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St. Puppy’s Day Parade at O’Brien’s Irish Pub Today
The annual St. Patrick’s Day St. Puppy’s Day Parade is set to begin 4 p.m. today, March 11, at O’Brien’s Irish Pub and Grill in Brandon.

The annual St. Patrick’s Day St. Puppy’s Day Parade is set to begin 4 p.m. today, March 11, at O’Brien’s Irish Pub and Grill in Brandon.

Mountain Dew Family Day marks the final call for the 2012 Florida Strawberry Festival, which features a Youth Beef Breed Show and brings to the stage country great Reba McIntire and Easton Corbin.
The Village Players returns to the James McCabe Stage tonight, March 10, with adult and older-aged students. Last night was a chance predominantly for young stars to perform.
The Hillsborough County School District is on spring break March 12-17, with public school students returning to classes March 19. Once they return, the 2011-12 school calendar has only 58 days left of classes.
Day 10 of the 77th Annual Florida Strawberry Festival pays tribute to the farm worker. Featured also, a Baby Parade, Youth Steer Sale. Set to perform: Rodney Atkins and the Rev. Art Johnson and Bible-Based Fellowship Churh Cathedral Choir.
The Diamond sisters are no strangers to the community theater stage. In Valrico for a "Raise the Roof" performance, the girls join their parents, uncle and grandmother in an a cappella performance.
The junior production of "Raise the Roof" took to the stage March 9 with more than 20 acts at the James McCabe Theater in Valrico. The show returned March 10 with mostly older student and adult performers.
At the Brandon Ale House on March 8, family and friends talked about a bright future for Brandon HCC student Jeremy Rosado, whose March 8 elimination on “American Idol” did anything but dampen their support for the teen singer.
Hometown supporters of Valrico's Jeremy Rosado talked about the teen singer's bright future March 8 at the Brandon Ale House watch party.
Will Jeremy Rosado advance to the next round of "American Idol" competition? A student at the Brandon campus of Hillsborough Community College, Rosado works in Brandon and is a graduate of Durant High.
Four Greater Brandon area store clerks are among 31 arrested around Hillsborough County in a crackdown as Spring Break 2012 approaches.
Day 9 of the 77th Annual Florida Strawberry Festival features a discount for Tampa Tribune Day on the Midway. After hours, "Moonlight Magic" opens to extend the midway fun past midnight. Set to perform: The Platters, TobyMac, and more.
Will Jeremy Rosado advance to the next round of "American Idol" competition?
The crowd at the Brandon Ale House was most definitely Team Jeremy as the Top 13 contenders for this season's "American Idol" vied to live the dream. Jeremy Rosado is a student at the Brandon campus of Hillsborough Community College.
A recently relocated woman left her pit bull with her parents, but now Angel is in the hands of a Brandon Kiwanian, who said she needs to find a more permanent home for “the sweetest dog."
The Brandon High School orchestra, the first in the Hillsborough County School District, celebrated its 45th anniversary in the same month the school's wrestling team earned its 23rd state title.
The annual show is sponsored by the GFWC Brandon Service League and this year showcases student work from eight high schools. The March 8 reception is open to the public.
Day 8 of the 77th Annual Florida Strawberry Festival features a discount for senior citizens an a strawberry shortcake eating contest. Set to perform are The Charlies Daniels Band and Luke Bryan.
Day 7 of the 77th Annual Florida Strawberry Festival pays tribute to American Heroes, with Ride-A-Thon wristbands and a Superdog Corndog Eating Contest on tap as well. Set to perform are Lee Greenwood, Louise Mandrell and The Band Perry.
Blake High School's Shannon Magrane and Durant graduate Jeremy Rosado of Valrico fill two of the Top 13 spots left in this season's "American Idol" competition.