Category: Local News
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Celebrate Oldsmar! 2017: What You Need to Know if You Go
It’s that time of year again, Oldsmarites! The 22nd annual Celebrate Oldsmar! festival is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 1 and Saturday, Sept 2, 2017 from 6-10 pm at R.E. Olds Park. Admission and parking is free. This year the event, which always features family friendly activities like bounce houses and pony rides plus live entertainment, will…
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Oldsmar officials disagree over terms of town home development agreement
After allowing the City Manager enter into a development agreement that would see 52 town homes built on a slice of City-owned property next to the Oldsmar Public Library in June, and following the unanimous approval of a rezoning request for the seven-acre parcel earlier this month, the Oldsmar City Council recently authorized the City Attorney…
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OCC unanimously approves rezoning request, paving the way for 52-unit town home development next to the library
The Oldsmar City Council unanimously approved a rezoning request for an acre of land adjacent to the library earlier this week, potentially paving the way for a 52-unit town home development to be built on the City-owned land. The 5-0 decision on second and final reading switched the zoning from Residential Single Family (R2) to…
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Oldsmar City Council member Gabby McGee swims with bull sharks
Every summer, millions of Americans huddle around their flat screens and devour every morsel of Shark Week, a cable TV marathon of shark related documentaries, mockumentaries and harrowing accounts of close encounters with the toothy predators of the sea. And every year around this time, many viewers sit back and say, “that’s no big deal—I…
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Oldsmar Flea Market property on the market for $12 million
The iconic Oldsmar Flea Market, including 20 acres of property and 30 structures, is currently listed for sale, with an asking price of $12 million, on LoopNet.com. According to the listing for the property, which is located at 180 Racetrack Road North: The subject property has a total of 847,663 SF (square feet) MOL or…
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Oldsmar hosts Traveling Tree Walk program
The City of Oldsmar is hosting a Traveling Tree Walk program, designating a specific number of tree in several local parks to show their monetary and ecological value to the City and its residents. The program, which is being run by the Leisure Services Department in conjunction with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food…
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Earth Fare announces Fall 2017 grand opening at Woodlands Square plaza in Oldsmar
Earth Fare, a North Carolina based grocery chain specializing in organic and natural foods, officially announced a Fall 2017 grand opening for its newest Florida location earlier this week. Located adjacent to Bealls in the redeveloped Woodlands Square plaza in Oldsmar, the 24,000-square-foot store is expected to be a magnet attraction for the revamped Tampa…
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Oldsmar subdivision hit by rash of car burglaries last weekend
At least 15 cars in Oldsmar’s Country Club Estates subdivision were burglarized over the weekend, leading police to caution residents to remove valuables and lock their vehicles. The rash of burglaries was just the latest in an ongoing string of such crimes in Pinellas County. Last September, the East Lake corridor and parts of downtown…
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Downtown Oldsmar families ‘fear for their safety’ as nasty neighbors make their lives miserable
Anyone who has ever lived in a densely populated residential area has probably felt that sense of dread whenever new neighbors move in next door. In fact, there’s a slew of movies, books and magazine articles dedicated to the subject of nasty neighbors. For several families in downtown Oldsmar, the fear of new neighbors disrupting…
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52-unit town home development could be built next to Oldsmar Public Library
The Oldsmar City Council last week authorized City Manager Bruce Haddock to negotiate a development agreement for a 52-unit town home community to be built adjacent to the Oldsmar Public Library. The parameters of the agreement call for the sale of 3.79 acres of the City-owned, 7-acre parcel to the Eastern Meridian Group for $877,182,…