By Matt Wiley
If you frequently use the drive-through lanes at the Bank of America (BoA) in Tampa Palms (photo, right), you may want to seek another branch in the New Tampa area, as the international banking giant has announced that the teller lanes at 14 bank branches across the Bay area will be shut down by July 6, including the Tampa Palms BoA branch, located in the Shoppes of Amberly shopping plaza off Amberly Dr..ย Continue reading
By Matt Wiley
Although $65,000 is a lot of money, especially to just give away, raising money for local charities and giving back to the community is at the heart of Rotary Internationalโs motto of โService Above Self.โ So, after raising money for the past year, the Rotary Club of New Tampa (which meets at 7 a.m. each Friday at Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club, located off Tampa Palms Blvd.) donated the funds raised by the club for the 2014-15 fiscal year to several local charities at its recent annual check presentation.ย Continue reading
By Gary Nager
Unlike most people I know here in the Tampa Bay area, Iโve been an ice hockey fan for almost 50 years. The first hockey playoff game I ever went to was the deciding Game 3 between the New York Islanders and New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden in 1975, which was the first playoff series the Islanders ever won before they won four Stanley Cups in a row in the 1980s.Continue reading
By Matt Wiley
Although it happens every spring, itโs a special day for each New Tampa high school student who walks the stage during his or her schoolโs graduation ceremony at the Florida State Fairgrounds. Congratulations to the Class of 2015 at Freedom and Paul R. Wharton high schools!Continue reading
By Matt Wiley
New Tampaโs two high schools โ Freedom High in Tampa Palms and Paul R. Wharton High on Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. โ are no strangers to accolades, each receiving top marks (โAsโ and โBsโ) from the State Dept. of Education for the past several years. So, itโs really no surprise that the two schools, along with all of the high schools in the Hillsborough County School District (HCSD), again appear on The Washington Postโs list of โAmericaโs Most Challenging High Schools.โContinue reading