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Painting From The Heart Seeks Single Mom To Receive Exterior Home Makeover

For the fourth time, Rob Silver, owner of Dynamic Painting USA and Osprey Observer have teamed together to offer the Painting From the Heart campaign. The campaign, intended to give an exterior home paint job to a single mom in the community, has been a huge success and Silver wants to continue the effort for(…)

Summer Camps Offer Fun, Education, Experiences and More In Full and Half Day Camps

Summer Camps Offer Fun, Education, Experiences and More In Full and Half Day Camps

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL 8-PAGE SUMMER CAMP SECTION Kids R Kids Is Now Enrolling for Summer Camp Summer is fast approaching and now is the time to start thinking about where your child is going to spend his or her time while school is out. If you are looking for a summer camp experience(…)

Village Players Of Brandon To Perform Neil Simon’s Hit Brighton Beach Memoirs

By Kathy L. Collins The Village Players of Brandon will perform Neil Simon’s smash hit Brighton Beach Memoirs beginning on Friday, May 17 at 8 p.m. at the James McCabe Theater located at 506 N. 5th St. in Valrico. Other performances will be held on Thursday, May 23 and 30, Friday, May 24 and 31,(…)

Tampa Downtown Partnership Is Pleased To Offer An Arts And Entertainment Pass

By Kathy L. Collins If you have been looking for a good deal and have wanted to really see a lot on a visit to  downtown Tampa and all it has to offer, then you need to get the Tampa Downtown Partnership’s Art and Entertainment Pass. This is a new program designed to allow Tampa(…)

See Local Artists’ Artwork On Display At The 6th Bay Area Art Show

By Kathy L. Collins The Tampa Regional Artists are pleased to present the 6th Bay Area Art Show from Tuesday, April 30 through the end of May. A reception for the artists and area residents is set for Friday, May 17 from 6 to 9 p.m. The exhibition and reception are free and open to(…)

HCSO Incinerates Firearms To Complete This Year’s Operation Gun Swap

By Tamas Mondovics HCSO’s Operation Gun Swap 2013, came to what deputies called a “fiery finish” last month as the department completed the collection and destruction of thousands of unwanted firearms turned in by residents throughout Hillsborough County. HCSO detective, Christopher Rule, who in a recent video is seen narrating the end of the line(…)

Help For The Homeless Through A Ten-Year-Old’s Passion

By Andria Barrios “It doesn’t matter if you’re big or small, you can always make a difference.” These truthful words come from a young girl who clearly walks the talk. “I am a student at Bevis Elementary. I am ten-years-old and play select soccer.  But my ministry is my passion,” states Jessica Valdes, an industrious(…)

First-Time Applicant Passport Tips

By Alicia Squillante With tourism websites like Kayak, Travelocity and Expedia filled to the brim with great deals on exciting destination packages that would normally seem out of the average American’s price range, the need to acquire a passport becomes priority number one. The great news is that in recent years, obtaining a passport has(…)

Newsome Track Steps Up In Biggest Meet

By Ryan Butler Exceeding many of its own expectations, the Newsome High School varsity track team finished second in the 2013 Class 4A District 7 meet. Finishing just five points behind first-place North Port, the Wolves secured individual titles in five events and positioned themselves for a big run at the Regional meet. “It surprised(…)

Saladino Tournament, District Loss Mark Bloomingdale Baseball Season

By Ryan Butler The season may not have ended the way the Bloomingdale High baseball team had hoped, but the Bulls still left its mark on Hillsborough County and the area record books in 2013. Despite a 1-0 loss to Plant in the first round of the district tournament, Bloomingdale still impressed by playing in(…)