Great DI Sailing Program for Kids!

DIYSF Families, Summer is just around the corner and preparation for our 2010 Summer Learn-To-Sail program is in full swing! We need your help for another successful season by recommending summer sailing lessons to the children of your friends and family. On-Line registration will begin on March 1st, 2010. Details are available below and from [...]

Gorrie Sends Facebook Alert To Parents

It looks like Facebook has reached the fifth grade level at Gorrie Elementary. Notices were sent out to parents this week, reminding them of the need to monitor the online activity of their children. The Tampa Tribune talked with school officials and parents about the cyber safety issue. TAMPA – He’s only a fifth-grader at [...]

Arrest Made in Davis Islands Theft

Harold Moore, Davis Islands Neighborhood Watch coordinator, shared this email with islanders concerning an arrest for a November 2009 crime. Good morning fellow crime fighters, Since our snow shovels are still packed away, it’s great weather to be out visiting neighbors and getting contact information for Neighborhood Watch. I’ve included a note from Maryanne Hunsberger, [...]

Lawn Watering Changes On the Way

When Tampa residents reset their clocks to ‘spring forward’ into daylight saving time on March 14, they will have another change to make. Tampa City Council approved Code changes last week that will enact new irrigation days for locations in Tampa on the same day as the time change. Beginning March 14, locations in Tampa [...]

Gasparilla Sails Smoothly on Davis Islands

Sometimes it just pays to live on Davis Islands. This Saturday was one of those days as a large island contingent made its way to the Sea Plane Basin and along Channel Drive for the annual Gasparilla Pirate Invasion. Crowds started gathering along the Seddon Channel as early as 830AM. Some pre-planners even marked their [...]