The latest of six dispatches (all included here) from Patch editor Linda Chion Kenney, who from her childhood home in Long Island has been writing about her experiences with Hurricane Irene.
From tracking to cleanup, Brandon Patch editor Linda Chion Kenney reports from her childhood home in Long Island, where Hurricane Irene, anxiously awaited and confronted, has left behind downed trees, power outages and floods.
Brandon Patch editor Linda Chion Kenney reports from her childhood home in Long Island.
From the vantage point of being a decades-long Brandonite, this editor returns to Long Island to face a new set of facts and fears about hurricanes, with the impending wrath of ‘Historic' Irene.
The Hillsborough County Commissioners vote to extend an after-school program at some 30 recreation centers but the unanimous vote is not cause for celebration for some who fought the hardest to keep the program alive.
Long-time recreation volunteer Terry O’Grady is leading the citizens' charge to get the Hillsborough County Commissioners to reconsider their vote to close recreation centers and after-school programming. The board meets Aug. 24 at 1:30 p.m.
The second night of auditions gets under way at 7 p.m. Aug. 23 at the Barn Theatre at Winthrop in Riverivew.
Auditions for The Frenzie - Life Theatre production of "Cabaret" are set for Aug. 22 and 23, with possible callbacks on Aug. 27. Auditions and the show itself are set for the Barn Theatre at Winthrop.
The Frenzie - Life Theatre company of Greater Brandon takes to the stage at the Barn Theatre at Winthrop with a timeless tale of the dangers of lies, gossip and prejudice.
Applications for the National School Lunch and breakfast programs can be made throughout the school year. Eligibility is determined by federal poverty guidelines established each year.
Superintendent of Schools MaryEllen Elia is set to hold the Hillsborough County School District’s annual “Back-To-School Press Conference” on Aug. 19 at the single-gender academy at Ferrell Middle Magnet School in Tampa.
Oversight for the Hillsborough County School District comes at the hands of seven School Board members who will meet 24 times between now and the end of the 2011-12 school year.
The nurse practitioner has launched an easy-to-use website for women diagnosed with breast cancer.
“Dispatches: The Changing American Dream” launches at Patch sites nationwide. At home, in the Greater Brandon community we continue our ongoing look at the state of economic and civic affairs as shaped by the people who live here.
The Hillsborough County School District's Barbara Rooks Battleof the Books, Sunshine State Young Readers Award Books, list is ready to go for students in grades 3-5. The annual battle is for fourth-graders.
The Hillsborough Education Foundation hosts its annual "Tools 4 School" breakfast and networking fundraiser Sept. 7 at the Renaissance Tampa Hotel at International Plaza.
The Florida Department of Transportation issued this updated on lane closures and detours for motorists traveling the Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway on Aug. 8-10.
Be sun wise with sunscreen and avoid overexposure when the ultraviolet index hits 6 or higher. The UV Alert is "extreme" for the Tampa Bay area at "solar noon” Aug. 8, with a UVI forecast of 12.
The Hillsborough County School District transports about 90,000 children to and from school every day and bus drivers are needed. Here’s the link to apply, some transportation facts to absorb and some rules to follow for student bus riders.
The public is invited to the Pepin Hospitality Center for the 9 a.m. road recognition ceremony in honor of fallen Tampa Police officers Dave Curtis and Jeff Kocab. The two were fatally shot last year after what appeared to be a routine traffic stop.
