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New Tampa Issue 03-12

Published: January 27, 2012
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New Tampa Issue 03-12, Section: News

News

New Tampa Issue 03-12

Published on 27 January 2012 by Gary Nager in News

The New Tampa Neighborhood News hits mailboxes January 28th, 2012

Digital Evidence Slows Down Schenecker Case

Published on 27 January 2012 by Sean Bowes in News

At our press time, prosecutors and public defenders were both still trying to analyze 93 DVDs filled with data from Julie and Parker Schencker’s personal computers, which may or may not hold any evidence in the murder of 16- year-old Calyx and 13-year-old Beau Schenecker, the couple's children.

Camden Live Oaks

Camden Live Oak Apts. Victimized By Burglaries

Published on 27 January 2012 by Sean Bowes in News

Detectives from the Tampa Police Department (TPD) are still on the hunt for burglars who recently targeted the Camden Live Oaks apartment complex in Tampa Palms following a string of break-ins.

Footage from Best Buy’s surveilance tape shows the burglars unloading the iPads through the damaged door.

75 iPads Stolen From New Tampa’s Best Buy

Published on 27 January 2012 by Sean Bowes in News

Some people will do just about anything for an iPad 2. On January 13, a group of six burglars in a stolen Nissan Maxima went to the New Tampa Best Buy at 18071 Highwoods Preserve Pkwy. in The Walk at Highwoods Preserve plaza and took every iPad 2 in the store.

Apparent Suicide Victim Found In Amberly Park

Published on 27 January 2012 by Sean Bowes in News

The oldest park in Tampa Palms is back open to the public, after detectives from the Tampa Police Department (TPD) closed off the park the evening of January 17, when the body of a man who apparently committed suicide was found in a car in the park’s parking lot.

This is a rendition of what the new building at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church on Cross Creek Blvd. may look like in a few years.

St. Mark Raising Funds For A New Church Building

Published on 27 January 2012 by Sean Bowes in News

New Tampa’s only Catholic church wants to transform its campus into something that will make anyone from any background say “wow.”

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn dropped in on the weekly New Tampa Rotary Club breakfast on Fri., Jan. 13.

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn Visits The New Tampa Rotary Club

Published on 27 January 2012 by Sean Bowes in News

Buckhorn was the featured speaker for New Tampa Rotary Club’s weekly Friday breakfast on Friday the 13th to talk about the future for not only New Tampa, but the entire Tampa Bay area. Speaking Of Jobs After some laughs about his taste in cars, Buckhorn spoke positively about Tampa’s future to the Rotary Club.

West Meadows HOA president Brad van Rooyen appeaed at the January 12 City Council meeting to speak in opposition to the proposed charter school.

‘School’s Out’ As City Council Shuts Down Proposed Charter School

Published on 27 January 2012 by Sean Bowes in News

After months of uncertainty, concern and fear, residents of West Meadows and Richmond Place are resting a little easier, because for now, a proposed school will not be built on High-woods Preserve Pkwy. After more than four hours of listening to traffic experts, concerned parents, attorneys and home owners at their meeting on January 12, six of the seven Tampa City Council members (one was absent) agreed that a new charter school was not in New Tampa’s best interest.