Apartment Sewage Spill+Ford's Garage Expanding+Manatee Job Fair

Happy Monday, neighbors! Here are the most important things going on today in town.

In this issue, you'll learn about a city manager who died just weeks before retirement, a popular burger concept expanding, an apartment complex sewage spill, a job fair with over 100 jobs up for grabs, and more. Now, let's get started.

First, today's weather: Humid and mostly cloudy throughout the day. High: 89 Low: 78.

Here are the top stories in Tampa today:

1. Clearwater’s city manager, Bill Horne, died Saturday of a suspected heart attack just weeks before retirement. Horne worked with the city for more than 20 years. (WFLA)

2. Tampa burgers-and-beer restaurant chain Ford’s Garage is expanding nationally and plans to add 15 franchises by 2023. The company is also looking for opportunities to partner with local Ford dealerships in each market it enters after having success with a test partnership. (Tampa Bay Times)

3. Willow Brooke Apartments spilled 184,000 gallons of sewage in North Tampa back in July and Hillsborough County is now investigating. Most of the waste went into Hillsborough County’s rainwater drainage system and areas surrounding the complex. (Creative Loafing Tampa)

4. Manatee County is hoping to fill more than 100 jobs at its August 26th hiring expo at the Bradenton Area Convention Center. Candidates are encouraged to bring multiple copies of their résumé and their DD214 if they are a veteran. (Bradenton Patch)

5. City of Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said the city and its healthcare system are in a crisis as COVID-19 cases rise and hospitals are pushed to the brink. Doctors, leaders, and COVID-19 survivors came together on Friday to push people to get vaccinated.

Today in Tampa

• Boys Basketball Tryouts At Wilson Middle School. (8:00 AM)
• Tampa Bay Water Board Meeting. (9:30 AM)
• Golf - Plant Vs. Robinson High. (3:30 PM)
• Girls Basketball Tryouts At Wilson Middle School (3:30 PM)
• Basketball Tryouts Begin At Madison. (3:45 PM)
• City of Tampa Special Call Budget Workshop. Virtual participation allowed. (5:01 PM)
• Developing Your Professional Experience. (6:00 PM)
• Epic Chef Masters: Mise En Place vs. Parkshore Grill at Epicurean Hotel. (6:30 PM)
• Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Rays. (7:10 PM)

Tampa Patch Notebook

• Tampa Bay Times: "This is not the first time the administrations of Gov. DeSantis and President Biden have butted heads over pandemic r..." (Facebook)
• Tampa Bay Times: "The city anticipates receiving a penalty in the next month or two of $10,000 to $15,000." (Facebook)
• Tampa Bay Times: "The COVID-19 death toll has started soaring again as the delta variant tears through the nation’s unvaccinated popula..." (Facebook)
• Tampa Bay Times: "Raising children in the COVID-era isn’t for the easily unnerved. The avalanche of misinformed rhetoric doesn’t help, ..." (Facebook)
• Tampa Bay Times: "As a Taliban offensive encircles the Afghan capital, there’s increasingly only one way out for those fleeing the war,..." (Facebook)
• Tampa Bay Times: "“A lot of people are saying that it’s normal, as we are in summer. But it’s not, not this hot,” one climate scientist..." (Facebook)
• Tampa Bay Times: "With the sun setting and the sky changing colors, Jim LeBlanc rang the bell with two guest ringers like he does almos..." (Facebook)
• Tampa Bay Times: "Some rich countries, including Britain, have tapped into the meager supply of COVAX coronavirus vaccine doses themsel..." (Facebook)
• Tampa Bay Times: "The system still could mean some wet weather for the Tampa Bay area today, though the likelihood of heavy rains for t..." (Facebook)
• Tampa Bay Times: "Ride For Music, a Tampa Bay nonprofit, departs next Tuesday on their charity bike ride from St. Petersburg to Nashville." (Facebook)
• Tampa Bay Times: "“There will be no place for women,” said Salima Mazari, one of the few female district governors in the country, expr..." (Facebook)
• Tampa Bay Times: "From broadcasts to betting, tickets to practices, the COVID-19 era has permanently changed the sports landscape. We t..." (Facebook)
• Tampa Bay Times: "The Mitchell High School graduate came within one win of earning exemptions to the Masters and U.S. Open." (Facebook)

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— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.

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