Category: Government
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Oldsmar City Hall to be demolished
The Oldsmar City Council recently agreed to demolish the 30-year-old building at 100 State Street as part of its planned downtown development. The planned redevelopment of downtown Oldsmar has been going on for so long it has rendered the aging City Hall building at 100 State Street obsolete, according to officials. During a Jan 10…
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Annual Recycling Day
If you’ve haven’t begun your spring cleaning yet, there is still time! The city of Oldsmar’s Annual Recycling Day has been rescheduled due to looming inclement weather. So start organizing those closets and drawers now! On Friday, April 26th from 8am to noon local residents and businesses are welcome to bring documents to shred, recyclable…
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Linda Norris announces intention to run for Oldsmar City Council in March 2019
When Linda Norris left the Oldsmar City Council in March 2016 due to term limits, she didn’t rule out a return to office. “I plan to run for mayor, so who knows, in a few years I could be sitting in Doug’s (Bevis) seat!” she said upon receiving the Council/Manager Award in February of that year.…
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Oldsmar’s 2019 campaign season already in high gear
Oldsmar’s 2019 municipal election is more than five months away, and the qualifying period doesn’t officially begin for another few weeks. But with four City Council spots, including Mayor, up for grabs on March 12, several candidates have already declared their intention to run, kicking off the winter long campaign season before the official start…
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Oldsmar to allow craft breweries, brewpubs in town
There are 17 breweries in north Pinellas County, including three each in Palm Harbor and Tarpon Springs and eight—and counting—in Dunedin, according to Gulp Coast, Visit St. Pete Clearwater’s craft beer trail website. Noticeably absent from the list is Oldsmar, which boasts several bars, taverns and restaurants, but zero craft breweries. But thanks to a…
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Oldsmar Vice-Mayor Eric Seidel to run for mayor in 2019
Three-term Oldsmar City Council member and current Vice-Mayor Eric Seidel recently announced his 2019 mayoral candidacy. Seidel, who served on the council from 2007-2009 before being elected to Seat 1 in 2015, where he was automatically reappointed in March, made the announcement in a social media post last week. “Today, I officially filed my paper work…
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Oldsmar scores partnership with Tampa Bay Lightning
Oldsmar is fast becoming known for its diverse sports tourism industry. In addition to the city’s Olympic-level BMX Supercross track, gold-level disc golf course and the only zipline aerial adventure park in the Tampa Bay area, Oldsmar officials engaged in a brief, and well documented, flirtation with the Tampa Bay Rays, and the Oldsmar Sports…
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Oldsmar official tosses Rays’ first pitch
Prior to being named Oldsmar’s assistant city manager and economic development director, Felicia Donnelly was the head of the city’s parks and rec department for a year, and prior to that, she ran Clearwater’s massive parks system for ten years. So it should come as no surprise that the outdoor-loving Donnelly has some athletic skills, which…
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“Team effort” made Cpl. Frank R. Gross Memorial Bridge a reality
For years, Craig and Toni Gross have been fixtures in Oldsmar and the Tampa Bay community, promoting veteran and military family causes after their son, US Army Cpl. Frank R. Gross, was killed in action in Afghanistan on July 16, 2011. Despite some noted public spats with Oldsmar officials and members of the city’s Veterans…
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Oldsmar says farewell to retiring fire Chief Dean O’Nale
Dozens of friends, family members and colleagues packed the Oldsmar Fire Rescue headquarters last week to say farewell to retiring Chief Dean O’Nale. O’Nale, who’s been with the department since 1993 and was named chief in 2011, is moving with his wife, Michelle, to Cripple Creek, Co., where he will head up the town’s small…