While it may be a lot to ask for the new Village at Hunter’s Lake project to single-handedly save the sleepy restaurant scene in New Tampa, it sure seems like the developers are trying. Fresh Kitchen, a south Tampa favorite with locations on S. Howard Ave. and W. Kennedy Blvd., is the latest restaurant to be announced as coming to the new development on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) … [Read more...]
Sidewalks Awaiting Repairs In Some New Tampa Neighborhoods
Some of the sidewalks in Magnolia Trace and Pinehurst (top right) are in need of repair, but Hillsborough County has a long backlog for sidewalk repairs. (Photos: John C. Cotey) Dozens of orange safety cones and swatches of bright orange paint have been placed along sidewalks in at least two New Tampa neighborhoods, there as a warning — to watch your step. Due to uneven … [Read more...]
Fr. David Says Goodbye
It was his last mass, but it felt like his first one. The pews at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church were filled. Everyone was eager to hear what he was going to say. And, the nerves and emotions were almost overwhelming. “It was pulling me in all kinds of different directions,’’ Father David DeJulio said. After 16 years of leading St. Mark’s through massive … [Read more...]
Big Changes Coming To WaterGrass
Florida Medical Clinic will be the first of what is likely to be many businesses coming to the Promenade Business Centre. Florida Medical Clinic (FMC) is set to be the first occupant of the long-planned Promenade Business Centre located at the Curley Rd. entrance to the WaterGrass community. But, it won’t be the last. On June 19, Pasco’s Board of County Commissioners … [Read more...]
Time To Take Out The Trash!
Those blue bins still have Pasco County District 2 commissioner Mike Moore seeing red. Moore is renewing an old fight against donation bins that seem to be a breeding ground for mini-junkyards, as a recent spate of trash dumpings have pushed him to ask for stiffer rules and harsher penalties. Moore, who originally pushed to enact an ordinance passed in 2016 making it … [Read more...]
