Billed as a wedding, reunion and retreat getaway, Cross Creek Ranch in Dover offers some startling scenery in a relaxed atmosphere reminiscent of a French country inn. There, on Feb. 27, the Rotary Club of Brandon held its annual Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.
News of the past week in an easy to use list that includes headlines, summaries and links to the full postings themselves. Links to archives included as well.
A listing of headlines, summaries and links to 2011 Brandon Patch postings from Jan. 24 through Feb. 20. Link to first volume included.
A military wife with time to spare took a class on framing at an air base in Japan and ended up with a passion and a career. Today Jo Powell is the owner and operator of Frames by Jo in the Greater Brandon community of Valrico.
Cariss Pettigrew attended a Feb. 26 fundraiser for the Brandon chapter of the All Children’s Hospital Guild at The Bridges in Riverview. She took time out assisting her mother, Janine, the guild’s co-president, to talk about life in general.
More than $2,200 was raised Feb. 26 at the Bunco dice-game fundraiser hosted by the Brandon Chapter of the All Children’s Hospital Guild at The Bridges in Riverview.
The “baby” of the Mulrennan clan turns 88 on Feb. 27. At a party in Valrico, a large crowd gathered on the eve of her birthday to wish her well. The Mulrennan groves today house a road and a middle school in the Greater Brandon community of Valrico.
As March approaches, news you can use from the Florida Department of Transportation as you plan your daily commutes and evening activities.
Quick overview and links to review the Hillsborough County School Board’s March 1 agenda. The meeting is set to start 3 p.m. at the Raymond O. Shelton School Administrative Center in downtown Tampa.
Plant City Entertainment and a variety show at the James McCabe Theater in Valrico are on tap this weekend, featuring musical comedy and student variety show entertainment, respectively. Links to G-rated and PG-rated movies included.
Some 1.6 million lunch trays are used daily in the Hillsborough County school system, the nation’s eighth-largest public school district.
Tickets still available for the Feb. 24 “Bunco for the Kids” fundraiser at Center Place. The event is hosted by the Kappa Kappa chapter of Kappa Delta Phi.
Close to 150 people attended this year’s Community Affairs Dinner, which featured local voices from the past and present, Nat Storms, Brandon’s first honorary mayor, and Col. Lenny J. Richoux, MacDill’s base commander, spoke about Brandon.
There's no shortage of dental care in our area. Here's just a few dentists who call Bloomingdale Patch home.
Four-bedroom, four-bath home priced at $895,000 sits on 1.5 acres in Brandon. Home built in 2002 and features 65,400 square feet.
The line wrapped around Stowers Funeral Home on Feb. 23 as friends and family gathered to pay their final respects to Riverview High School student Brooke Ann Coats, who died after a bull-riding accident.
This round of offerings involves food, drinks, clothes, items for babies and kids, jewelry and Florida Strawberry Festival discount tickets.
A snapshot look at some news you can use with links to explore the issue further. Might not apply to you? Feel free to share the link to others.
Three featured animals at Hillsborough County Animal Services are among many available for adoption as adult pets.
We'll update you weekly on what has become the major local fundraiser of the year in terms of people participating and money raised: the American Cancer Society's grassroots Relay For Life.
