Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn Talks New Tampa & More At Chamber Luncheon

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn captivated the room at Hunterโ€™s Green Country Club during the New Tampa Chamber of Commerce luncheon on April 8 with stories of his 30-year career in the City of Tampa and his 20-year friendship with a certain local editor. Photo: Wiley
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn captivated the room at Hunterโ€™s Green Country Club during the New Tampa Chamber of Commerce luncheon on April 8 with stories of his 30-year career in the City of Tampa and his 20-year friendship with a certain local editor. Photo: Wiley

By Gary Nager

I can honestly say that I am proud to have been able to call Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn my friend and colleague since not long after I purchased the Neighborhood News in early 1994, when Buckhorn was the special assistant to then-Mayor Sandy Freedman.Continue reading

โ€˜Trickโ€™s Kicksโ€™ Makes Donation To Everyday Blessings

Members of the Trickโ€™s Kicks team prepare to donate 28 pairs of brand new Nikes to Everyday Blessings children.
Members of the Trickโ€™s Kicks team prepare to donate 28 pairs of brand new Nikes to Everyday Blessings children.

By Matt Wiley

Nearly two years after the sudden and tragic death of Patrick Strom, โ€œTrickโ€™s Kicks,โ€ the charity created in his honor, has made its first shoe donation to a Thonotosassa organization for less fortunate children.Continue reading

Turner Elementary & Bartels Middle School To Become K-8 Center

Turner Elementary & Bartels Middle School arenโ€™t actually this close together, but the Hillsborough School District will combine the two into one K-8 school for the 2014-15 school year.
Turner Elementary & Bartels Middle School arenโ€™t actually this close together, but the Hillsborough School District will combine the two into one K-8 school for the 2014-15 school year.

By Matt Wiley & Gary Nager

New Tampa soon will be the home of the first non-magnet K-8 school in the Hillsborough County School District (HCSD), as Hilda T. Turner Elementary and Nancy Bartels Middle School are set to become one schools, just in time for the beginning of the 2014-15 school year in August.Continue reading