Work on the new Giddens Park gazebo, off 12th Street in Southeast Seminole Heights, is scheduled to be completed this week. To celebrate, an ice cream social will take place this summer. Construction was paid with city money, contributions collected by Southeast Seminole Heights Civic Association, $25,000 from property taxes collected within the East Tampa redevelopment area and $16,000 from Leadership Tampa Alumni, Class of 2003. ...more

March 4, 2009

Time is running out, but long-time residents and family are searching for a way to save the Ferlita Macaroni Factory from demolition. ...more

March 3, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Shimberg Gardens is anything but green right now, but shade and landscaping is coming its way. ...more

February 25, 2009

Newly installed speed bumps in Carrollwood neighborhoods are slowing traffic and tearing a community apart. ...more

February 25, 2009

Center Place Fine Arts and Civic Association at 619 Vonderburg Drive, Brandon, brings a light and bright breath of spring to the local art scene with a mother-and-daughter show that's all about color, texture and composition. ...more

February 18, 2009

At long last a promised gazebo is on its way to Giddens Park. Installation is expected to take about two weeks, city parks and recreation officials said. "Awesome," said Sherry Genovar-Simons, president of the Southeast Seminole Heights Civic Association. ...more

February 18, 2009

After 25 years selling clothes at the corner of Columbus Drive and North Boulevard, Hakim Aquil said he deserves a little respect. ...more

February 11, 2009

After 25 years selling clothes at the corner of Columbus Drive and North Boulevard, Hakim Aquil said he deserves a little respect. ...more

February 11, 2009

The Brandon Newcomers Club welcomes people new to the area and those who have been here awhile, and members want to share their knowledge of the environs. ...more

February 11, 2009

There's a reason they're called "the good old days." That's what Brandon lawyer John Sullivan, the 2009-10 chairman of the Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce, told fellow chamber members at the 50th anniversary celebration and annual dinner Jan. 23 at the Embassy Suites in Tampa. ...more

February 4, 2009