Brandon

Commission Considers Brandon Activity Center

A central hub of activity-as it has been defined a number of times by the Hillsborough County Planning Commission and what has been a point of conversation amongst Brandon residents and business owners for sometime now-is gaining more and more interest, making its way up the ladder of priority.

In recent years, activity [...]

Welcome to the “I am Hope Cafe”

 The “I Am Hope Café” is finally a reality, and, now, the estimated 2,000 homeless in the Brandon area will have a permanent place to eat if they so choose. Thanks to the generosity of First Baptist Church of Mango, three unused classrooms were recently donated to the Greater Brandon Ecumenical Ministries, Inc. (GBEM), which [...]

Brandon Rotary Donates $70,000

Brandon’s first and original rotary club, which is simply called The Rotary Club of Brandon, was recently able to witness the fruit of its past year’s labor, giving away $70,000 to seven organizations

Brandon Looks Back on a Great Year in Sports

Without a doubt the Brandon Eagles 2007-08 athletic seasons will go down in history as one of the best in years promising an even better one next season. Besides talent and ability, Brandon High School student athletes showed a huge improvement in every program as they made their way toward the coveted district or state [...]

St. Andrews Members Give Back

Drama Team performs fast paced drama of Old Testament

St. Andrews United Methodist Church recently performed a funny drama of “The Complete History of the Old Testament in Twenty Minutes” written by Thomas Long.    The interesting part of the whole performance was the fact that nine actors played 40 different characters, sometimes over a [...]