Improvements Coming To Morris Bridge Water Pumping Station

By Matt Wiley

Water pressure could improve in the New Tampa area several months from now, as improvements are being planned for the North Tampa Potable Water System at the Morris Bridge Pumping Station (MBPS) off Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. and Doña Michelle Dr, near I-75.

Also located next to the New Tampa Nature Park, MBPS may soon be getting some improvements, keeping water pressure steady in the area as the population grows, since two resolutions were passed at the June 6 Tampa City Council meeting, approving the design and construction of one project and the design and permitting phases of a second project.

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Cooking Accident Causes Heritage Pines Blaze

By Matt Wiley

Keeping combustibles too close to the cooking surface really can cause fires, as one New Tampa man has learned.

According to a report from Tampa Fire Rescue (TFR), at about 1 a.m. on June 5, TFR units responded to a single apartment fire at 10703 Great Falls Ln. inside the Heritage Pines Apartments complex on Cross Creek Blvd. Upon the emergency units’ arrival, the entire building already was being evacuated.

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Cory Lake Isles Opens Newly Renovated Beach Club To Residents

By Matt Wiley

Newly renovated Cory Lake Isles Beach Club clubhouse now features twelve different seating areas and a “Bahamas feel.”
Newly renovated Cory Lake Isles Beach Club clubhouse now features twelve different seating areas and a “Bahamas feel.”

Cory Lake Isles just got a whole lot “beachier” since renovations have been completed at the community’s central Beach Club.

The interior of the community gathering spot had retained the same interior since its initial construction back in the 1980s, something that the Cory Lake Isles Community Development District (CDD) decided to change when it accepted a bid six months ago from Blue Waters DĂ©cor, an interior decorating company owned by Mylitta Butler.

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City Could Annex More New Tampa Land For New Development

By Matt Wiley

Taylor Morrison proposed annexation into the city of Tampa
Taylor Morrison proposed annexation into the city of Tampa

The City of Tampa could once again be growing in the New Tampa area, as a housing group has applied to develop an unincorporated parcel of land behind Paul R. Wharton High.

Through a contract with landowner Busch Junction Enterprises (BJE), Scottsdale, AZ-based homebuilder/developer Taylor Morrison approached the City of Tampa in May about voluntarily having its 148-acre parcel of land annexed into the city limits. The Z-shaped piece of land that could be annexed, if approved by the Tampa City Council, lies between West Meadows and Grand Hampton, stretching from south of Royal Hampton Blvd. east to Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd., north of Wharton High.

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Textbook Thief Taken In Tampa Palms

By Matt Wiley

Christopher Brock
Christopher Brock

An Oklahoma man who was arrested in Tampa Palms could face 20 years in prison for the theft of millions of dollars in textbooks.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO), Christopher J. Brock, 44, was arrested on June 20 at 16287 Enclave Village Dr., inside the Promenade at Tampa Palms condominiums complex for defrauding his former employer, Hoboken, NJ-based textbook publisher John Wiley & Sons, out of more than $2.8 million worth of textbooks.Continue reading