Category: Local News
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“Magical” public art project coming to Oldsmar Sports Complex
Local artists Gus and Lina Ocamposilva were selected for the city’s next public art project. Oldsmar’s latest public art project is “magical,” according to the local artists selected to install a 16-foot-tall metal sculpture titled “Winners Way” at the Oldsmar Sports Complex this year. That was the reaction married artists Gus and Lina Ocamposilva had…
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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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2018 Celebrate Oldsmar: What You Need to Know
It’s time to Celebrate Oldsmar again, as the annual celebration of the city at the top of Old Tampa Bay is set for Friday, Aug. 31 and Saturday, Sept. 1, at R.E. Olds Park. The event, which always features live entertainment, fireworks and family-friendly activities including carnival rides, bounce houses and pony rides, added food…
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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…