About Marie Gilmore

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Marie is the Managing Editor at the Osprey Observer. She covers news, transportation, education and likes to make a positive impact on the community. A member of Brandon South Rotary, FANG, and all local chambers, she likes to be 'in the know'!

Posts by Marie Gilmore:

Murman Takes Home Pioneering Award

Longtime area resident and former State Representative Sandra Murman was presented with the 6th annual Pioneering Woman Award at the recent ceremony presented by the Brandon Sunburst Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association. The award, recognizing women providing impact to the community and who have been pioneers, living in the area for 20 years [...]

Press Releases & Events October Riverview

Press Releases-Riverview Collins Elementary Promotes Peace Pinwheels for Peace was a success with over 600 pinwheels having been made by Collins Elementary’s EELP program and kindergarten through fourth grades. Students placed the pinwheels throughout the school grounds in September and had many of the classes walk through and enjoy them. For more information, visit www.pinwheelsforpeace.com. [...]

Brandon Area Press Releases & Events

St. Andrews United Methodist Church, located at 3315 Bryan Rd. in Brandon, is planning its annual pumpkin patch sale set to begin on September 28 and run through October 31. . The proceeds from the sale benefit the youth program at St. Andrews UMC with a portion of the profits going to a charity of [...]

Valrico Area Press Releases & Events September

Band of Brothers Hosts Dinner Bell Shoals Baptist Church’s Band of Brothers is hosting its annual Sportsmen’s Night scheduled for Monday, September 22, featuring Lt. Colonel Buck “Ballistic” Burney who has over 3,000 hours flying many of our nation’s top fighters, including the F-16 and the F-15. After September 11 terrorist attacks, Buck was one [...]

Shop Local And Win With New Campaign

We want to keep our local small businesses open and in business. We all recognize that we need to make a change in our habits, including transportation, driving and more, but how about making it a point to shop local to keep our local, small businesses open?

Riverview Area Press Releases

Rotarians Recap Meeting Michael Porter, territory manager for Carrier Florida West Coast, South West Territory spoke at the July meeting of the Rotary Club of SouthShore about the recent changes in the heating and air conditioning industry which have resulted in more efficient and more environmentally friendly units. The Rotary Club of SouthShore meets at [...]

Community Events

Bell Shoals Hosts Women’s Gathering

La Bella Vita, a special women’s gathering to be held at Special Events Center of Bell Shoals Baptist Church located at 2102 Bell Shoals Rd. in Brandon, will be held on Friday, September 12, from 6:30-10 p.m. and continues into Saturday, September 13, from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Ladies will enjoy [...]

Melonie Hall, Brandon Regional Hospital, Committed to Community

By Derek Maul

Born: St Louis, Missouri, 1962 Raised: Freehold, New Jersey Moved to Florida: 1978 Lake Brantley High School, Seminole County: 1980 Florida State University: 1984 Moved to Brandon: 1988 Member: St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church

Brandon Regional Hospital’s Melonie Hall is a self-confessed overachiever. As director of marketing and public relations for Brandon’s [...]

Elvis Returns To Nativity Taste of 2008

Last year, more than 850 people attended Nativity Outreach Taste of 2007 to sample from many of Brandon’s finest restaurants and to watch Elvis tribute artist Peter Alden sing and swivel his hips to many famous Presley hits. If you missed all the fun, Alden will once again headline this year’s Taste of 2008 for [...]

Win Prizes On New OspreyObserver.com

The Osprey Observer has merged its community online, on demand television My Osprey TV and its Website www.ospreyobserver.com and to celebrate the merge, is giving away more than $1,000 in gift certificates to local restaurants. The campaign kicked-off at the 50th Annual Fourth of July Parade in Brandon when Osprey staff handed out more than [...]