WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND: ART AND OTHER ENTERTAINING EVENTS

Compiled by Kathy L. Collins, Arts and Entertainment Editor If you are looking for something fun to do over the weekend, let this be your guide finding fun, creative and exciting things to do in the area. The Greater Brandon area and Tampa Bay have tons of activities going on every weekend. Get out and [...]

Shopping Is Fun At Bloomingdale’s Annual Band Auction

Shopping Is Fun At Bloomingdale’s Annual Band Auction

    What could be better than spending a Saturday afternoon shopping for gift certificates, gift baskets, useful items and maybe a find that you just need to have? Where can you do this and not feel bad about spending the money because you know that all the monies raised through your purchases will benefit [...]

Afternoon Tea Party Fundraiser Welcomes Decorated Hats

Brandon South Rotary will kick off its Rotary fundraising for 2011 with its fouth annual MadHatter Tea Party scheduled for the events pavilion at Cross Creek Ranch in Dover on Sunday, February 27, at 2 p.m. The event, with MadHatter table hostesses, custom decorated hats and silent auction and raffle during an afternoon event, will [...]

Firefighter Safety Warning Signs a Statewide Law

Firefighter Safety Warning Signs a Statewide Law

    Some may think of “radon,” radioactive, or perhaps fire hazard, but the Maltese cross signs with an “R” an “F” or both letters in the center that are popping up on commercial or multiunit residential structures measuring eight inches horizontally as well as vertically are more than just a topic of conversation; they [...]

Fitness Studio Wants Residents For Race

Rob Zulkoski is challenging residents. Challenging them to climb 42 stories. 84 flights. 914 steps. Up the Bank of America building in downtown Tampa. “It’s something different than a 5K or working out in a gym, surrounded by four walls,” he said. The 2011 Fight for Air Climb touts itself as being a “vertical marathon.” [...]

Brandon Woman Comes Home Winner

Bally Technologies, a leader in slots, video machines and casino management systems for the global gaming industry, recently announced that its QuarterMillion$ Tower of Power wide-area progressive slot link hit for $284,772 in January at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa. The lucky winner, Debbie Noonan, who lives in Brandon, hit the [...]

Hundreds Gather To Honor A Kid’s Place Founder, Launch Major Campaign

A tireless child advocate and former Hillsborough County Commissioner Dottie Berger MacKinnon was honored by family members as well as more than 200 friends and supporters of her passion for children during a recent event appropriately themed “Celebrating a Legacy.” The event’s title was both timely and appropriate for MacKinnon, 67, a breast cancer survivor, [...]

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND: ART AND OTHER ENTERTAINING EVENTS

Compiled by Kathy L. Collins, Arts and Entertainment Editor  If you are looking for something fun to do over the weekend, let this be your guide finding fun, creative and exciting things to do in the area. The Greater Brandon area and Tampa Bay have tons of activities going on every weekend. Get out and [...]

Nativity Catholic Church Opens New Youth Center And Gymnasium

Nativity Catholic Church of Brandon has much to celebrate during this its Golden Jubilee Year. The long-awaited Monsignor Lara Youth Center and Sister Irene Gymnasium were dedicated earlier this month. Bishop Robert N. Lynch, Diocese of St. Petersburg, presided over a Mass prior to the dedication. The church celebrated the grand opening of the facility [...]

New 54,000-Sq.-Ft. Publix To Take Winn-Dixie’s Place In Valrico Commons

Publix is moving its Valrico location, open since 1994, at the Brandon Blvd. Shoppes and, in November, will cross S.R. 60 to open a new  54,000 sq. ft. shopping experience. Replacing the old Winn-Dixie, which closed in the Valrico Commons Shopping Center, the new store will be the first of its kind in size and [...]