Help Stop Crime At 10th Annual Charity Golf Tournament

Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community-based program designed to bring law enforcement, the news media and the citizens closer together in an effort to combat crime, is gearing up for its 10th Annual Charity Golf Tournament to be held Thursday, October 7. The event, which has in the past been held [...]

Help The Hungry Through 2010’s Fifth Annual Feed The Bay

Scheduled for Sunday, October 24, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m., congregations across the area will be participating in the Fifth Annual Feed the Bay, an annual outreach meant to help those facing hard times through the collection of food, hygiene items, housewares – basically anything that can be purchased at participating supermarkets, Publix and Sweetbay. Last [...]

Volunteers Needed For Annual Event To Make 2,500 Cards For Troops

Jeri Fontana started Cards for the Troops as a project with a military spouse support group when she moved to Valrico from Colorado in August of 2007. She has been in the Army and has been deployed twice; her husband is currently active duty, but not deployed, so she understands the meaning of getting a [...]

Brandon IMAX Screen To Open Friday

After this weekend, Brandon area residents will no longer have to travel to Tampa to see a movie in IMAX. On Friday night, AMC Regency 20 off S.R. 60 is opening it’s first IMAX screen with a showing of Legends of Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole and special events for the whole family. Starting at [...]

Residents Team Up to Support First Local Psoriasis Walk

Saturday, November 6 is turning out to be a very special day for many local residents in the Tampa Bay area, as the date marks the first-ever Walk for the Cure for Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis, a family friendly 1K and 5K walk to be held at Ballast Point Park, located at 5300 Interbay Blvd. [...]

Dover Industrial Park Slated For Late 2010, Promises Hundreds Of Jobs

Plans for what some claim will become the renewable energy center of Florida are now moving forward, as residents get more of their questions answered in connection with Infinitus Renewable Energy Park (IREP) in Dover, planned for Eastern Hillsborough County. “This is the largest privately founded project currently in Hillsborough County,” said project design firm [...]

Hyperbaric Chamber Fundraiser Helps Library Attack Victim

The Ruskin-SouthShore Chamber of Commerce, along with TECO, hosted a fundraiser last month for the Bloomingdale Library attack victim.  Hundreds of people attended the successful event, which included entertainment from local high school singing groups and bands, as well as a children’s play area with bouncehouses and plenty of barbecue. The Ruskin-SouthShore Chamber Executive Director [...]

Riverview Little Theater Presents Chicago

  Calling all musical fans! The Riverview Little Theater will host eight performances of the Tony Award winning “Chicago” starting Thursday, September 29 in the Riverview High School auditorium. Premiering in 1975 and the hit of the 1997 Broadway season in a production that originated at City Center’s Encore! series, Chicago won six Tony Awards [...]

County Proposes S.R. 674 Sewage Pipeline Construction Alternatives

  Residents recently took the time to meet with county officials to discuss the second phase of a sewage pipeline construction project affecting their community along S.R. 674. The discussion involved almost $8 million of taxpayers’ money and the project’s potential affect on the local traffic or on the nearby residential areas for the next [...]

Chamber Small Business of the Year Finalist Announced

  Congratulations to the 15 area businesses, representing five business categories, that will be recognized at the Chamber’s annual Small Business of the Year Awards, sponsored by The Bank of Tampa – Brandon Division; Hanna, Lemar, & Morris, CPS’s; and media sponsor Osprey Observer. Award categories include:  Home-Based, Minority or Women Owned, 1-5 Employees, 6-15 Employees [...]