Parent, church and school volunteers are busy rolling out the rides and readying the Big Top for the 39th annual Novemberfest, the key fundraiser for Nativity Catholic School and religious education programs at Nativity Catholic Church. Attendance at the carnival typically tops 100,000. ...more

November 5, 2008

Gold medals won't only be earned at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. ...more

August 6, 2008

Members of the Let's Twirl baton-twirling troupe from Brandon expect to bring home their share of gold from the 2008 National Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games in Detroit. ...more

July 30, 2008

Boys in plastic chainmail and bejeweled cardboard crowns and girls in long dresses wearing tall, cone-shaped hats with sheer fabric drapes crossed a wooden bridge over a moat full of vinyl alligators. ...more

June 7, 2008

When it came to picking this year's recipient of the Alice B. Tompkins Community Service Award, Steven Saunders said the choice was obvious. ...more

June 4, 2008

Brandon resident Sarah Holz, who is majoring in religion with a minor concentration in music at Saint Leo University, was selected May 2 to serve as a student trustee on the university's board of trustees during her upcoming junior and senior years. ...more

May 17, 2008

In contrast to the way he lived, Brandon resident John Paton died quietly Jan. 29 at the James A. Haley VA Medical Center nursing home in Tampa at age 87. ...more

February 7, 2008

This is the day Brandon area kids have been waiting for - Novemberfest begins at 4 p.m. today on the grounds of Nativity Catholic Church and School, 705 E. Brandon Blvd. ...more

November 14, 2007

Shurla Lewandowski was overcome with emotion as she watched her little girl racing to victory in the mile run. ...more

October 12, 2007