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First Wedding at Vitality Living: Spring Hill Couple Ties the Knot
On their divine journey from neighbors to life partners, Melvin Geloneck and Vicki Oberholtzer of Spring Hill will always remain the best of friends. Their blessed relationship will be celebrated at the couple’s upcoming wedding on July 7 at Vitality Living, 7030 Evergreen Woods Trail in Spring Hill. Vitality...
Residents Show Their Love for the Spring Hill Waterfall
A group of Hernando County residents organized a protest to preserve the Spring Hill Waterfall after several commissioners discussed its possible removal at a county workshop earlier this month. “They brought up that maybe we need to reconfigure it so it could give more space to properly flow that traffic...
Bell to leave Brooksville City Council after December
BROOKSVILLE – In a move sure to provoke concern about the administration of this city, Mayor and Seat 3 City Council Member Blake Bell has announced that he will not serve another term on the City Council. In a letter to Hernando County Supervisor of Elections Shirley Anderson dated...
Nurses stage informational picket at Oak Hill Hospital
BROOKSVILLE — Nurses at HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital need more pay, better health coverage and more colleagues, said Judy Preuss, a nurse in the intensive care unit. About 25 to 30 nurses, many from the night shift in the ICU and some from Largo and St. Petersburg, held an informational picket the morning of June 19 along Cortez Boulevard.
Non-reappointment of Deltona principal brings crowd to School Board meeting
BROOKSVILLE – A large crowd of parents, teachers and supporters in green T-shirts came out to plead for a principal in Hernando County’s schools who was “non-reapppointed” for violating the district’s “flex-time” policy. Debi Shellabarger led Deltona Elementary School and was let go,...
Tampa Bay's Jamaican community braces for impact of Hurricane Beryl
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The impending impact of Hurricane Beryl on Jamaica has some across Tampa Bay worried about their loved ones riding out the storm. "I'm a bit concerned," said Everoy Salabie of St. Pete. Salabie said he moved from Jamaica several years ago. His kids, some as...
Independence Day: Is the American Dream of homeownership still alive?
For many, the 4th of July is about independence, freedom and self-reliance, and little embodies those values better than homeownership. It is the American Dream – buy your own home and raise a family in it. But that dream is falling out of reach for many average Central Floridians because of the mounting housing crisis in the region.
Ground broken in New Port Richey for low-income housing for vets
NEW PORT RICHEY — The Pasco County Housing Authority’s first complex devoted exclusively to providing affordable housing for low-income veterans came one step closer to reality June 17 when ground was broken for Magnolia Oaks. The complex, to be located on a 9.8-acre property at 7338 Massachusetts Ave., will include 77 housing units, an office for a Veterans Affairs staffer to provide support services, a community building and a swimming pool. It is located on a bus line and less than two miles from the New Port Richey VA Clinic on Little Road. The Pasco Housing Authority is an independent authority not officially connected with the government of Pasco County. Mostly supported by tenant rents and funds from the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), it manages more than 200 units of housing for low-income people across the county.
Tampa Café serves up inclusivity and opportunity
TAMPA, Fla. — July is Disability Pride Month, an opportunity to honor the history, achievements, experiences and struggles of the disability community. Here in the Tampa Bay area, there's a business committed to uplifting that community throughout the entire year: Coffee Uniting People or "CUP." CUP is a non-profit...
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