Chris Williams (standing) looks over maps during a School Boundary Committee meetings in 2016 at Wesley Chapel High. There will be no such committees in 2019; Williams and his staff are in the process of drawing up new boundaries and will answer questions and concerns on Oct. 7 at Wiregrass Ranch High. With Cypress Creek Middle School scheduled to open separately from the … [Read more...]
Community Comes Together To Honor 9/11’s Heroes
(Above) Pasco commissioners Mike Moore (far left), Mike Wells and Jack Mariano (in back), retired FDNY EMT Stephen Spelman, Penelope Bastidas (with scissors), and U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis (far right) were among those who helped cut the ribbon on the new 9/11 Memorial (right) at the Tampa Premium Outlets on Sept. 7. For most Americans, the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, will live … [Read more...]
A Restaurant Survey & Contest Update & My Wife’s Exciting New Job!
Jannah & Gary Nager at a wedding on Cape Cod Aug. 17. Pretty much every year since I took over the Neighborhood News in 1994, we have held our annual Reader Dining Survey & Contest. At one time, it was just our most popular contest for our readers but today, it is the only one we still run year after year. And honestly, it’s also a tremendous amount of work to put … [Read more...]
Pebble Creek Vet Helps Build Monuments At Bushnell National Cemetery
Pebble Creek resident Wayne Rich and his daughter at the 2019 Gasparilla parade as part of Ye Special Forces Krewe on Tampa Bay, representing the Special Forces Association. A short drive north of Pebble Creek in New Tampa, where retired U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Wayne Rich lives, his father, mother and wife are all buried at the Florida National Cemetery in … [Read more...]
Will A New Craft Brewery Bring New Life To The Grove?
(left to right) Sam Guyer, Ryan Clarke, Cody Guyer and Shashank Mishra hope to open Wesley Chapel's first craft brewery, Double Branch Artisanal Ales, in December. Friends and Wesley Chapel residents Ryan Clarke and Shashank Mishra, M.D., had both dabbled in making their own home brews, so it was only natural that when the two would hang out, craft beer was often not only … [Read more...]
