Apr 14, 2013
By Tamas Mondovics The county’s 2011 plan to consolidate its recreation centers, which included cutting back the number of full-service facilities to ten regional sites, was received with mixed feeling by the community, with many protesting the changes in hopes of altering the direction. Fast forward to today, now Hillsborough County officials have announced its(…)
Mar 30, 2013
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue will be placing several juveniles and their parents in an intervention program designed to educate, train, and show the consequences of fire as the result of what HCFR categorized as a large accidental brush fire in FishHawk. A total of 20 units and about 40 Hillsborough County Fire Rescue personnel along(…)
Mar 17, 2013
By Kathy L. Collins The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, under the direction of Dr. James K. Bass, has been invited to perform with the world renowned Cleveland Orchestra on Thursday, March 14, Friday, March 15 and Saturday, Match 16 a the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami. The Chorale will be there for three performances(…)
Mar 17, 2013
By Kathy L. Collins Retired Prima Ballerina, Cory-Jeanne Murakami Houck-Cox, of Valencia Lakes, was recently honored with several awards for her choreography. At the Youth American Grand Prix held during the weekend of January 3 through January 6 at the Straz Center for Performing Arts in Tampa, five of Houck-Cox’s ballet choreographed works were named(…)
Mar 17, 2013
By Suzy Wiesenhart José A. Alvarez, Managing Director of the Apollo Beach firm Alvarez Company PA CPA Firm, has been awarded the Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) designation from the American Institute of CPAs and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. The CGMA designation recognizes professionals who have deep understanding of finance and have expanded(…)
Mar 17, 2013
By Tamas Mondovics The high school spring athletic season has no shortage of great programs to follow. But when it comes to flag football, the East Bay High School Indians, led by program head coach, Michael Cooper, has earned its rightful spot on top of the list. Excluding the 2011 season, the Indians have enjoyed(…)
Mar 17, 2013
By Tamas Mondovics This year’s winter athletics could not have ended on better terms at East Bay High as the school’s basketball program managed to do something that hasn’t been done for over 40 years. Program head coach, William Teeden, who has just completed his fourth season at East Bay, was proud of his players(…)
Mar 17, 2013
By Tamas Mondovics The Riverview High School softball program with head coach, Angela Slater, at the helm has little reason to complain about the way things are shaping up this spring. With less than a month into the season, sporting 14 girls, including five freshman, six sophomores, two juniors and one senior, all the while(…)
Mar 17, 2013
By Staff Report Steve Modica, member of the Greater Tampa Association of Realtors and the Florida Association of Realtors, recently landed at HomeXpress Realty, a full service realty office in Brandon. “Big Steve,” as he’s been nicknamed by colleagues, has been in the property management side of real estate since 1974 when he’d accompany his(…)
Mar 17, 2013
By Mindy Weisberg Calvary Lutheran Church recently broke ground on its new Angel Attic building, representing Phase 1 of what will someday be a full Calvary mission center and sanctuary on S.R. 674 in Ruskin. Nearly 130 Calvary and community members alike gathered to watch the groundbreaking ceremony for this initiative which was long in(…)
