Tag: Mayor Doug Bevis
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Oldsmar Council rejects hosting BMX World Cup qualifier at city’s Supercross track
The Oldsmar City Council voted 3-2 against hosting the 2018 UCI World Cup qualifier at the city’s BMX Supercross track Tuesday night, citing labor, cost and liability concerns. The split […]
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Tensions flare between Oldsmar council members as town home development agreement approved
The Oldsmar City Council officially approved the development agreement for a proposed town home community on St. Petersburg Drive Tuesday, but despite several prior votes and debates on the subject, […]
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16th annual Safety Harbor Wine Festival this Saturday, Nov. 4 from 5-11 p.m.
There’s a break in Oldsmar’s special events calendar in November, with nothing scheduled between last month’s Top of the Bay Oktoberfest and the immensely popular Christmas Wonderland festival in December. […]
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Tampa Bay Rays could have a new home, and it’s not in Oldsmar
Hillsborough County officials unveiled a new stadium proposal yesterday that would see the Tampa Bay Rays relocate to a site near downtown Tampa, potentially squashing Oldsmar officials’ dreams of bringing […]
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Oldsmar Sports Complex Master Plan project enters initial stages
While the renovation of the neighboring Woodlands Square plaza, future home of Earth Fare Oldsmar, continues, City officials recently gave the go-ahead to begin initial work on the first phase […]
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Oldsmar Cares breaks ground on new 3,000-sq.ft. headquarters
Oldsmar Cares officials held a groundbreaking ceremony last week for the nonprofit’s new headquarters on State Road 580. The 3,000-sq.ft. facility, which will be constructed adjacent to the charity’s current […]
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Goodwill gestures lead to healing in Oldsmar on Memorial Day
Leading up to Oldsmar’s 2017 Memorial Day ceremony, a long-simmering feud between the Veterans Advisory Board and local families of fallen soldiers threatened to overshadow what is typically a unifying […]
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Dispute between veterans board, families of fallen overshadows Memorial Day in Oldsmar
A dispute between Oldsmar’s Veterans Advisory Board and families of local fallen soldiers over participation in the city’s annual Memorial Day ceremony has led to hurt feelings on all sides, […]
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Architect Francisco Semsch receives Oldsmar Council-Manager Award
Chances are if you’ve visited, read about or lived in Oldsmar over the last 10-15 years, you’re familiar with Francisco Semsch’s work. But it’s okay if you didn’t realize it. […]
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Oldsmar officials acknowledge Rays stadium dream is basically dead
One of the underlying themes of the City of Oldsmar officials’ yearlong attempt to lure the Tampa Bay Rays to town was the fact that the idea was always considered […]