Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Community
Moffitt Cancer Center dedicated the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Proton Center at its Speros campus in Land O' Lakes on July 23, funded by a $15 million gift from Best Buy founder Dick Schulze, with the first patient treated July 27.
Community
A Jimmy Buffett tribute concert and a free fall-prevention program lead the community calendar at Starkey Ranch TLC in Odessa for the week of August 1–7, with additional events in Lutz and Land O' Lakes.
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Students from Land O' Lakes High School and three other Pasco County schools spent Wednesday, July 22, building oyster domes and restoring habitat at the Energy and Marine Center and Durney Key as part of a five-year coastal conservation project.
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David Weekley Homes purchased 152 homesites in Verona, a planned 2,500-home master-planned community along SR-52 in Land O' Lakes, as part of a five-builder deal totaling 667 lots with developer Eisenhower Property Group.
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Pasco Fire Rescue's annual Fill the Boot drive for the Muscular Dystrophy Association runs all August at Tax Collector Mike Fasano's five offices, including locations on U.S. 41 in Land O' Lakes and Pet Lane in Lutz.
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A roundup of community events across Land O' Lakes, Odessa and Lutz for the week of July 23–29, including two back-to-school supply giveaways, a candidate forum and a moonlight market.
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Pasco County Library readers have logged more than 1.1 million minutes toward a 1.5-million-minute summer goal, with about two weeks left for Land O' Lakes and Odessa families to join the "Star Spangled Stories" reading quest and pick up a new limited-edition Tampa Bay Rays-themed library card.
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Wright's Gourmet House, the 63-year-old South Tampa sandwich shop and bakery, will open a 15,000-square-foot location at SR-56 and La Juana Road in Wesley Chapel's Wiregrass Ranch area by summer 2028, owner Caspers Company announced Monday, July 20.
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The Hillsborough County Zoning Hearing Master's published agenda for the Monday, July 20 session lists 17 rezoning and major modification cases as continued to Monday, August 24, giving affected residents additional time to qualify as parties of record before cases reach the Board of County Commissioners.
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Atonement Lutheran Church in Wesley Chapel held its first worship service in its restored sanctuary on June 14, nearly 20 months after Hurricane Milton ripped away a large section of the roof, capping a $1 million rebuilding effort supported by more than 100 volunteers and donations from churches across the country.
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Hillsborough County Public Schools hosts its 19th Annual Back to School Fair on Saturday, Aug. 1, at Citrus Park Town Center, offering free backpacks for the first 1,000 students, magnet school information, and family activities during Florida's sales tax holiday.
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