Dec 29, 2011
Traffic backed up FishHawk Boulevard after a single-vehicle traffic crash that occurred on Wednesday, December 28, at 2:05 p.m., approximately 2 miles east of Boyette Road.
The driver has been identified as Crystal Holmes, 33, of Riverview. Holmes was traveling east bound on FishHawk Blvd. when the front tire of her 1994 Honda Accord [...]
Dec 28, 2011
A small fire at Bloomingdale High School caused some smoke and water damage on Christmas morning.
While many were opening presents on Christmas morning, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue crews were responding to a fire at Bloomingdale High School, located at 1700 E. Bloomingdale Ave. in Valrico.
According to school officials, a small fire that may [...]
Dec 27, 2011
Alexa Vaughan, 18, gets some instruction from HCSO deputy Clint Leapley before she tests her breaking maneuvering skills during the recently held Teen Driving Challenge, a two-day defensive driving and vehicle control program designed for teenage drivers held at the Walter C. Heinrich Practical Training Site in Lithia.
Teens willing to put their driving skills [...]
Dec 27, 2011
Pierce Johnson with Waste Services empties some recyclables last month. With a 7-0 vote during its solid waste workshop, Hillsborough County BOCC made way for opening its current garbage hauling contracts to open bids.
The future of the county’s waste collection and garbage hauling, valued at $60 million in just the first year, is now [...]
Dec 23, 2011
County officials and area residents join Hillsborough County Commissioners Mark Sharpe, District 7, during the ribbon cutting celebration of the County’s first electric car charging station located at the Bloomingdale Regional Public Library, 1906 Bloomingdale Avenue in Valrico.
With two Nissan Leafs and three Chevy Volts on hand, Hillsborough County Commissioners Mark Sharpe, District 7 [...]
Dec 14, 2011
Photo cutline: The so called “Seffner Bandit,” Andre King, 32, of Seffner is charged with at least eight counts of armed robbery. King is suspect in at least 21 serial armed robberies that have occurred in the Seffner area in the last two years.
After almost two years of robbing stores and businesses, in the [...]
Dec 13, 2011
Friends, family, neighbors and members of the community, quickly responded to the aid of FishHawk Ranch residents John and Melissa Watson, following a fire that destroyed the couple’s home on Monday, December 12, 2011.
Arriving on the scene, at around 7:30 p.m., Hillsborough County Fire Rescue personnel found the home located at 6160 Kiteridge [...]
Dec 9, 2011
The Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) was the proud recipient last month of the Tampa Bay Technology Forum (TBTF) Award for “Community Supporter of the Year.”
Museum spokesperson Adrienne Drew said that the panel of judges selected MOSI as the recipient of the award as part of TBTF’s Eighth Annual Industry Achievement Awards event [...]
Dec 9, 2011
A patch of land bordered by Gornto Lake, Providence Rd. and Bloomingdale Ave. in the heart of Riverview is one of two locations developers are currently eying, as the possible new home of Shore Lab Discovery Center, an aquarium complex that has been in the making for almost two decades.
If everything goes as planned, [...]
Dec 5, 2011
Thanks to his leadership and personnel policies that support employee’s participation in the National Guard and Reserve, Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee received the Patriot Award last month for his support of HCSO employees who are also members of the nation’s National Guard and Reserve.
Appropriately and, for the second time in his career Gee, [...]
