New Tampa Community Theater Still In Works Off BBD?

By Matt Wiley

Beyond the new retention ponds across Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. from the entrance to Hunter’s Green is an 80-acre piece of land that will one day be home to a New Tampa community theater and performing arts center, if all goes according to plan for the New Tampa Players (NTP) community theatre troupe.Continue reading

Liberty’s Maya Patel Advances To National Finals Of Geography Bee!

By John McGurl

When we think of a “Geography Bee,” questions about rivers and the highest mountain ranges may come to mind, but what a lot of us tend to forget about geography class is that it’s not just about landscapes. The annual National Geographic Geography Bee (NGGB) reminds us that geography also is about culture, history and even the politics of the world’s regions, as 14-year-old Maya Patel can tell you.Continue reading