Chris Williams (standing) looks over maps during a School Boundary Committee meetings in 2016 at Wesley Chapel High. There will be no such committees in 2019; Williams and his staff are in the process of drawing up new boundaries and will answer questions and concerns on Oct. 7 at Wiregrass Ranch … Continue Reading
News
Community Comes Together To Honor 9/11’s Heroes
(Above) Pasco commissioners Mike Moore (far left), Mike Wells and Jack Mariano (in back), retired FDNY EMT Stephen Spelman, Penelope Bastidas (with scissors), … Continue Reading
A Restaurant Survey & Contest Update & My Wife’s Exciting New Job!
Jannah & Gary Nager at a wedding on Cape Cod Aug. 17. Pretty much every year since I took over the Neighborhood News in 1994, we have held our annual … Continue Reading
Business
Will A New Craft Brewery Bring New Life To The Grove?
(left to right) Sam Guyer, Ryan Clarke, Cody Guyer and Shashank Mishra hope to open Wesley Chapel's first craft brewery, Double Branch Artisanal Ales, in … Continue Reading
New Tampa Plastic Surgery’s Dr. Fakhre Can Deliver A New You
The friendly, professional staff at New Tampa Plastic Surgery’s new office on Cypress Ridge Blvd. is led by Dr. Peter Fakhre and nurse practitioner Christina … Continue Reading
Recent Stories
Pebble Creek Vet Helps Build Monuments At Bushnell National Cemetery
A short drive north of Pebble Creek in New Tampa, where retired U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Wayne Rich lives, his father, mother and wife are all buried at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell. Averaging 7,000 burials a year — about 30 each day — Florida National Cemetery is the second most active cemetery […]
Brookron Dr. Gets Resurfaced
Brookron Dr. in New Tampa, once seemingly held together by a never-ending series of potholes patches, has a new surface. Hillsborough County had all but completed the $686,841 project at our press time. The one-mile circular local road, located off Cross Creek Blvd. (across from the entrance to Cory Lake Isles) and winding past the […]
Firm Picked To Design New Tampa Performing Arts Center!
In one of the more significant steps in the long, sometimes-tortured history of a proposed cultural arts center in New Tampa, the Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has approved the hiring of a firm to design the facility. Last month, the BOCC awarded a $598,413 contract to Fleischman Garcia Architects to draw a plan […]
‘CATS TOPPLE PLANT
The Wharton volleyball team ended a long stretch of frustration against arch-nemesis Plant High. Every Wharton volleyball season since 2014 has been just about exactly the same. Post a great regular season record. Make the District final…lose to Plant. Two weeks later in the Regional playoffs, lose to Plant again. Season over. However, the Wildcats may […]
