Protect Your Lawn & Your Familyโ€™s Health With Organic Safe Lawns

_IMG_8256By Anu Panchal

Hereโ€™s a scenario that makes Jim Schanstra feel sick: Your lawn starts to look brown and your homeowners association gets upset. So, you call a lawn service, and they come down and blanket your yard with pesticides and herbicides loaded with chemicals. Later, your children and dogs frolic on the lawn, getting the chemicals all over their hands/paws and putting them in their mouths.Continue reading

Seven Oaks Pet Hospital To Open New Location With Expanded Services

seven oaks petBy Celeste McLaughlin

Sree Reddy, DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine), and his team at Seven Oaks Pet Hospital have been treating dogs, cats and sometimes exotic pets from their office on S.R. 56 (between I-75 and Bruce B. Downs {BBD} Blvd.) since the hospital opened in 2007. As the practice continues to thrive and grow, Dr. Reddy says heย  is poised to move to a new location that will better serve his clients.Continue reading

Florida Bill Could Remove Requirement For Waivers At City Skateparks

Payson Brugge, 9, blasts out of a quarterpipe at the New Tampa Rec Center skatepark.
Payson Brugge, 9, blasts out of a quarterpipe at the New Tampa Rec Center skatepark.

By Matt Wiley

A Florida legislator wants to encourage cities to build more skateparks. His solution? Get rid of parental consent waivers, which currently are required for most skateparks across the state, including at the New Tampa Skatepark, located at the New Tampa Rec Center on Commerce Park Blvd. in Tampa Palms.Continue reading