Budget Blinds Expands Its Great Selection By Adding Inspired Drapes

If you’ve ever imagined uniquely beautiful drapes or valances for your windows, you’ll find everything you need in Budget Blinds’ new Inspired Drapes collection.
If you’ve ever imagined uniquely beautiful drapes or valances for your windows, you’ll find everything you need in Budget Blinds’ new Inspired Drapes collection.

By Marcy Sanford

Budget Blinds, which has a showroom minutes from New Tampa on W. Fletcher Ave. in Tampa, truly has become a one-stop shop for your window-covering needs, as the company has added the Inspired Drapes line of drapery and hardware to their showroom.Continue reading

Montessori Academy Can Help Your Child Get Years Ahead At An Early Age

The learning is always hands-on and in motion for the children at any of Johnson’s five Montessori schools.
The learning is always hands-on and in motion for the children at any of Johnson’s five Montessori schools.

By Lauren Saslow

In San Lorenzo, Italy, in 1907, Dr. Maria Montessori — the first female medical doctor in Italy — opened a small school targeting the developmental needs of children through the implementation of concrete learning experiences. After conducting her own scientific studies on how children learn, Dr. Montessori found that children don’t actually become educated by another person, as much as through their own hands-on experiences and self-motivation.Continue reading

Puddles Be Gone; Wharton Cuts A Ribbon For New Track Facility

Wharton principal Bradley Woods (blue shirt) and track coach Wes Newton (white hat) cut the ribbon for the school’s new track facility on February 11.
Wharton principal Bradley Woods (blue shirt) and track coach Wes Newton (white hat) cut the ribbon for the school’s new track facility on February 11.

By Matt Wiley

Gone are the days of standing water and weathering asphalt under the feet of runners on the track at Paul R. Wharton High, as the school recently cut a ribbon and held the first track meet on its new and improved track & field facility.Continue reading

Our Ribbon-Cutting & Anniversary Party & Other News!

An editorial by Gary Nager
An editorial by Gary Nager

So, my actual 20th anniversary (Feb. 25) as the owner, publisher and editor of this publication has passed as you’re reading this, but the actual party to celebrate my 20 years of owning this publication — and the ribbon-cutting for our new office — are most definitely happening on Thursday, March 6, beginning at 5 p.m., and I am very excited to announce the details in this space. I’m also happy to introduce you to what’s happening not only with our new office, but with some of the plans we have to expand and enhance the news and information we’ve been offering the residents of New Tampa and Wesley Chapel the past two decades.Continue reading