Apr 21, 2013
By Marie Gilmore This summer, children in summer camps will enjoy cool mornings in the air conditioning and a great feature length movie on the big screen during the annual School’s Out For The Summer Chick-fil-A Summer Fun Flicks to benefit Emergency Care Help Organization and local YMCAs. For 10 Tuesdays over the summer, camps,(…)
Apr 21, 2013
By Marie Gilmore Attention Ice Cream fans! There is something new in town. Now open, The Revolution Ice Cream Co. in Brandon will tease your taste buds with new flavors, a cozy atmosphere and a great new concept in ice cream. Owned by husband and wife team Bill and Leslee Workman, the opening of The(…)
Apr 21, 2013
By Marie Gilmore Yelp members have the first opportunity to RSVP for an upcoming unique and limited access networking event at the newly re-branded Wimauma Winthrop Barn Theater in Riverview. The event, Yelptucky Derby, will be held on Friday, April 26, from 7-10 p.m. at the new events and catering center at 11349 Bloomingdale Ave.(…)
Apr 21, 2013
By Marie Gilmore It doesn’t seem to matter how many achievements 15-year-old Zach Bonner has. The Valrico teenager can’t give up on his efforts to raise awareness, funds and food for homeless children. The teen started the efforts as a child himself by collecting water in his Little Red Wagon after Hurricane Charley in 2004.(…)
Apr 14, 2013
By Marie Gilmore When 33 year-old entrepreneur Ralph C. Ghioto Jr. moved to Tampa from Jacksonville in 1969 with his young family in tow, he was already a successful business man. But, taking on the Buick dealership across from the old stadium on Dale Mabry Hwy. and changing its name to Century Buick was one(…)
Apr 14, 2013
By Marie Gilmore A local golfer may have earned his shot at a national championship with a 369-yard long drive at a recent qualifying event hosted by Summerfield Crossing Golf Club. Out of the 53 registered golfers for the first stage of the 2013 RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship, the premier event in power golf,(…)
Apr 12, 2013
Tampa Bay posted the fourth highest foreclosure rate in February based on recent studies. As homeowners in the area continue to need assistance with their mortgages, Bank of America is deepening its commitment to its customers by reaching out to more than 4,900 customers in Tampa-St. Petersburg and surrounding areas to help them avoid foreclosure.(…)
Apr 5, 2013
For the past four decades, Nature’s Classroom has been educating middle school students, mostly sixth grade, about the Hillsborough River watershed, the role it plays in their lives, and how important it is to preserve the natural world. To continue to keep the tradition going area residents are invited to attend the Nature’s Classroom Annual(…)
Apr 2, 2013
Randall Middle School PTSA “UP CYCLED ART SHOW” is this Thursday, April 4th, from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Bring the whole family for a little Art and Dinner! Formaggio’s Food Truck will be at the school selling fabulous Italian food. Randall students and teachers will be dazzling us with their talent in the Recycled Art Show,(…)
Apr 1, 2013
By Marie Gilmore Brandon resident Larry Ott never wins. He is charitable and tries to do his part but he never expects to win. So, when he got the call from the Brandon Foundation Golf Tournament that he was on speaker phone and was just chosen as the winner of the 2013 Brandon Hyundai new(…)
