone Wins Shop Local February 2010

Lifelong Friends Open Recipe Box Diner

State Fair Has “Super” Theme

Jessica Rose Family Fun Day Creates Foundation For Families

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