Valrico News

Bealsville is a tiny dot of a place along State Road 60 between Valrico and Mulberry.

Want to grab something quick and delicious, but still good for you? Robeks Fruit Smoothies & Healthy Eats , 1044 Bloomingdale Ave., Valrico, is the answer.

A Get to the heart of the matter this Valentine's Day season with tickets to "The Wedding Singer," on stage at the James McCabe Theater in Valrico.

Romance shouldn't be just for Valentine's Day. Leena and Anthony Caligiure, owners of the Original Leena's Chocolates , will give couples a chance at some post-Valentine's Day romance when they host Romance Night.

A ROMANTIC DINNER Enjoy a romantic dinner for two. The Copper Bell Cafe , 11228 Boyette Rd., Riverview, will offer a Valentine's Day dinner Tuesday, Feb.

Bloomingdale Woods is a condominium community located at 3431 Eagleridge Ct. in Valrico.

Love to read? Love to draw? Then here's a contest for you. The Friends of the Bloomingdale Regional Library is hosting its eighth annual Design-a-Bookmark Contest.

Bloomingdale attorney Bob Bivins is no stranger to the economic pressures felt by businesses large and small in Brandon.

A memorial service will be held today in Miami for an Ohio man who died from gunshot wounds he suffered during a robbery in Haiti where he was working on an orphanage.

A Florida lawmaker is pushing a bill that would ban the use of food stamps to purchase snacks and sweets like cookies and cakes.

Cyndi and Jaymer Holcombe, co-owners of Jaymer-Que BBQ &a SMore, are celebrating six years in business in the Albertsons Plaza If you love nothing better than a scrumptious barbecue lunch or dinner made up of pulled pork, brisket or slow smoked dry-rubbed ribs with a choice of sides including potato salad, spicy pasta salad and baked beans, you ... (more)

It's Girl Scout cookie time! You will soon find your favorites around the community as the Girl Scouts start their booth sales on Friday, February 24.

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Two Florida lawmakers say now is the time to stop people from abusing taxpayer money.

It's commonly believed that Valentine's Day is a romantic holiday because of Saint Valentine but it's really Geoffrey Chaucer who first associated Valentine's Day with romantic love.

His is a familiar name in the area. Not only is Bob Bivins a local attorney, the founding and managing partner of Bivins & Hemenway, P.A. , 1060 Bloomingdale Ave., Valrico, in Plaza Bella, but he's active with the Brandon area YMCAs, serving as chairman of the board for both the Brandon Family and Campo YMCAs.

The 2012 Relay for Life of Fishhawk, to be held Saturday and Sunday, March 31 and April 1, at Newsome High School in Lithia, continues its fundraising efforts.

In 1958, I received a scholarship to the Illinois Institute of Technology from the Cook County Water Reclamation District in Chicago.

A proposed YMCA that could potentially house the largest Y membership in the county got a thumbs up from residents this week.

Editor's note: A later version of this story contains news that the condo association had agreed to the dog's presence.

As far as Chelsea Bowden was concerned, this was heaven on earth. The newly crowned Florida Strawberry Festival queen loves strawberries and chocolate.