Mary O'Connell
Reporter at WFTS-TV (Tampa, FL)
Emmy-nominated reporter at @ABCActionNews in Tampa. @NewhouseSU alum. Wisconsin/Chicago raised. Forever @cubs fan. Have a tip? Email: [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
abcactionnews.com | Mary O'Connell
TAMPA, Fla. — The community came together for a cleanup in Tampa on Sunday for World Oceans Day. “We’ve involved the community. We’ve invited SCUBAnauts to join us as well,” said Karen Benson, the Coordinator of Dive Volunteers at the Florida Aquarium. “We’re going to get out there and find all the trash we can.”Volunteers and staff from the Florida Aquarium came together for the conservation effort, working on land and in the water, at Seaplane Basin Park on Davis Islands.
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2 weeks ago |
abcactionnews.com | Mary O'Connell
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The community turned out by the dozens to support a lemonade stand that was raising money for a good cause. On a sunny summer day in St. Pete, Caroline Gallagher and her family filled people’s cups one by one. Sisters Caroline and Charlotte make up the C&C Lemonade Factory. “There’s preparing like making the lemonade and setting up the tables, and it’s all quite fun preparing,” said Caroline. The prep paid off in helping to raise money for childhood cancer.
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3 weeks ago |
abcactionnews.com | Mary O'Connell
TAMPA, Fla. — Families across the Tampa Bay Area are navigating the impacts of a newly signed travel ban. “To remove that lifeline from them, it’s just heartbreaking, I think,” said Kathleen Jeanty. “I’m hoping that the administration will reconsider and really think about the impact on human lives that this will have.” Tampa Bay Area families navigate impact of newly signed travel ban Jeanty owns That’s Wat’Sub in Tampa. She was born in Haiti and still has family and friends in the country.
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3 weeks ago |
abcactionnews.com | Mary O'Connell
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — The Hillsborough County Schools Superintendent was grilled in front of the State Board of Education in Miami on Wednesday, stemming from a back-and-forth over books. “I can assure you that our process moving forward will be tightened up to ensure that this does not happen again,” said Superintendent Van Ayres.
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4 weeks ago |
abcactionnews.com | Mary O'Connell
TAMPA, Fla. — Though time's passed since back-to-back hurricanes swept across the Tampa Bay Area, the impact is still fresh on neighbors' minds. "We always say that it's going to surge, but its never done it, so I was just sort of discounting it,” said Emily Perkins, who lives on Davis Islands. “My husband wasn't. He watched the whole thing come up to our house, our front porch."Perkins sheltered in place for Hurricane Helene, recalling what was left behind.
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