The oldest park in Tampa Palms is back open to the public, after detectives from the Tampa Police Department (TPD) closed off the park the evening of January 17, when the body of a man who apparently committed suicide was found in a car in the park’s parking lot.Continue reading
St. Mark Raising Funds For A New Church Building
By Sean Bowes
New Tampa’s only Catholic church wants to transform its campus into something that will make anyone from any background say “wow.”Continue reading
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn Visits The New Tampa Rotary Club
By Sean Bowes
Just after sunrise at the Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club, a jet-black, limo-tinted GMC Yukon Denali pulled into the parking lot. It wouldn’t have looked terribly out of place at the upscale country club — with its spotless paint and chrome wheels — if it wasn’t for the loud grumbling that shakes the ground everywhere it goes.Continue reading
‘School’s Out’ As City Council Shuts Down Proposed Charter School
By Sean Bowes
After months of uncertainty, concern and fear, residents of West Meadows and Richmond Place are resting a little easier, because for now, a proposed school will not be built on Highwoods Preserve Pkwy. After more than four hours of listening to traffic experts, concerned parents, attorneys and home owners at their meeting on January 12, six of the seven Tampa City Council members (one was absent) agreed that a new charter school was not in New Tampa’s best interest.Continue reading
Talent Aplenty On Display At Liberty Middle School Winter Concert!
The students in Liberty Middle School’s chorus, band and orchestra jhave been enjoying a well-deserved holiday break after performing a great winter concert last month.Continue reading