K-Bar Ranch Driving Growth In New Tampa

HomebuilderMap_NC webBy 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

Dr. Daniel Jiannetto (left) and Michelle McKleroy were arrested for allegedly defrauding the Medicaid program of more than $100,000.
Dr. Daniel Jiannetto (left) and Michelle McKleroy are charged with defrauding the Medicaid program of more than $100,000.

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

Tampa Premium Outlets Announces Oct. 29 Grand Opening, Job Fair Aug. 27

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Traffic continues to pick up on S.R. 56, ahead of the October 29 opening of the Tampa Premium Outlets mall.

After seven months of construction, it’s official: Simon’s Tampa Premium Outlets mall officially will open on Thursday, October 29, and a job fair has been announced.Continue reading

Zaytoun Mediterranean Grill Now Open

IMG_0045By Gary Nager

If you like authentic Middle Eastern food, Zaytoun Mediterranean Grill is getting ready to open soon, perhaps by the end of this month or the first week in July, in a new strip plaza located adjacent to the Publix shopping center on Cross Creek Blvd. near Morris Bridge Rd. In fact, the new plaza, which already features The Clinicians Primary Care, even has an entrance on Morris Bridge Rd., just north of Cross Creek Blvd. Continue reading