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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Your Photo Could Be Our Facebook Cover Image!

Upload your best local photos here — yours might be picked to be Bloomingdale-Riverview Patch's Facebook cover photo next month.

Got a cool photo to share? Upload it here, and maybe it'll be chosen as Bloomingdale-Riverview Patch's Facebook cover photo! That's right, simply add your photo to this gallery, and one lucky winner will have his or her shot chosen to be put on display at the top of our Facebook page for the month of November. You can enter as many photos as you want from now until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30. We'll choose one random winner, who will also receive a nifty Patch magnet for the fridge! Just add your photos by clicking the "Upload Photos and Videos" button in green. Here's your chance to show off your photography skills and your best images of our town. Let's see what you've got! Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District …

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Red Ribbon Contest Extended Due to Hurricane Sandy

The contest is part of the National Family Partnership's 27th Annual Youth Drug Prevention campaign. Ten schools from across the U.S. will each win $1,000 grant for drug prevention. Ten families will each win an iPad for their home

The National Family Partnership® (NFP) has announced that the national contest for its 27th annual Red Ribbon Week® has been extended one more week, due to Hurricane Sandy.  This means parents and students nationwide have more time to enter the contest (the original entry deadline was November 2nd). The online voting period has also been extended by a week, and is now rescheduled for November 10th-24th. Red Ribbon Week is the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the country. In 1985 after the murder of a DEA agent, parents, youth and teachers in communities across the country began wearing Red Ribbons as a symbol of their commitment to raise awareness of the destruction caused by drugs.  This year, families can get involved by …

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Who Has the Best Breakfast in the Bloomingdale-Riverview Patch Area?

Vote from now until Aug. 17 on who has the best breakfast in town.

Summer is here, and everybody's looking for something new to do. What better time to revisit the best local hot spots in Bloomingdale-Riverview? Until Aug. 17, you can vote in our Readers' Choice 2012 polls in 25 categories, from who has the best breakfast in town to which zoo is the best in the Tampa Bay area.  So, which local breakfast place would you recommend? 

Emmy Robinson

11:07 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Good I was hoping the brunchery would be on here! It's amazing!! Love it!   more ›

Friday, June 29, 2012

Which Family Physician Do You Recommend?

Nominate your favorite local family physician in our Readers' Choice contest for the best of Bloomingdale-Riverview.

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Best of Bloomingdale-Riverview: Nominate Your Favorites!

We're accepting nominations for Readers' Choice 2012 until July 8. Which local businesses do you think are the best in town?

Summer is here, and everybody's looking for something new to do. What better time to revisit the best local hot spots in the Bloomingdale-Riverview area? Until July 8, we're collecting nominations for Readers' Choice 2012 in 25 categories:  Which local places would you recommend to your neighbors? Nominate your favorites in the comments below or on the articles linked above. We'll collect all the nominations, and we'll put them to a vote starting July 23. We've attached the official rules to this story, too.  In the meantime, stay looped in with what's going on in town by subscribing to Patch's free daily email newsletter. We're on Twitter and Facebook, too!

Samuel Watts

2:24 pm on Tuesday, July 10, 2012

can we vote for worst breakfast? tried going to the drive thru at coffee house and it took two minutes just for someone to take my order and another eight just to give me one sandwich and one regular coffee that wasnt even hot. what's the point of having a drive thru?   more ›

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Who Serves the Best Dessert in Bloomingdale-Riverview?

We're accepting nominations for Readers' Choice 2012 until July 8. Who do you think has the best dessert in town?

Monday, June 18, 2012

Best Zoo or Aquarium: Nominate Your Favorite!

We're accepting nominations for Readers' Choice 2012 until July 8. Which local zoo or aquarium do you think is the best?

Summer is here, and everybody's looking for something new to do. What better time to revisit the best local hot spots around Bloomingdale-Riverview? Until July 8, we're collecting nominations for Readers' Choice 2012 in 25 categories, from who has the best burger in town to which zoo is the best in the Tampa Bay area. Voting will begin July 23.  Which local zoo or aquarium would you recommend? Nominate your favorite in the comments below. And don't forget to nominate your favorite local places in the other 24 categories, too!

Who Has the Best Theme Park in Tampa Bay?

We're asking readers to vote for their favorite theme park through Aug. 17.

Summer is here, and everybody's looking for something new to do. What better time to revisit the best local hot spots in Tampa Bay. From July 23 to Aug. 17, we're asking readers to vote for Readers' Choice 2012 in 25 categories, from the best theme park to the best zoo in the Tampa Bay area. Which local theme park would you recommend? Vote for your favorite below. And don't forget to vote your favorite local places in the other 24 categories, too!

Who Has the Best Italian Food?

Readers are asked to vote for their favorite Italian restaurant.

Summer is here, and everybody's looking for something new to do. What better time to revisit the best local hot spots in Bloomingdale-Riverview? From July 23 to Aug. 17, we're asking readers to vote for their favorites Readers' Choice 2012 in 25 categories, from who has the best Italian food in town to which zoo is the best in the Tampa Bay area. Which local Italian restaurant would you recommend? Vote for your favorite in the poll below. And don't forget to vote for your favorite local places in the other 24 categories, too!

Emmy Robinson

11:02 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

The Italian kitchen by far is the best! Nothing compares! It's a must try!   more ›

Who Has the Best Mexican Food?

We're asking readers to nominate their favorite Mexican restaurant.

Summer is here, and everybody's looking for something new to do. What better time to revisit the best local hot spots in Bloomingdale-Riverview? From July 23 to Aug. 17, we're asking readers to vote for Readers' Choice 2012 in 25 categories, from who has the best Mexican food in town to which zoo is the best in the Tampa Bay area. Which local Mexican restaurant would you recommend? Vote for your favorite in the poll below. And don't forget to vote your favorite local places in the other 24 categories, too!

ToddR

2:57 pm on Friday, July 6, 2012

2nd the vote for Sabor A. Hands down the best in the area.   more ›

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