FishHawk Residents Fulfill Dream By Opening Chocolate Shop In Valrico

FishHawk Residents Fulfill Dream By Opening Chocolate Shop In Valrico

By Jennifer Silverstein When Anthony and Leena Caliguire moved to FishHawk from New York five years ago in July of 2004, they experienced a very unusual hurricane season where four hurricanes and one tropical storm ravaged the state. What a welcome to Florida!The couple recently opened The Original Leena’s Chocolates in the old 1,100-sq.-ft. Peterbrooke(…)

Bloomingdale Starts Season With Long Line-Up Of New Coaches

Bloomingdale Starts Season With Long Line-Up Of New Coaches

By Tamas Mondovics The resignation of Bloomingdale Senior High School football Head Coach Jason Stokes last year, who,  after just one season with the Bulls, decided to move on, shocked some and disappointed others. But, it opened the way for a list of coaches to fill the vacancy.Stokes’ departure was not the only vacancy Bloomingdale(…)

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MEETINGS Dentist Collects Candy Hess Orthodontics, located at 11970 Boyette Rd. in Riverview, will buy back residents’ Halloween candy for $1 a lb. on Thursday, November 5, from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. and Friday, November 6, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. All candy will be donated to our troops. For more information, call 645-4377. Ranch Hosts Halloween(…)

Riverview High School Chorus Plans New York Trip

Riverview High School Chorus Plans New York Trip

By Tamas Mondovics For the student athletes, there is the goal of the state championship. For others, a spot at the finals of the season’s state science fair. For the members of the Riverview High School choir, the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is the chance to be seen and heard(…)

Residents Invited To Eat, Drink And Be Merry To Benefit Foster Families

Residents Invited To Eat, Drink And Be Merry To Benefit Foster Families

By Kathy Collins The Second Annual Vine To Wine event, which benefits foster children in the Tampa Bay area and A Kid’s Place, will be held on Saturday, October 17 from 6:30-10:30 p.m. at The Palmetto Club, located at 17004 Dorman Rd. in Lithia. A 15-person committee has been hard at work for several months(…)

Family Pumpkin Festival Returns To FishHawk, October 10

Family Pumpkin Festival Returns To FishHawk, October 10

By Michelle Caceres Park Square will be awash in a sea of orange as the annual Life is Good Pumpkin Festival rolls to FishHawk Ranch on Saturday, October 10.The festivities will begin at 3 p.m., when the young and the young at heart will strut their stuff in a costume parade. Prizes will be awarded(…)

To Keep Their Homes Spic And Span

To Keep Their Homes Spic And Span

By Kristin E. Couch Surface Solve is not your typical floor cleaning company. Bryan Cannon, owner of Surface Solve, is offering to clean the floors and mattresses of cancer patients for free.“Since it is very important for cancer patients to have a clean environment during treatment, this is a practical service that can really help(…)

Chucks Natural Foods – Local Landmarks

Seville Cleaners – Shoplocal Winners Oct -09

Volleyball Club Recreates Itself And Brings Synergy To Its Members

By Tamas Mondovics “Citius, Altius, Fortius,” which translated means “Swifter, Higher, Stronger,” are not only appropriate adjectives used to describe the Brandon Synergy Amateur Athletic Union (USA/AAU) Volleyball Club, but are also the club’s team names, which its members are more than proud to wear.The club’s name, Synergy (from the Greek syn-ergos, meaning “working together”),(…)