Jessica Brenner shares what she believes should be in the City of Tampa’s Parks & Recreation Master Plan. (Photo: John C. Cotey) Just a smattering of people, most from outside the New Tampa area, showed up at Freedom High School in Tampa Palms on Nov. 18 to share their visions of how Tampa’s parks should look and what they should offer. Citywide, though, the response … [Read more...]
Prism Concert Highlights Wharton’s Music Programs
As holiday breaks approach for all of our local schools, Wharton’s band, orchestra and choir programs will get together to make music in a somewhat unexpected style that has become an annual tradition. Called “Prism,” it will feature every large performing ensemble in the school’s music department, which includes the band, orchestra and chorus. “The concert runs in a … [Read more...]
ON TARGET
Wharton High is home to two of riflery’s sharpest shooters, and both have Olympic aspirations. When Matt Sanchez signed his college athletic scholarship papers with West Virginia University on Nov. 14, it didn’t make the nightly sports news, but it was a big deal. It was as big as a high school football player signing a college scholarship to compete at Alabama … [Read more...]
Councilman Viera To AMC Theater: Clean It Up, People!
These photos were taken by Dist. 7 Tampa City Council member Luis Viera. They show the wear on the AMC 20 movie theater’s facade, as well as overgrown trees in the parking lot. Tampa City Council member Luis Viera has said from the very beginning of his current term that cracking down on blight in New Tampa would be one of his priorities, and he has not been shy about … [Read more...]
Treble Makers Dueling Piano Bar To Breathe New Life Into The Grove
Jamie Hess was as excited as he could be when he jumped headfirst into a pool built — and filled with hope and dreams — by developer Mark Gold. Within days of Gold’s $62.7-million purchase of The Grove shopping complex, Hess (and his brother Joe) was one of the first local business people to sign a lease which will allow his idea of bringing a non-chain restaurant and … [Read more...]
