Estancia Community Officially Approved For Wiregrass Ranch DRI

By Matt Wiley

Map source: PascoCountyFL.net, updated by New Tampa Neighborhood News
Map source: PascoCountyFL.net, updated by New Tampa Neighborhood News

At long last, homes will soon be going up inside the Wiregrass Ranch Development of Regional Impact (DRI) in a newly formed Community Development District (CDD) called Estancia at Wiregrass, located north of the future Chancey Rd. extension and east of Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd., between S.R.s 56 and 54.

In January, we reported that Standard Pacific Homes (SPH), a builder from Orange County, CA, had purchased 677 acres of land from the Porter family, who own the Wiregrass DRI, to build a then-unnamed community consisting of 1,181 single-family homes spread out across four gated and un-gated neighborhoods. The community will be named Estancia.Continue reading

Wesley Chapel Rotary Installs New Board & Recaps Trip To Honduras

Three of the nine WC Rotarians who traveled to Las Trojes, Honduras, in April.
Three of the nine WC Rotarians who traveled to Las Trojes, Honduras, in April.

By Gary Nager

I was a Charter Member of the New Tampa Noon Rotary Club since its inception about ten years ago. But, when I attended my first Wesley Chapel (WC) Rotary Club meeting last year, I got the kind of feeling you only get when you know you’re among friends in a dynamic group of people that is not only still growing, its members keep building momentum together as a true Rotary family.Continue reading

Josh Freeman Football Camp Puts More Than 200 Kids Through The Combine At WCH

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Tampa Bay Bucs QB Josh Freeman talks with campers during his recent football camp at WCH.

By Matt Wiley

For the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the season is never really over, as it takes months of off-season training to be prepared for the next NFL season.

So, even though school is out, more than 200 kids from across the Tampa Bay area came out for the annual ProCamps Josh Freeman Football Camp at Wesley Chapel High on June 19-20.

Battling the summer Florida heat and rain, the campers got pointers from several Bucs players, new and old, including wide receiver Vincent Jackson, retired linebacker Derrick Brooks, and of course, current Bucs QB Josh Freeman himself.Continue reading

Deputy Assaulted At Publix During Post-Party Brawl

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By Matt Wiley

A weekend fight amongst a group of partygoers, apparently about a lost cell phone, has escalated into charges of felony battery on a law enforcement officer for one Wesley Chapel man.

According to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO), while driving home early on June 16 after attending a party in Tampa with his brother and three other passengers, Michael Jermaine Brown, Jr., became physical, following an argument about a lost cell phone.Continue reading

Attempted Homicide In Wesley Chapel

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Matthews

By Matt Wiley

A man is in critical condition after being shot several times by his spouse during a domestic dispute in Wesley Chapel.

According to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO), Diana Louise Matthews, 42, of 33502 Arthur Dr. in Wesley Chapel, was arrested at 3 p.m. on June 16 after shooting her husband, George Reavis, 47, several times during a domestic dispute at the couple’s residence.Continue reading