By Gary Nager
Unlike most people I know here in the Tampa Bay area, I’ve been an ice hockey fan for almost 50 years. The first hockey playoff game I ever went to was the deciding Game 3 between the New York Islanders and New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden in 1975, which was the first playoff series the Islanders ever won before they won four Stanley Cups in a row in the 1980s.Continue reading
By Matt Wiley
Although it happens every spring, it’s a special day for each New Tampa high school student who walks the stage during his or her school’s graduation ceremony at the Florida State Fairgrounds. Congratulations to the Class of 2015 at Freedom and Paul R. Wharton high schools!Continue reading
By Matt Wiley
New Tampa’s two high schools — Freedom High in Tampa Palms and Paul R. Wharton High on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. — are no strangers to accolades, each receiving top marks (“As” and “Bs”) from the State Dept. of Education for the past several years. So, it’s really no surprise that the two schools, along with all of the high schools in the Hillsborough County School District (HCSD), again appear on The Washington Post’s list of “America’s Most Challenging High Schools.”Continue reading
By Celeste McLaughlin
Bay Area Real Estate & Rentals Estate & Rentals has stood at the corner of Fletcher and N. 56th St. (just south of New Tampa) since John Simone, the company’s Broker-owner, opened the office in 1997. In that time, John’s full-service property management and real estate office has handled the acquisition, management, and disposition of hundreds of properties for real estate investors and “accidental landlords.”Continue reading
By Anu Varna Panchal
Hot air ballooning or flea marketing? The art of Salvador Dali or the music of Verdi? Tai chi or Wii golf; wine etiquette or geopolitics; Bible study, yoga, movies or a night of watching a blues band perform? With a plethora of activities, excursions and on-site amenities, the biggest problem facing the residents of St. Joseph’s John Knox Village on E. Fletcher Ave. in Tampa (less than five minutes from Tampa Palms) may be choosing from among the continuing care retirement community’s many entertainment options.Continue reading