Newsome High To Get Needed $9M Auditorium Refresh
The original Newsome High School auditorium has remained largely unchanged since it was constructed in 2003. Anyone attending a production at the 600-seat venue...
FishHawk Student Ashlyn Cook Collects Food For Seeds Of Hope
On Thanksgiving of 2021, Newsome High School freshman Ashlyn Cook started a food drive at her neighborhood’s light display with Seeds of Hope, a...
N Zone Offers Sports In FishHawk
It started off as a fun way for kids to get together and learn a sport, and it ended up becoming a family. Now,...
From Teenage Pizza Maker To Formaggio’s Pizzeria Entrepreneur
By Vicki Moses
In 2011, when a 16-year-old boy went with his dad to pick up pizzas for dinner at the original Formaggio’s Italian Restaurant...
Sergeant Brian Lavigne’s Legacy Is Honored With New K9 Roy
In January of 2021, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office lost Sergeant Brian Roy LaVigne. He was killed when his patrol car was intentionally rammed...
4th-Grader Recognized Through Completion Of 50-Yard Challenge
Last summer Valrico resident Corbin Dihel accepted the 50-Yard Challenge through the Raising Men & Women Lawn Care Service nonprofit organization. With all of...
Black Rock Farms Opens Gates To Share The Hands-On Experience
Meg Shue and her family started Black Rock Farms in Dover back in 2019 to create a hands-on learning environment for their kids, now...
Community Sets Up GoFundMe To Welcome Afghan Refugee Family
Many FishHawk residents serving in the military can claim at least one Afghanistan deployment during their career. For FishHawk resident and U.S. Army Lieutenant...
January 21-27, 2022 Update: COVID-19 Data For Hillsborough County & Florida
Update on local COVID-19 data from the previous week of January 21-27, 2022 (published on January 28, 2022).
Hillsborough Data for Previous Weeks:
People vaccinated:
January 14-20,...
Joe E. Newsome High School Has Made Quite A Name For...
Twenty years ago, on the cover of the Osprey Observer’s first FishHawk edition, we covered a story on a new school that had yet...











