Volume 20 Issue 11
Inside: Recapping The 2012 Night Of 5000! In Neighborhood Magazine!
May 19, 2012
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Looking Back At A Hot Time At The Ninth Annual Rotary PigFest! By Gary Nager From its humble beginnings with a crowd of fewer than 500 people when it first began nine years ago, the annual Rotary PigFest has blossomed into one of the premier events in our area year after year. The 2012 PigFest, held on a “muy caliente” Cinco de Mayo at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church on Cross Creek Blvd., nearly doubled the previous record PigFest attendance of 900, as more than 1,500 tickets were sold, thanks to the efforts of event cochairs Peter Gambacorta and Robert Garofano of the New Tampa (breakfast) Rotary Club, as well as tremendous support from five other local Rotary Clubs — New Tampa Noon, New Tampa Evening, Wesley Chapel, Temple Terrace and Tampa North. Although we don’t know precisely how much money, in terms of net proceeds, was raised through ticket and
(Clockwise from above left): Rotary PigFest event co-chair Peter Gambacorta announces the winners of the pig-roasting contest; the event’s “guest of honor”; the food line was long, but great volunteers kept it moving smoothly; political candidates like State Rep. Shawn Harrison (right) were prominent “vendors” during the event; the Freedom High jazz band was the final “act” of the day. “PigBuck” (used to purchase items during the event) sales to benefit the selected charities of each Rotary club, Gambacorta said, “We definitely took a step up this year.” See “PigFest” on page 52.
Water Main Rupture Leaves New Tampa Residents Waterless
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Temporary Bridge Opens Over BBD, Car Thieves Caught & Tampa Palms Trees Come Down; Plus, Laser Affair Hair Removal & Lots Of Local Business News!
A Look Back At The ‘Night Of 5000,’ A Review Of Sushi Café, A Preview Of The You Do The Dishes Summer Camp, Our Exclusive Summer Camp Guide & More!
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close for the evening, even though most had their water service restored within a few hours. Around 2 p.m. that day, a water transmission main ruptured just south of the intersection of BBD and Tampa Palms Northbound Bruce B. Downs Blvd. between Amberly Dr. & Tampa Palms Blvd. was more like a lake on May 4. Blvd. spilling water onto the northbound lanes of Workers from the Tampa Water the road and disrupting traffic. Water Department (TWD) responded quickgushed out of the ground along the ly and worked into the night to east side of BBD for hours, rushing its restore service to the affected area, way south next to the roadway, poolSee “Water” on page 7. ing just south of Amberly Dr. The Tampa Police Department eventually closed down the segment of BBD between Amberly Dr. and Tampa Palms Blvd., diverting northbound traffic through Tampa Palms. PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID TAMPA FL PERMIT 2801
Instead of the water from a ruptured transmission main that left New Tampa residents waterless the afternoon of May 4 and had one northbound lane of the road closed until May 8, traffic is flowing freely again on the northbound side of Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. between Amberly Dr. and Tampa Palms Blvd.
It was to be a big Friday night for local restaurants in the New Tampa area, as many recently graduated college students planned to celebrate their commencement from the University of South Florida (USF) over dinner with family and friends. But, those restaurant owners’ hopes of a line out their doors that night drowned when the water was shut off, forcing many of those restaurants to
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