Weatherford On New Tampa, Wesley Chapel & Redistricting

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If you’ve ever spent more than five minutes with State House District 61 Representative Will Weatherford (R-Wesley Chapel), you probably already like him, regardless of your political views or leanings. The fact is that Rep. Weatherford, 31, will soon be the youngest Speaker of the House this great state has ever had. Will also will be the first Speaker from Pasco County in the last 100 or so years.Continue reading

Second Endangered Rhinoceros Thriving At Lowry Park Zoo

By Sean Bowes

For the second time in two years, Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo is home to a new baby Indian rhinoceros. The endangered Indian rhinoceros (also known as the greater one-horned rhinoceros) was born July 13 at Lowry Park Zoo’s “Rhino Barn” within the zoo’s Asian Gardens exhibit.Continue reading

Taking The Orangetheory Fitness Challenge Is…Challenging!

By Gary Nager

I can’t yet guarantee you that the 60-minute group personal training workouts at Orangetheory Fitness (located off Bruce B. Downs Blvd. in Highwoods Preserve, next to Cold Stone Creamery and Starbucks) will deliver the best possible results of any gym or personal training studio. What I can tell you is that the workouts are definitely intense, unique and even fun.Continue reading

New Tampa Players Act Out ‘Annie’

The Tampa Bay area may be getting a lot of thunderstorms in the upcoming weeks, but Broadway fans can rest easy, because the New Tampa Players will make sure that, “The sun will come out tomorrow” as they take to the stage with the musical production “Annie.”Continue reading