Guest column: Inspired by community heroes, an editor looks back on his career
When I was notified I would receive the Sydney and Thalia Potter Civic Leadership Award from the League of Women Voters of Hillsborough County, it brought back a vivid memory of the couple who fought...
View ArticleWin an award - or don't - in the county's Hiking Spree
TAMPA - You still have time to win an award in the annual Hiking Spree along Hillsborough County's trails. Or, if you want to let your competitive side subside, you can just enjoy the experience.The...
View ArticleAuthor brings empowering sexual theology message to Tampa Bay
Modesty.The word means different things to different people. It can spark debate. Or create a movement.Author Dannah Gresh travels the United States speaking about her definition of modest.Gresh, 50,...
View ArticleNew grandstand excites Strawberry Festival fans
The Florida Strawberry Festival recently unveiled its new grandstand seating, marking the first time in the festival's history its headline acts will perform in a venue designed for concerts.Since the...
View ArticleFormer Disney teen star looks to connect at Florida State Fair event
Last time Calum Worthy, or "Dez" from Disney's hit show Austin &-Ally, appeared at the Florida State Fair back in 2013 with Radio Disney Live! he didn't get to spend as much time with fans as he...
View ArticleWilliam March: Attorney Fentrice Driskell challenges Rep. Shawn Harrison
Prominent Tampa attorney Fentrice Driskell has filed to run against state Rep. Shawn Harrison, R-Tampa, in the highly competitive state House District 63.Driskell, 38, is a Lakeland native and a...
View ArticleTampa legal community celebrates its 'Hidden Figures' at luncheon
Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington is, by any account, a trailblazer. She has shattered glass ceilings as the first Hispanic person or female appointed to several distinguished positions, including the...
View ArticleFarm Night serves barbecue and a Tim McGraw-Shania Twain tribute
If you're up for all-you-can-eat barbecue, kids' activities and a live music tribute to Tim McGraw and Shania Twain, you'll want to attend the third annual Farm Night BBQ fund-raiser from 6 to 10 p.m....
View ArticleStarting Right, Now breaks ground on new Tampa student training center
TAMPA - Starting Right, Now, a nonprofit that helps homeless teens, launched the construction of its Student Training Center at 1212 W Cass St. last week.The project will help continue their efforts to...
View ArticleSunday Conversation: Cindy Horton draws upon background to produce Florida...
Cindy Horton is a master of many art forms. • Horton is well versed in the yesteryears of two of our country's most southern states, possesses a keen familiarity with the livestock of those by-gone...
View ArticleLLT Academy earns national leadership designation
TAMPA - Almost three years ago, principal Lesley Logan found herself looking to challenge the charter school she helped to start with two other people.The Literacy Leadership Technology Academy, which...
View ArticleTampa Bay Startup Week looks to draw 3,000 entrepreneurs
Michael Laplante started his business 10 years ago out of his home in Brandon, confident he would be successful.It didn't quite turn out that way - at first."When I graduated college, I had this grand...
View ArticleCity waives residency requirement and renews city manager's contract
TAMPA - Bowing to City Manager Charles Stephenson's refusal to move within Temple Terrace city limits, the City Council this week dropped that requirement and approved a three-year contract with him...
View ArticleJoe Henderson: April Griffin won't run again for school board. She says she...
Assuming April Griffin follows through on her decision not to seek re-election to the Hillsborough County School Board, well, meetings just won't be the same. Chances are they'll just be filled with...
View ArticleHooper: Startups ignite Tampa Bay's entrepreneurial energy
The savvy inquisitor would have asked about capitalization, profit margins and production costs.The business professor might have questioned the projections and viability. The venture capitalist would...
View ArticleEditorial: Story of Brandon priest belies demonization of unauthorized...
That a Hillsborough County man brought to this country illegally as a child has dedicated his life to helping others serves as a reminder of the urgent need to work toward comprehensive immigration...
View ArticleAmy Scherzer's Diary: Weekly Wrap-Up of the Tampa Social Scene
To Life galaIsraeli curator Avner Avraham recapped Operation Finale: The Capture &-Trial of Adolf Eichmann for more than 700 guests at the Florida Holocaust Museum's annual To Life: Honoring the...
View ArticleMarch column: Two local views on Democrats' big Sarasota win
Democrats are exultant over Margaret Good's defeat of James Buchanan in the District 72 state House special election in Sarasota. They think their win in a GOP-leaning district with a large plurality...
View ArticleNew Sprouts in Valrico looks to compete with nearby Publix
VALRICO - Nearly six years after the former Albertson's that anchored the plaza at the corner of Lithia Pinecrest Road and Bloomingdale Avenue closed, Sprouts Farmers Market is set to open in the same...
View ArticleWhitman: When Ash Wednesday coincides with Valentine's Day, it's...
Not everyone indulged this Valentine's Day.Feb. 14 also marked Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lenten season, a time of sacrifice within the Christian faith. It was the first time in 73 years the...
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