By Matt Wiley
The community has spoken and a plan to rethink transportation in New Tampa and beyond has been drawn up. Continue reading
Go Hillsborough Recommends Half-Cent Sales Tax For Transportation
Rep. Shawn Harrison Recaps The Legislative Special Session
By Rep. Shawn Harrison
In the 2015 Florida Legislative Special Session, the State House and Senate came together to pass a $79-billion budget that includes $400 million in tax cuts, returning money to the pockets of hard-working Floridians, and of special note, extending the normal, three-day “Back to School” sales tax holiday to 10 days. The 2015-16 budget allocates a record-breaking $19.7-billion in funding to Florida’s public schools, approximately $7,097 per student. It was my pleasure to serve on the House K-12 committee, looking out for our New Tampa public school students. Continue reading
Editorial: Focus On Sports — The U.S. Women, Capt. Dave’s Snub & Jimmy Jones
It was only a few years before the last U.S. Women’s World Cup win in 1999 when I saw my first-ever girls high school soccer game. In the years before Paul R. Wharton High opened in New Tampa, most New Tampa kids attended King High on N. 56th St. in Temple Terrace and several New Tampa girls were on the King team.Continue reading
K-Bar Ranch Driving Growth In New Tampa
By Gary Nager
When you’ve been doing the same job for more than 21 years, you’re likely to see a lot of things change. Well, in my capacity as the publisher and editor of the Neighborhood News for New Tampa and Wesley Chapel since 1994, I’ve seen housing booms and housing busts come and go — with the biggest boom hitting New Tampa in 2004-06, followed by the bursting of the local housing bubble in 2007-08 — and the slow, but inevitable resurgence of resales and new homes being built in our area ever since.Continue reading
Wesley Chapel Doctor Charged With $100,000 In Medicaid Fraud
A Wesley Chapel doctor and his former spouse have been charged with allegedly filing thousands of dollars in false Medicaid claims for medical services that never were given.Continue reading