Former New Tampa Students Start Unique Business: Bucket Tees

If you had a T-shirt with a giant pocket, like Bucket Tees co-founders and former New Tampa sudents Jake Kehlenbeck (center) and Alex Alfaro (right) have designed, what would you put in it?
If you had a T-shirt with a giant pocket, like Bucket Tees co-founders and former New Tampa sudents Jake Kehlenbeck (center) and Alex Alfaro (right) have designed, what would you put in it?

By Matt Wiley

Imagine a T-shirt that could hold all of your stuff that youโ€™d usually stuff into a purse or pants pockets. Now, imagine that same T-shirt covered in bacon, or at least pictures of bacon.ย Continue reading

Ninth Annual Tampa Fisher House Golf Classic Returns Oct. 30

For the ninth consecutive year, Arbor Greene resident and New Tampa Noon Rotary Club president 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 treatedย  at the hospital.Continue reading

Rep. Shawn Harrison Hosts Student Law-Making Contest

Dist. 63 Rep. Shawn Harrison (Rโ€“New Tampa)
Dist. 63 Rep. Shawn Harrison (Rโ€“New Tampa)

By Matt Wiley

There are literally thousands of laws in the state of Florida. However, itโ€™s not unusual to come across a situation in everyday life that seems like it should be against the law, or vice-versa. For that reason, one local elected representative is holding a contest for New Tampaโ€™s students to submit their ideas for new bills, one of which could get the chance to receive the governorโ€™s signature.Continue reading

Businesses Take Brunt Of BBD-Widening Project

*special rose constructionBy Matt Wiley

For the past several years, itโ€™s been quite a challenge to traverse the length of Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. between E. Bearss Ave. and County Line Rd. As the construction project to widen the road to four lanes in each direction really gets going through the southernmost section of New Tampa (โ€œSegment A,โ€ from Bearss Ave. to Palm Springs Blvd. in Tampa Palms), itโ€™s not just the commuters who are being inconvenienced, but the businesses in the area, as well.Continue reading