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On the scene at our Top Restaurants event in St. Pete
The Tampa Bay Times held its Top 50 Restaurants event on Tuesday evening at the Factory St. Pete. Hundreds of guests explored the gallery and museum before snacking on bites from some of the region’s top restaurants and watching a cocktail demonstration from bartender Max Blowers of Wild Child.
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BayCare celebrates new Tampa proton center
BayCare Health System leaders joined Tampa Bay Chamber staff members Tuesday to celebrate the opening of the BayCare Proton Center at the Fred J. Woods Radiation Therapy Center at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa. “For me, it’s important to bring the latest technology for cancer treatment to our community,”...
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Big Chicken Launches Its Only Florida Location Inside Elev8 Fun Tampa on November 13
Big Chicken is opening its only brick-and-mortar location in Florida, and it’s doing it inside an adventure park. Elev8 Fun Tampa at Citrus Park Town Center will launch its new food partner with a grand opening event on Friday, November 13, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. The launch...
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Ferg’s owner discusses entrepreneurship at USF forum
Ferg’s Sports Bar and Grill owner Mark Ferguson was not initially a restaurateur. Prior to opening his St. Petersburg-based establishment, Ferguson was a physical education teacher at Southside Fundamental Middle School. However, he saw an opportunity to create a space to bring sports fans together. The entrepreneur eventually acquired...
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Mary, 74, Put Most of Her Retirement Money Into Building Her Forever Home. Eight Years Later She Still Can't Move In: "All That I Had"
Mary Browning walks through the house in East Tampa that was supposed to be her retirement home and points to what is missing. The roof was never finished, and the ceiling is coming down in places. “This is my master’s bedroom,” she told a reporter last month. “Not a room in this house that is completed.” Browning is 74. According to 10 Tampa Bay , records show she paid a 69,000 dollar deposit to Hopps Construction in 2018 to build a three bedroom home. The station says it was supposed to be finished in 120 days. Eight years and an extra 100,000 dollars later, she says the work that was done was not done right, from uneven floors to a cracking foundation and faulty wiring. “I’m unemployed, I’m on Social Security,” she said. “All that money that I had put towards this house was all that I had.” Browning says the contractor sued her in 2022 and put a lien on the house. She filed a countersuit, and the court combined the two cases. In March, she won a judgment of 193,000 dollars. “And as of this day, I haven’t received a penny,” she said. The contractor tells a very
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VB Announces Signings of Natalie Kitts and Sophia Puleo
WACO, Texas — Baylor volleyball head coach Ryan McGuyre announced the signing of Natalie Kitts and Sophia Puleo to the program's 2027 signing class. Both players are nationally ranked prospects, with Kitts bringing her talents from Katy, Texas, and Puleo joining the Bears from Tampa, Fla. Kitts, a 6-foot-4...
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5 Florida Cuban Bakeries Where A Whole Loaf Of Fresh Bread Goes Home Still Warm
I have zero self-control around Cuban bread, and I’m not even a little embarrassed about it. One historic bakery on this list reportedly turns out around 18,000 loaves a day. Eighteen thousand. That number made me put my coffee down. A classic loaf of Cuban bread can stretch about...
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Iowa Singer William Elliott Whitmore Returns to Tampa Nov. 19 With Gothic Border-Rock Duo
William Elliott Whitmore, the 48-year-old Iowan singer-songwriter known for gravel-voiced, heartland storytelling, is bringing his tour back through Tampa later this month. The show lands Thursday, November 19, with Texas husband-wife act The Division Men opening, and it marks his first documented Tampa appearance since a packed-house set in Ybor City more than a decade ago.
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A Family-Owned Decade-Old Florida Brewery Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy With Plans to Relocate
Hidden Springs Ale Works LLC has been operating as a family-owned craft brewery and taproom for over a decade. The Tampa-based company is now facing significant developments with a bankruptcy filing preceded by plans to relocate. Note: Chapter 11 allows businesses to reorganize their debts while continuing operations under court...
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Tampa middle school opens first-of-its-kind esports facility in Florida
TAMPA, Fla. — Sligh Magnet Middle School in Tampa unveiled a new esports and broadcasting arena this week that Hillsborough County Public Schools leaders say will support regular classroom instruction while introducing students to skills used in a multi-billion-dollar industry. The arena is a first-of-its-kind facility in Florida, according...