Nazdar, It's polka time! Regular or hup-sa (that's a polka with a hop in it) for your dancing pleasure from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. on March 6 at the Masaryktown Community Hall on Lincoln Avenue. Music for this Polka Family Nite Dance will be provided live from Grammy-nominated band, The Polka Party Express. The band can be heard on radio station WMNF 88.5 FM. Advance tickets are $15 per person; tickets at the door are $20 per person. If you care to dine before the dance, the Masaryktown Community will provide complete dinners of chicken and trimmings or klobasy and sauerkraut with trimmings for a cost of $10 per person. Proceeds from the dinner will go to the community for future events. For more details about the dance, call 813-238-8001, or locally for dinner, call 352-796-7547 or 352-796-7034. ...more

February 28, 2009

Beneath a shady tree, the Rev. Len Piotrowski on Saturday intoned about the pairs of animals saved in Noah's ark and other creatures great and small. ...more

October 5, 2008

Beneath a shady tree, the Rev. Len Piotrowski on Saturday intoned about the pairs of animals saved in Noah's Ark and other creatures great and small. ...more

October 4, 2008

Sept. 11, 2001 will not be forgotten locally when a Sunday, Sept. 7 ceremony will mark the worst terrorist attack on American soil. ...more

September 5, 2008

It felt as if many years had passed since a group of Brandon churches and faith organizations began talking about opening a soup kitchen for the homeless in the area, said Vince Ferraro, president of the Greater Brandon Ecumenical Ministries. ...more

September 3, 2008

A two-year effort to open a soup kitchen to help the area's homeless will pay off Sept. 8, when a cafe-style eatery opens in a former cluster of Sunday school classrooms. ...more

August 30, 2008

Starting Sept. 8, I Am Hope Café will serve hot meals four days a week to anyone in need. ...more

August 22, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS — Each year students of All Saints Christian School, 1700 Keystone Road, bring their pets in for blessing, after the tradition of St. Francis of Assisi, the 12th century patron saint of animals. ...more

October 3, 2007