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Back-To-School Deals, Small Business Support, Pumking On Tap
Start your day with five things to know, including news from schools, local pub events and notices and a call-out for handcrafted items.

Start your day with five things to know, including news from schools, local pub events and notices and a call-out for handcrafted items.

Word is spreading that Barnacles will be closing this week. The sports bar and restaurant is near Brandon Parkway and the Westfield Brandon mall.
The Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce released Aug. 12 the list of 30 semifinalists vying for this year's Small Business of the Year awards.
Start your day with five things to know, including a report on for-profit tutoring companies and tips for house-hunting and caring for aging parents.
OMG PD is a roundup of the week's "oh my gosh" crime stories.
Brandon posts worthy of another look include coverage of new commerce, the latest community theater production and Hillsborough County school grades.
FishHawk Ranch resident Mark Van Dame said he will open his eatery this week, in a long-vacated storefront in his hometown.
We asked, "If you had your druthers, what would you like to see fill the vacant spaces around town," and here are your responses.
If you had your druthers, what would you like to see fill the vacant spaces around town, including at the now-closed Fire & Ice Pawn shop in Valrico.
Five things to know today include work for a cook, convocation milestone and a call for support for innovators and entrepreneurs.
Get ready for some high school football. Schedules for the 2013 season have been set.
Five things to know today includes a link to a report on how the victims are faring after last week's horrific crash on Interstate 75.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is working on awareness to help prevent bicycle theft. Step one, register your bike.
If you've ever cheered at Brandon High, or wonder what's on tap for this year's homecoming game, check out this Eagles report.
Summer nights at AMC The Regency 20 in Brandon featured special 10 p.m. showings of movies playing for $3 a ticket. One show is left.
The fundraiser Saturday night, Aug. 10, at the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Brandon, is a Kiwanis Club of Greater Brandon fundraiser for The Eliminate Project.
Forecasters say the potential for strong afternoon storms is high Friday and Saturday, but things should dry out a little bit on Sunday, Aug. 11.
Sports equipment and groceries eportedly has been stolen from three buildings at the William Own Pass Sports Complex in Dover.
At State Road 60 and County Road 39, Uncle Mike's Smokehouse Grill is in business, where Cowboys Steakhouse and Saloon once set up shop.
This year, 2013, marks the 75th anniversary of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, "Our Town." See it on the community theater stage.