Well tomorrow marks the beginning of the hurricane season. Yup June 1st is already here. For peeps up north and out west hurricane season doesn’t really mean that much, to us in the South East US and Gulf states it means months of anxiety and stress. Will keep you posted when a storm is approaching [...]

Many here in the Tampa Bay Area have no idea where Upham Beach is. When you tell people it is a place with great surf when the conditions are right they think you are crazy. Well trust me, Upham Beach is an awesome place. The restaurants and bars around the area give locals and tourist [...]

Recently around Tampa I see billboards that say RedLetterRebels.com and I had to see what it was about. After visiting the page I was really blown away with how awesome it is. It is an organization that encourages and supports teens to abstain from sex before marriage and live chaste lives. I know many liberals [...]

Over 160 homes have been destroyed by a wildfire that continues to burn in Brevard County on Central Florida’s East Coast. The fires have spread until there are over 108 separate fires currently burning over 3800 acres.
The fires in The Palm Bay area are for the most part under control, the big one [...]

There is a shortage of qualified, caring male volunteers for the Big Brother Big Sisters of Tampa Bay. Currently there are over 350 boys waiting for a Big Brother and the list keeps growing everyday. Many kids don’t have positive male role models in their lives and the statistics show beyond a doubt that without [...]

Sunday my daughter and I woke up at 5:00 AM to get the last of the good swells left over from a cold front that passed by Tampa on Saturday. We went to our local break called Upham Beach and the surf was really rough, but pretty rideable. It was foggy and cold, but my [...]

When you think of roller derby you think of tough, mean, tattooed women beating the ever loving crap out of each other. Well if thats what you think you’d be correct. Recently a friend from church joined the Tampa Bay Derby Darlins and she will be starting her first season this year. Their first [...]

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The amendment seems very honorable. It permits counties to raise the Homestead Exemption [...]

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Marcy Ringdahl has been named as a finalist for Florida State Teacher of the Year. She is a teacher at Summerfield Elementary in Riverview. I have known her husband Jason since we were kids and I am sure he couldn’t be prouder. We are all proud of Marcy and hope [...]