Friday, May 24, 2013
The Temple Terrace Police Department is encouraging residents to buckle up.
As motorists take to the roads this Memorial Day weekend, the Temple Terrace Police Department is urging everyone to buckle their seat belts. Since May 20, law enforcement officials have been participating in the national 2013 Click It or Ticket campaign, which runs until June 2 and aims to crack down on motorists who don’t wear their seat belt. “As we kick off the busy summer driving season, it’s important that everyone buckles up every time they go out, both day and night—no excuses,” said TTPD Capt. Mike Pridemore in a press release. “Our officers are prepared to ticket anyone who is not wearing their seat belt.” According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 52 percent of …
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has released the second episode in its ongoing series that provides residents with a peek behind the action.
Ever wondered what it’s like to be a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputy? Watch this week’s episode of “Inside HCSO” to find out more about how deputies protect and serve residents in Hillsborough County. Keep up with what's happening in and around town by signing up for the free Temple Terrace Patch daily email newsletter!
Here's what you need to know about trash pickup, school, mail delivery and other government services around Hillsborough County for the Memorial Day holiday.
Patricia Counts, who bakes cookies in Temple Terrace, sells her treats online and at the Fresh Market at The Shops at Wiregrass.
When Patricia Counts was 20 years old, she was living abroad. Her father was in the U.S. Air Force, which took the family to the Philippines. “My mom used to buy these boxes of oatmeal because they had drinking glasses inside,” Counts said. “She wanted to get the whole collection.” The multiple boxes of oatmeal in the home gave Counts a reason to begin baking oatmeal cookies, a hobby she has enjoyed ever since. Now, at the age of 61, Counts has her own business, Miss Pat’s Cookies, and bakes a variety of cookies in a kitchen in Temple Terrace. She sells the treats online as well as at the Fresh Market at The Shops at Wiregrass on the first and third Saturdays of the month. She started the business nearly three years ago after working as a …
With a variety of entertainment venues and restaurants in the area, there's no reason to spend the weekend at home. We've put together a list of fun things to do in the Temple Terrace area.
It’s the weekend, and you’ve got no idea what to do. Patch is coming to the rescue. We’ve got the best bets for your done-work-outta-here time. Check our picks for the activities to hit. Booth at Beef's Residents are invited to support the Temple Terrace Gymnastics Academy by eating at the academy's decorated booth at Beef O'Brady's 9311 N. 56th St., Temple Terrace. Beef's will donate 15 percent of the check back to the academy. The booth will be open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 24-26, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Free Yoga in the Park Residents can enjoy a free yoga class at Riverhills Park, 329 S. Riverhills Dr., Temple Terrace, Sunday, April 21 at 5 p.m. Bring a mat, towel and water. Live Music Shamrock's Ale House, 7805 Temple Terrace…
Thursday, May 23, 2013
From Memorial Day parades to holiday fender benders, this live map shows delays and diversions on Temple Terrace roads right now.
If you're on a mobile device, click here to view the map. When you're done getting gas and packing the car, check out the live results from MapQuest above to see what's standing between you and the start of your three-day weekend. Mapquest scans for parade routes, ongoing construction, block parties and traffic jams. If your route is green, you're good to go. If it's red, you may be headed into a line of rubbernecking fools. Good luck! Get the Temple Terrace Patch newsletter delivered to your email.
Cigar City Brewery has found a way to stand out as a unique brand in a diverse and fast growing craft beer market. Sponsored by Grape-Nuts.
About this sponsorship: In honor of the 60th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s historic ascent of Mount Everest, Patch and Grape-Nuts are teaming up to highlight those who inspire people around them to climb their own mountains. In just four years time, Joey Redner has gone from beer enthusiast and upstart brewer to an award winning craft brewer that will produce 25,000 barrels of ale in 2013. Son of the famous Mons Venus owner, Joe Redner, the 40-year old craft beer connoisseur has taken his sales and his connections with the beer community to the next level in recent months. Last March, he visited the nation's capital in an effort to lobby lawmakers for a tax cut for brewers that would save him around $100,000 this year, money that …
As our armed forces come home from the Middle East, the local Veterans Affairs benefits office is being stretched.
Our veterans are now facing a new enemy at home – long wait times for disability claims. The waiting times started increasing in 2010 when U.S. troops were withdrawn from Iraq, causing a dramatic uptick in first-time filers, according to the Center for Investigative Reporting. The data found that in most regional VA offices, not only did waiting times increase, but they vary dramatically by location: about a year and five months in Baltimore, Maryland compared to four months in Fargo, North Dakota. The national average now stands at about 11 months, which is dramatically higher than in 2009 when it was four months. The backlog of veterans at the St. Petersburg area office waiting on a disability claim to be reveiwed has increased from no …
The Welcome Social will take place Wednesday, May 29 from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Families of students attending the Riverhills Elementary International Baccalaureate Magnet School this fall are invited to a Welcome Social Wednesday, May 29 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Families can meet the staff, obtain information about the upcoming school year and visit stations with information about the PTA, Student Advisory Committee, uniforms and volunteer opportunities. In addition, the Temple Terrace Police and Fire departments will have a cruiser and fire truck on hand for kids to explore and kids will have a chance to create an ice cream sundae. For more details, click here. Got an event of your own? Post word of it for free in the Temple Terrace Patch events calendar. ______________ Temple Terrace Patch is an interactive community …
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
You can use this gas price widget to always find the lowest price of the moment. Pro tip: Gas up early this week to save money.
Click here for a full-screen view of the gas price map. If you don't see a map of our local area, click the magnifying glass in the upper right to enter your address. Nationwide, gas prices were predicted to be lower this summer compared to the last three years, but that won't translate into savings at the pump this Memorial Day weekend, experts said. "Motorists this year are facing rising gas prices heading into the Memorial Day holiday," said Michael Green, a AAA spokesman, adding that Memorial Day 2013 would probably be the most expensive since 2011. Here are two options for cheap gas, though prices are fluctuating daily as we head into the long weekend: "If you can gas up today to prepare for your Memorial Day driving, do so," said …
Alex
5:02 pm on Friday, May 24, 2013
So a Temple Terrace business that sell out in yuppieville?! Am I missing something?? more ›