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[Times photo: Skip O’Rourke]
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Jimmy Macias, who works for Festive Floats, decorates a float Monday that will be used in Brandon’s Fourth of July parade. It starts at 10 a.m. Saturday at Parsons Avenue and Lumsden Road.
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A new patriotic palette
Green takes over the scene this year as many parties focus on the military.
Here & Gone
Here's a look at new businesses in the area:
House values
A look at what homes are going for in your neighborhood
Community report
Brandon: Hospital's anemia affects staffing
A dip in admissions means Brandon Regional will lay off 20 people. It also is having trouble replacing doctors.
Brandon: Deputies step up traffic patrols
BRANDON - Sheriff's Deputy Kathy Lapsley usually teaches safety lessons and patrols the hallways at Randall Middle School. In the summer, her domain is the streets.
Misty about playground promise? Just wait
Rotarians say that yes, a water play area is still on the drawing boards.
Lithia: Cell tower surprise stuns angry residents
FishHawk Ranch developers say they notified community members, but residents want the tower removed.
Daytripper
Always Christmas in Brooksville
It's 90 degrees and there's no manger in sight, but Rogers' Christmas House and Village is still ready for mistletoe.
Gardening
Care of annuals, from plot to the pot
We in Hillsborough County have been restricted to watering our yards once a week. If you're lucky, you've had some rain. But if you live in my neighborhood, you've been surrounded by black clouds with no precipitation. I have decided to put off any more planting until the summer showers have begun.
Homes
Assisted living in lavish setting
The house has been gutted and refurbished for clients who can afford more than $3,000 monthly.
Front porch: A little shop of memories
Finch Machine Shop on Platt Street is the kind of place I whiz by a couple of times a week and wonder about.
I Live Here
Sun City Center
The Fountain of Youth can be found in Sun City Center, where activities abound.
Lane Ranger
No lie: My car has it in for me
I have a problem with my 4-year-old. She's taken to throwing temper tantrums at precisely the worst times, and I get the feeling she's not a bit sorry about it.
Lunch with Ernest
His heart belongs to Sun City Center
Jerry Milton beams with pride about Sun City Center. It's what has prompted him to live there for 10-plus years and it's what drives him as president of the Sun City Center Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, a voluntary job he routinely devotes 40 hours to every week.
People
Grand achievements
As president of Hillsborough Community College's Ybor City campus, a great-niece of Zora Neale Hurston has made her mark in a quieter, but no less important, way.
Sports & Recreation
Snapshots
Gary Chapman, Riverview
What's in a name?
She channeled love of education
Grace M. Ippolito Elementary School
Zoning
Neighbor worried change will bring mobile homes
WIMAUMA: William McQuarrie said he doesn't mind new homes coming into his neighborhood. But he's not sure he likes what his neighbors, Jose and Reyna Rocha, might be permitted to bring in.
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