Gate Petroleum & More Coming To S.R. 56

Gate Petroleum soon will open it's first Tampa Bay location on S.R. 56 in Wesley Chapel.
Gate Petroleum soon will open it’s first Tampa Bay location on S.R. 56 in Wesley Chapel.

A cleared area on the north side of S.R. 56 at the Cypress Ridge Blvd. intersection is beginning to take shape. The property, known as the Shoppes of Cypress Creek, part of the 400-acre mixed-use development which currently has available parcels on both sides of S.R. 56, soon will be the site of the first Gate Petroleum location in the Tampa Bay region. Gate, which is based out of Jacksonville, FL, has locations in six states across the southeastern U.S., including Georgia and the Carolinas, with the closest being in Lakeland. Continue reading

Man Arrested For Trespassing, Eating At WCH

Podosowski
Austin Podosowski

By Matt Wiley

Most kids can’t wait to be out of school. However, one Wesley Chapel man is in custody after hanging out on Wesley Chapel High (WCH)’s campus after dropping his brother off at the school.

According to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO), Austin Podosowski, 20, of Angus Valley, dropped his younger brother off at WCH around 7:20 a.m. on August 20, when he decided to park and walk onto the school’s Wells Rd. campus without making the school aware of his presence, which is Pasco County School District policy. Two other non-students waited in the tan Lincoln sedan in the parking lot, the WCH resource deputy says.Continue reading