BBD ‘Segment A’ Widening Meeting Draws Crowd At Tampa Palms Elementary

BBD meeting webBy Matt Wiley

Murmurs of voices and footsteps echo through the cafeteria of Tampa Palms Elementary. However, these aren’t the high-pitched voices and giggles of children during their lunch period at the school. Instead, the cafeteria this day is packed with local residents, eager to find out what the next segment of Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. widening will mean for traffic around their neighborhood.

Continue reading

New Tampa Scout Earns Eagle Scout Rank With Veterans Hospital Project

Troop 142 (which meets in Tampa Palms) Scoutmaster Michael Ebert, with new Eagle Scout Benjamin Geller.
Troop 142 (which meets in Tampa Palms) Scoutmaster Michael Ebert, with new Eagle Scout Benjamin Geller.

By Matt Wiley

It’s an honor shared by only about two percent of all Boy Scouts across the country since 1912, but one New Tampa resident is soaring above his peers. After nearly ten years of hard work and determination, Benjamin Geller has earned the status of Eagle Scout, the highest rank a member of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) can receive.Continue reading