Construction Underway On The Boyette Reclaimed Water Reservoir On Overpass Rd.

By Matt Wiley

The Boyette Reclaimed Water Reservoir, which is expected to be completed by early 2015, will be an average of 12.5-ft. deep and hold more than 500 million gallons of reclaimed water for the dry season.
The Boyette Reclaimed Water Reservoir, which is expected to be completed by early 2015, will be an average of 12.5-ft. deep and hold more than 500 million gallons of reclaimed water for the dry season.

Construction has begun on Pasco County’s newest water reservoir.

In July, ground officially was broken on the Boyette Reclaimed Water Reservoir (BRWR) project, located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Boyette Rd. and Overpass Rd. The 500-million-gallon storage area for reclaimed water is part of the Pasco County Master Reuse System (PCMRS) and will store reclaimed water during the wet season to prepare for lower supplies during the dry season, as well as allow for more reclaimed water customers.

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Best NY Pizza — A Delicious ‘Ristorante’ That Also Has Great Pizza!

By Gary Nager

Best NY Pizza
Delicious Pizza Made Fresh For You at Best NY Pizza

Anyone who thinks we don’t have outstanding pizza in Wesley Chapel either isn’t from New ‘Yawk’ or has never tried any of our now-plentiful variety of real NY pizza places (see this issue’s Dining Survey & Contest on pages 31-32 for the complete list). So, as a former Yankee from “Lawn Guyland,” it’s hard for me to say there could ever be too much good pizza in our distribution areas.

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Pair Charged with First-Degree Murder in Wesley Chapel I-75 Stabbing

Justin P. Gonzalez (left) and Jesse M. Blair are being held at the Land O' Lakes Detention Center on first-degree murder charges for the Sept. 7 stabbing of a man in their vehicle on I-75 in Wesley Chapel.
Justin P. Gonzalez (left) and Jesse M. Blair are being held at the Land O’ Lakes Detention Center on first-degree murder charges for the Sept. 7 stabbing of a man in their vehicle on I-75 in Wesley Chapel.

By Matt Wiley

Two men are in custody after allegedly stabbing a man in a car while driving, just north of S.R. 54 in Wesley Chapel.

According to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO), on September 7, an off-duty deputy was traveling south on I-75 when he noticed a silver Acura sedan parked on the northbound shoulder of the interstate. The deputy doubled back and found Justin P. Gonzalez, 22, of Crossville, TN, and Jesse M. Blair, 23, of Lakeland, at the vehicle, along with a deceased man in the passenger seat with several apparent stab wounds to his chest and abdomen.Continue reading

Pasco’s Supervisor Of Elections: Every Vote Counts In Local Races

Brian Corley addresses Wesley Chapel Chamber Economic Development Committee members at a July meeting.
Brian Corley addresses Wesley Chapel Chamber Economic Development Committee members at a July meeting.

Guest editorial by Brian Corley

Pasco County Supervisor of Elections

As your Supervisor of Elections, I take very seriously the responsibility of encouraging and motivating citizens to vote. I firmly believe that our freedom, which came at such a huge cost to others, requires responsibility on the part of every American — beginning with the privilege of casting a ballot. Veterans, including my own grandfather, have crossed oceans to fight for our democracy, and yet others won’t even cross the street to vote when given the opportunity! This is why it’s important that the voters of Wesley Chapel — and all voters within our great county — exercise this precious right.

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Cypress Point Community Church Building Momentum On Morris Bridge Rd. 

BY CAMILLE GILLIES
Although some churches in the New Tampa/Wesley Chapel area have become stagnant or even lost membership in recent years, one church, located on Morris Bridge Rd. a few miles south of the Pasco County line, has blossomed — Cypress Point Community Church!

The Reule family (l. to r., Annegrace, Mary, Emmy and pastors Hettie and Dean) invites your family to join the fun and worship at Cypress Point Community Church on Morris Bridge Rd., just north of Cross Creek Blvd.
The Reule family (l. to r., Annegrace, Mary, Emmy and pastors Hettie and Dean) invites your family to join the fun and worship at Cypress Point Community Church on Morris Bridge Rd., just north of Cross Creek Blvd.
Situated on 30 verdant acres just north of the corner of Cross Creek Blvd. on Morris Bridge Rd., this now-thriving nondenominational house of Christian worship started in 1998 with a handful of individuals who gathered for Bible study in the former Hunter’s Green Model & Visitor Center. Anxious to move from that choppy office space, which once served as the Hunter’s Green community’s new home sales hub, the group had a novel idea for a more practical meeting place: the Muvico Starlight 20 movie theater on nearby Highwoods Preserve Pkwy.