Ciara Cotey is a Wesley Chapel native and University of South Florida graduate and the daughter of Neighborhood News managing editor John C. Cotey. She has lived and worked in Seoul, South Korea, since 2012, and has been living through the coronavirus outbreak since January. South Korea sends out detailed … Continue Reading
News
Viera: Times Will Be Tough, But Help Is Out There
Tampa City Councilmember Luis Viera, who represents District 7 which includes New Tampa, wrote the following for the Neighborhood News and their New Tampa … Continue Reading
Gary’s Favorite New Tampa Restaurants!
Stonewood Grill and Tavern once again tops publisher Gary Nager's Top 25 list of restaurants in New Tampa. Every year, after we report the results of our … Continue Reading
Business
How We Can Still Help Your Business Under The Covid-19 Cloud
With the novel coronavirus pandemic cutting a swath of destruction through virtually every country on Earth, what was once the fear of the complete unknown has … Continue Reading
Coronavirus Wreaking Havoc
Editor's note: Since this story was written and sent to the printer on March 20, many things have changed. On the same day that Hillsborough County had its … Continue Reading
Recent Stories
For Trusted Tax Help This Season, Turn To Murtha & Murtha, LLC
Tom Murtha and his son Patrick do more than just crunch numbers during tax season. Partners and owners of their own accounting firm — Murtha & Murtha, LLC — in the Seven Oaks Professional Park off S.R. 56 (across from Sam’s Club), the father-son duo has more than 50 years of combined experience in handling […]
New Charter School Breaks Ground In The Connected City
It may not have been as awe-inspiring as the groundbreaking of the Crystal Lagoon® amenity in Epperson, but the latest addition to the Connected City project in Wesley Chapel may be even more important. Innovation Preparatory Academy, or InPrep, a charter school located on Curley Rd. just north of the Epperson community and promising to […]
Incentives Deal To Pave The Way For Wesley Chapel’s “Downtown”
Avalon Park Group/sitEX is developing what some believe will serve as Wesley Chapel’s downtown (see separate story about this on page 8), plans which were paved by the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners (BOC), which has unanimously and enthusiastically approved up to $33 million of incentives for the public infrastructure project. Developer Beat Kahli […]
Gary’s Top 25 Wesley Chapel Favorites!
Every year, after we report the results of our annual Reader Dining Survey & Contest, I always feel compelled to give you my dining favorites, including all of the restaurants that opened in (or very near) New Tampa and Wesley Chapel the previous year. Some of you love my opinions; others…not so much. Even so, […]
