Former New Tampa Students Start Unique Business: Bucket Tees

If you had a T-shirt with a giant pocket, like Bucket Tees co-founders and former New Tampa sudents Jake Kehlenbeck (center) and Alex Alfaro (right) have designed, what would you put in it?
If you had a T-shirt with a giant pocket, like Bucket Tees co-founders and former New Tampa sudents Jake Kehlenbeck (center) and Alex Alfaro (right) have designed, what would you put in it?

By Matt Wiley

Imagine a T-shirt that could hold all of your stuff that youโ€™d usually stuff into a purse or pants pockets. Now, imagine that same T-shirt covered in bacon, or at least pictures of bacon.ย Continue reading

Whartonโ€™s Viloria Steps Up For Varsity Ahead Of Harvest Volleyball Tourney

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Wharton High freshman Gracie Viloria (left) has stepped up to varsity to serve as the Wildcatsโ€™ setter in place of the injured Tyler Sroufe. Photo: Cotey

By John Cotey

The Wharton volleyball team opened the season with a lofty goal โ€” to compete for a State Championship. After winning their first nine matches, the Class 7A, District 8 Wildcats looked like a team determined to meet those expectations.
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Cappy's Pizza: New Tampaโ€™s Place For NY & Chicago-Style Pizza & More!

*IMG_0377By Gary Nager

If youโ€™re looking for truly authentic thin-crust New York or deep-dish Chicago-style pizza, Cappyโ€™s Pizzeria, located in the City Plaza at Tampa Palms shopping center, may not necessarily be the best place for you.ย But, that doesnโ€™t mean owner Harold Hasselbackโ€™s Cappyโ€™s Pizzeria location (there are five total, including in Seminole Heights, Riverview, St. Petersburg and the original Cappyโ€™s in South Tampa, which moved once; but this is the only location Hasselback owns) doesnโ€™t have delicious pizza and awesome โ€œbig saladsโ€ (see below), it just means you have to have an open mind about crispy crusts (in both Cappyโ€™s NY and Chicago-style โ€˜za), delicious red sauce, quality cheese and fresh, delicious meat and veggie toppings that canโ€™t be pigeon-holed into being โ€œjust like anything other than Cappyโ€™s style,โ€ Hasselback told me on our officeโ€™s recent visit. โ€œSome say our New York style is more Jersey style, but our customers really seem to love it.โ€Continue reading