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Despite a cross-country road trip, Angels pitcher Jimmy Herget slept in his own bed recently.

Event at Citrus Park Town Center

The community is invited to support those in need from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 20, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 13312 Cain Road, during a drive-up food drive.

For seven years, Owens Corning Roofing has been showing their appreciation to military families throughout the country by delivering and installing new roofs on homes, free of charge.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Tampa Bay area continues to get back to work post-pandemic.

Citrus Park Town Center has filed a lawsuit against Regal Cinemas, the movie theater that has operated at the suburban mall for 23 years.

The whirlwind Hillsborough County Public Schools graduation season blew through the Florida State Fairgrounds.

May is Mental Health Awareness month and agencies and organizations throughout Hillsborough County are on a public-outreach offensive.

Anyone interested in adopting or fostering any of this week’s featured pets can make an appointment to meet them at the Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center, 440 N. Falkenburg Road, by calling 813-744-5660 or going online to https://service.hillsboroughcounty.org/311/animal-request/.

Skateboarding and local government. What bond could be tighter? Plenty, you say? Well, area skaters and Hillsborough County Parks and Recreation showed that the relationship is A-OK and coexistence can be fun.

Going private to enroll students into a Montessori Academy program is no longer a requirement in Hillsborough County.

The school year’s end is near but it’s never too soon to start preparing for the future.

April Gillyard is returning to Memorial Middle, a school she led successfully before taking a job in the district’s Transformation Schools office. Jesse Salters is leaving Blake High, a school that weathered public criticism about the way it responded to sexual harassment complaints.

For the first-grade students of Knights Elementary School, the deal couldn’t be sweeter.

Visitors to Adventure Island water park in Tampa are now swimming in the park’s biggest makeover in 30 years.

A look inside the Metropolitan Ministries Logistics Warehouse says it all. Those empty shelves? That’s not normal. Not by a long shot.

Anyone interested in adopting or fostering any of this week’s featured pets can make an appointment to meet them at the Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center.

Pulling off a successful surprise isn’t always easy. Add half a dozen clearly obvious media members and television cameras to the equation and the degree of difficulty jumps significantly.

The Carrollwood Cultural Center will increase accessibility for blind and low-vision patrons using $15,000 awarded through the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Competitive Grant for the fiscal year 2022.

Anyone interested in adopting or fostering any of this week’s featured pets can make an appointment to meet them at the Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center, 440 N. Falkenburg Road, by calling 813-744-5660 or going online to https://service.hillsboroughcounty.org/311/animal-request/.

Elev8 Fun to open at Citrus Mall

The Humane Society of Tampa Bay and Florida Voices for Animals are offering a combined $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved with the deaths and abandonment of nearly 30 guinea pigs found behind a Carrollwood Walmart last week.

Anyone interested in adopting or fostering any of this week’s featured pets can make an appointment to meet them at the Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center, 440 N. Falkenburg Road, by calling 813-744-5660 or going online to https://service.hillsboroughcounty.org/311/animal-request/.

Leto 4-H named LifeSmarts champs

Newcomers of Northwest Hillsborough, a women’s social group that’s been active for more than 40 years, will get a behind-the-scenes tour of Tampa International Airport next month.

Anyone interested in adopting or fostering any of this week’s featured pets can make an appointment to meet them at the Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center, 440 N. Falkenburg Road, by calling 813-744-5660 or going online to https://service.hillsboroughcounty.org/311/animal-request/.

Tampa Briefs

As gasoline prices have risen throughout the country this past year, the prevalence of criminals trying to cheat the system has increased as well.

Hillsborough County commissioners will hear about a proposed sales tax referendum later this month. They already got an earful from one of their own April 6 about disposing of $562 million collected under the prior transportation levy.

TAMPA — The Easter Bunny will be hoppin’ at Citrus Park Town Center with events galore the week of April 9-16.

After a two-year break from gathering in person, the annual Women’s Conference of Florida is back April 8 at the Tampa Convention Center.

Anyone interested in adopting or fostering any of this week’s featured pets can make an appointment to meet them at the Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center, 440 N. Falkenburg Road, by calling 813-744-5660 or going online to https://service.hillsboroughcounty.org/311/animal-request/

ODESSA — Since 1991, Old McMicky’s Farm has been making memories and giving back with the help of the community, providing a special touch for weddings and children’s education.