Category: Events
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Oldsmar Ceremony Honors Florida’s Fallen Soldiers, Families
Under overcast skies that, thankfully, remained dry, the City of Oldsmar honored Florida’s fallen soldiers and their families on Sunday, as the annual Gold Star Mother’s and Families’ Day service took place at Veterans Memorial Park. Dozens of elected officials, military personnel and family members of soldiers who were either killed in action or succumbed…
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Oldsmar Craft Beer Festival Moves to November
October is considered the traditional month to host a beer festival, but craft beer aficionados will have to hold onto their steins a little longer in anticipation of Oldsmar’s Oktoberfest-style event. Officials report the inaugural Oldsmar Craft Beer and Music Festival, originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 3, at R.E. Olds Park has moved to Saturday,…
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Oldsmar honors Florida’s fallen heroes this week
In America, Veterans Day is always observed on November 11. But this week, the City of Oldsmar is honoring Florida’s fallen heroes with a pair of special events in town. On Monday the “Remembering Florida’s Fallen” photo exhibit opened at the Oldsmar Public Library, with a special ribbon cutting ceremony attended by residents, City officials…
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Oldsmar leads the charge with Drive Electric event
While its true that water and electricity normally don’t mix, an exception was made on Saturday in downtown Oldsmar. Despite getting off to a wet start under ominous skies, the weather eventually broke, and steady crowds turned out for the city’s second annual Drive Electric Tampa Bay event. Auto makers from Tesla to Toyota, BMW to…
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Celebrate Oldsmar in September!
The kids are back in school, summer is winding down, and here in the greater Tampa Bay area that means the fall special events season is about to kick into high gear. The City of Oldsmar jumps into the fall events fray right away when it hosts one of its biggest annual events, Celebrate Oldsmar!,…
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19th hole mixer Wednesday, August 19
This Wednesday, the Bay Area Young Professionals, in conjunction with four area Chambers of Commerce, will host its 16th annual 19th hole mixer. The event is open to the public and cost $20 per ticket. According to BAYP Chairwoman April O’Brien, participants will visit nine Oldsmar area establishments and enjoy food and drink specials while…
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Oldsmar Gears Up For “Drive Electric Week”
For years, Oldsmar has been a leader in sustainability and “green” efforts, as evidenced by recent projects that include a neighborhood of energy-efficient homes, the state’s largest private solar array and an environmental education center that also harnesses the power of the sun. But perhaps the most obvious example of the City embracing cleaner, more energy-efficient…
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Environmental Education Center Opens at Mobbly Bayou Preserve
If you’ve never visited Oldsmar’s Mobbly Bayou Wilderness Preserve, located at the end of State Street East on the northern edge of Old Tampa Bay, you are truly missing out. The tranquil area, which used to be home to a water treat-ment plant, is full of trees, water and various species of wildlife, plus a…
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Hope You Can Hold to Host “Bead Bash” in November
Five years ago, Ann Nixon started Hope You Can Hold after participating in a Relay for Life cancer awareness event. Nixon, Oldsmar’s city clerk, came up with the simple yet ingenious idea of relay participants creating a necklace made up of beads they earned for completing each lap; the finished product is then given to…
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Oldsmar Officials Show Appreciation for Local Business Owners
It’s a time-honored tradition for a local Chamber of Commerce to host a ribbon cutting ceremony whenever a new business opens up in town. But last week in Oldsmar, officials took that old “welcome to the neighborhood” concept one — no, make that eight — steps further. The city hosted an 8-in-1 ribbon cutting ceremony…