Nativity Hosts Annual Auction Gala

Nativity Hosts Annual Auction Gala

By Kathy Dotson kathy@ospreyobserver.com Nativity Catholic School will host its Ninth annual gala when it transforms Pepin’s Hospitality Centre in Tampa into a Fantasy in Blue & White on Saturday, May 9. The evening will entertain guests with a live and silent auction, raffle games, dinner buffet and live dance music. New this year will [...]

Community Events

Community Events

Success at FishHawk Fellowship Fundraiser Becky and Riley Moore spend time with fellow FishHawk Fellowship church members at a benefit which raised $3500 for the Almonte family who recently lost Narda Almonte after a unexpected cancer diagnosis recently. A bank account has been set up at Regions Bank. Anyone wishing to make a donation can [...]

Eye On Business

Eye On Business

Ikea To Open May 6 Drivers-by on the Leroy-Selmon Crosstown Expressway have surely noticed the new huge blue building near Ybor City. IKEA’s new Tampa store, located at 1103 N. 22nd St. in Ybor City, is having its Grand Opening on Wednesday, May 6. For more information, please visit www.IKEA-USA.com. Canine Cabana Hosts Open House [...]

Resident Remembers When Gas Cost 28 Cents

Resident Remembers When Gas Cost 28 Cents

Ever wonder what it would be live to be 100 years old? How about 103? Just ask Bloomingdale resident Florence Geurink, who recently celebrated her 103rd birthday. Geurink has survived two World Wars, the Great Depression, she has seen man walk on the moon, gone from horse and buggy to modern car and seen much [...]

Bloomingdale Hires New Head Football and Volleyball Coaches

After the official resignation of the Bulls’ Head Coach Jason Stokes, who led the program to a winning 2008-09 season but decided to move on and to accept the football head coaching position at Middleton High School, Bloomingdale High School’s administration did not hesitate or waste time making sure that its now pumped-up, winning program [...]

NFL Veteran Speaks At Prayer Breakfast

NFL Veteran Speaks At Prayer Breakfast

Christian Business Connections (CBC) of Brandon will be hosting the Brandon Prayer Breakfast Monday

Newsome Athletes Recognized For High Academic Performance

Newsome Athletes Recognized For High Academic Performance

During a ceremony recently held at the Hillsborough County District Office in Tampa, Newsome High School student-athletes received the Hillsborough County Highest Grade Point Award for the 2008-2009 school year for Girls’ Basketball and Varsity Competition cheerleading and is given at the end of each sports season by the School District of Hillsborough County Athletic [...]

May Press Releases

May Press Releases

Students Recognized for Efforts The College Board and National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP) have announced Bloomingdale High School seniors Michelle Rector and Stephanie Salazar as National Hispanic Scholars. The National Hispanic Recognition Program, established in 1983, is a College Board program that provides national recognition of the exceptional academic achievements of Hispanic high school seniors [...]

One Year Later: Bell Shoals Holds Pastors’ Memories in Heart

One Year Later: Bell Shoals Holds Pastors’ Memories in Heart

“I don’t know of a church, to my knowledge, that has been through what we’ve been through,”

Gang Awareness Seminar Ensures Area Incidents Stay Isolated

Gang Awareness Seminar Ensures Area Incidents Stay Isolated

Following a recent gang-related incident on the trails of FishHawk, where some local resident were assaulted by