By Gary Nager
When the economy is still somewhat lackluster and people don’t have the disposable income they once did, it’s easy to spot businesses that have found the right niche, especially restaurants that combine great food at the right price and somehow still prosper where other struggle or fail.Continue reading
By Gary Nager
This is the eighth year my dear fried Valerie Casey is putting on a charity golf tournament to benefit the Tampa Fisher House, the residence on the campus of the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. (south of E. Fletcher Ave.) which houses (for no charge) the families and significant others of the wounded veterans being treated at the hospital.Continue reading
By Gary Nager
Although we, unfortunately, were unable to attend, I wanted to give kudos to Peabody’s Billiards & Games and Busch Gardens for hosting an outstanding event on September 29 to help Billy Edwards, a Busch Gardens employee stricken with late-stage pancreatic and liver cancer. Continue reading
By Gary Nager
Although everyone here at the New Tampa Neighborhood News loves our new Wesley Chapel office, one of the things most of us miss most about our old location in the Shoppes at Amberly plaza in Tampa Palms is that we used to be located directly next to Peabody’s Billiards & Games.Continue reading
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Despite a total washout of a fund-raising event scheduled for August 10, the Rotary Club of New Tampa is proud to already have been able to raise a few dollars for its planned dog park (which also is being funded by a matching grant from the City of Tampa), which is getting to ready to be built in Tampa Palms.Continue reading