Check Out AOL MMA's 'Fight Night' At Freedom High March 22

(L-R): Former WBO welterweight champion and boxing trainer Carlos “El Indio” Quintana, owners Sensei Franklin Cisneros and Íngrid Medrano-Cuéllar (with Matheo Cisneros) will toughen you up at AOLMMA on S.R. 54 inWesley Chapel.
(L-R): Former WBO welterweight champion and boxing trainer Carlos “El Indio” Quintana, owners Sensei Franklin Cisneros and Íngrid Medrano-Cuéllar (with Matheo Cisneros) will toughen you up at AOLMMA on S.R. 54 inWesley Chapel.

By Lauren Saslow

Martial arts have been a part of nearly every ancient society as a form of warfare training, including the Japanese, Greeks and Egyptians, and the sport has continued to evolve over time in many cultures around the globe. In recent years, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), which combines many of the world’s martial arts forms, has received significant media exposure, making it one of the fastest-growing sports in the U.S., sparking a rise in gyms that help teach this unique form of self-defense and combat.Continue reading

Ear To The Ground: Myriad Of Businesses Headed To Wesley Chapel

Advanced Auto Parts and Walmart (in the distance) are just two of many businesses on the way to the Wesley Chapel area in the near future.
Advanced Auto Parts and Walmart (in the distance) are just two of many businesses on the way to the Wesley Chapel area in the near future.

By Gary Nager

Although there are still a lot of unconfirmed rumors about what new businesses are coming to Wesley Chapel, we have a few for you that we’re at least confident enough to announce. Continue reading

Prudential Tropical Joins Berkshire Hathaway

Allen Crumbley (left) and Dewey Mitchell of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Properties Group welcomed Prudential Tropical Realty into the Berkshire Hathaway family on Jan. 28.
Allen Crumbley (left) and Dewey Mitchell of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Properties Group welcomed Prudential Tropical Realty into the Berkshire Hathaway family on Jan. 28.

Prudential Tropical Realty, which for several years has had an office in Wesley Chapel (in the Shoppes of New Tampa plaza, at 1830 Bruce B. Downs {BBD} Blvd., just south of the Shops at Wiregrass mall), has joined Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, the new real estate brokerage network operated by HSF Affiliates LLC, and now operates as Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Properties Group.Continue reading

Oops! A Correction & Some New Exclusive Clientele Info

In our January 1, 2014, issue, we told you about our friends at Exclusive Clientele Salon, located in the same Cross Creek Center plaza (at 10026 Cross Creek Blvd.) in the same Cross Creek Center plaza as La Fuente, but we made a minor boo-boo we wanted to correct — and that created an opportunity for us to update you on a new stylist at Exclusive Clientele.Continue reading