Lightning Fan Makes The Cut For Hockey Foundation

On behalf of First Financial Security (FFS), Terumi Nakamura, senior associate, and Paula Duncan, area marketing director, recently had the honor of presenting Vinny Lecavalier and his foundation a check for $2,500. Both Nakamura and Duncan are avid Tampa Bay Lightning hockey fans and admire Lecavalier’s passion for children and giving back to the community, [...]

FishHawk Resident Hosts Girls’ Workshop

Certified Girls Circle facilitators, Nancy Lemon and Lisa Aber are accepting registration for their upcoming Girls Circle Mother/Daughter workshop. Mothers and daughters, come celebrate your special bond with an eight-week course in honor of Mother’s Day. The “Heart of the Matter” workshop is being offered for girls in the 5th grade and their mothers. It [...]

Blue Angels Featured at Lakeland’s SUN’n FUN

 Pilots, aircraft owners and other aviation enthusiasts planning to attend this year’s SUN ’n FUN International Fly–In & Expo have a great deal to look forward to as this year’s event offers one of the strongest schedules of aircraft, people and programs in recent memory.  The 37th annual “Spring Break for Pilots and friends” will [...]

Keep Kids Safe By The Pool With Private or Group Lessons

One of the most common pastimes during the freedom of the summer months is long days spent at the pool or beach. Keep your kids safe this summer by enrolling them in one of the many swim lesson options around the community. Who knows, maybe they can eventually teach you a trick or two in [...]

Pigs In The Park Promises Family Fun

  Thousands of people are expected to enjoy barbecue, beer, blues and a redfish tournament, all part of the Ruskin SouthShore Chamber of Commerce’s Pigs in the Park on Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2, at E.G. Simmons Park. This is the first annual Pigs in the Park that is being tied together with [...]

HGTV Stars Meet ‘Toy Story 3’ Heroes at Flower and Garden Festival

A constellation of HGTV design stars lights up the 18th Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival March 2 through May 15, while “Toy Story 3” heroes Woody and Buzz take Disney topiary magic “to infinity and beyond!” Genevieve Gorder, Vern Yip and nine other HGTV design gurus appear for the first time at the Walt [...]

Dove Field Pl. And Sunnyhills Dr. Water Pipeline Project Slated For March

During a recently held public meeting, Brandon’s Dove Field Pl. and Sunnyhills Dr. area residents were given the opportunity to get up close and personal with an upcoming water pipeline project under the direction of the Hillsborough County Public Utilities Department. According to Project Manager Cindy Hutchens, the construction on the 225 feet of eight-inch [...]

Brandon Meals on Wheels Celebrates Volunteers And Welcomes New Church To Its Program

Every day more than 200 meals are prepared and delivered to local shut-ins in need of a kind word and a hot lunch. Fifteen participating churches make up the fabric of the Brandon Meals on Wheels program and thanks to the reach of its generous mission Presbyterian Church of Seffner has also recently come aboard.  [...]

Completing Trifecta, New Office And Retail Property Coming To Valrico

Approximately one mile from the Angelica High Rise on S.R. 60 in Valrico, National Properties Trust, Inc.-the same developer of the Angelica- is planning another complex on St. Cloud Ave. The complex is also right down the road from the Nicoletta Commercial Complex, which houses Newpoint High School. This complex was also designed and built [...]

Campo Family YMCA Celebrates 10 Years In Valrico With Celebration

Arts and crafts, bounce houses, swimming, a Zumba-thon, some healthy snacks, free T-shirts for the first 200 guests and, of course, birthday cake, were all part of a celebration held at the  Campo Family YMCA in commemoration of the facility’s 10 years of operation in strengthening the foundations of the greater Brandon community. “Our staff [...]