May 1, 2013
By Tamas Mondovics Six youth leaders, among them 14-year-old Randall Middle School student with Downs Syndrome, Zachary Foyt, enjoyed the limelight last month as recipients of the County’s Youth Excellence and Achievement Awards (YEA! Awards). Each year, The YEA! Awards recognize three middle and three high school students in Hillsborough County, who have displayed initiative,(…)
May 1, 2013
By Tamas Mondovics In an effort to spark a career interest in at-risk middle and high school students between the ages of 14-17 to become the nation’s next firefighters, emergency medical technicians and paramedics, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue is once again hosting its free annual Summer Youth Academy. Considered as one of the summer’s most(…)
May 1, 2013
By Tamas Mondovics High school students from all over Florida competed last month in the Florida State Championship Tournament of the National Forensic League (NFL) Speech and Debate Honor Society at Berkley Prep in Tampa. Victoria Royal of Lithia, a Newsome High School senior, won the tournament and will represent the State and her school(…)
May 1, 2013
By Tamas Mondovics With numbers reaching close to 200, Bloomingdale area residents showed up in force to attend a recent meeting in order to learn, voice their disapproval and to devise a strategy to fight a proposed mixed-use development (MUD) project planned in the heart of their neighborhood on Bloomingdale Ave. near Lithia Pinecrest Rd.,(…)
Apr 21, 2013
By Tamas Mondovics The annual Hillsborough County Fair has been bringing five days of fun-filled tail-swishing and wing-flapping fun to area resident for close to two decades, and there is little doubt that last year’s 19th annual event clearly proved the same to be true. “The Hillsborough County Fair is a community showcase,” said Fair(…)
Apr 21, 2013
By Tamas Mondovics In its ongoing effort to make improvements to the water distribution system infrastructure in the Brandon and surrounding communities, the Hillsborough County Public Utilities Department held a public meeting at the Brandon Recreation Center at 502 E. Sadie St. to discuss a project earlier this month. The meeting specifically focused on improving(…)
Apr 21, 2013
By Tamas Mondovics The Valrico Rams Youth Football and Cheerleading Organization announced last month its efforts to join the largest youth football and cheerleading organization. With the beginning of its eighth year of competition this fall, the Rams will do so as part of the Pop Warner Little Scholars program, which boasts of member organizations(…)
Apr 21, 2013
By Tamas Mondovics With the bold statement of “On the hunt for the best drinking water? Bag the bottled stuff. Put away the Perrier,” Hillsborough County Public Utilities Water Services claimed top honors for the best tap water in a regional contest sponsored by the Florida Section of the American Water Works Association (FSAWWA). With(…)
Apr 21, 2013
By Tamas Mondovics Orange barrels blocking entrances to shopping centers off Bloomingdale Ave., just east and west of Providence Rd. in Brandon last month caught motorists by surprise. Two weeks later, the barrels disappeared and were replaced by a number of official Hillsborough County Public hearing signs throughout the community, inviting residents to attend and(…)
Apr 21, 2013
By Tamas Mondovics In its continued effort to recognize the hard work and volunteer spirit on behalf of their community, as well as to encourage such generous spirit, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Community Outreach Division hosted an appreciation event for members of the Volunteer Citizens Patrol Program. The event held at the Falkenburg Rd.(…)
