Richard Scolaro, 32, met a 13-year-old girl while he worked at Westfield Brandon mall and carried on a relationship with her for several months, Hillsborough County deputies said. ...more

September 8, 2008

Things To Do is a list of some of the most interesting upcoming events. For a complete list of Tampa Bay area events, see this week's Friday Extra. ...more

July 2, 2008

Residents and business leaders drafting a blueprint of Brandon's future agree that a hub of activity, where people can live, work and shop within walking distance, should be in central Brandon instead of encroaching on areas not heavily developed. ...more

June 4, 2008

TAMPA BAY AREA Apple To Open In Brandon The Apple retail store at the Westfield Brandon mall opens at 10 a.m. Saturday. It is the second to open locally, complementing the one at International Plaza, and is the 14th in the state. The hands-on store will give customers a chance to test-drive Apple's product line, which includes the popular iPhone and iPod and the new MacBook Air, the world's thinnest notebook computer. ...more

May 22, 2008

Mark Palermo was curious about coins as young as age 8. "By the time I turned 10, I was mugging my old man at the door for his coins," he recalls. ...more

May 17, 2008

from the opening of the Brandon mall in the 1990s to a Hillsborough Community College program that encouraged employees to buy carnations for one another. ...more

February 17, 2008

Gary Hicks' first offense, attempted sexual battery of a 5-year-old boy. ...more

January 27, 2008

Gary Hicks Chronology ...more

January 25, 2008

For some residents, it's the image of Stowers Funeral Home on Brandon Boulevard, built in 1876 by James Brandon, the son of the community's founder, John Brandon. ...more

January 2, 2008

BRANDON - Shopping the day after Christmas was no Black Friday as throngs of bargain hunters lined up in pre-dawn hours. ...more

December 26, 2007