🌱 Lightning Advance To Eastern Conference Final + DataLink's New CEO

Hey, everybody! It's me, Carlos Hernandez, your host of the Tampa Daily. Come along for everything you need to know about what's going on in town these days.

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First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and pleasant. High: 90 Low: 74.

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Here are the top five stories in Tampa today:

1. Andrei Vasilevskiy had 49 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning completed a four-game sweep of the Florida Panthers with a 2-0 victory Monday night that sent the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions back to the Eastern Conference final for the sixth time in eight years. (ABC Action News)

2. An appeals court on Friday upheld Cameron Herrin's 24-year sentence for a 2018 street-car racing crash that killed a mother and her infant daughter on Bayshore Boulevard, according to court documents filed in the 2nd District Court of Appeals. (Tampa Patch)

3. Global real estate firm Hines has announced the start of construction for phase one of Tampa Commerce Center, a state-of-the-art industrial park comprised of four buildings in Tampa. Tampa Commerce Center will cater to a broad set of industrial users in e-commerce, logistics, and food and beverage sectors. Construction is expected to be completed by Q4 of 2022. (That's So Tampa)

4. DataLink Software, a Tampa software company that serves the health care industry, has hired Ashish Kachru as its new CEO. He succeeds Kevin Steele, who founded DataLink in 2001 and remained with the firm after it was sold to Revelstoke Capital Partners. (Business Observer)

5. Friday, June 3 is National Doughnut Day, and Datz and its sister bakery Dough are planning exclusive options in celebration. All three Datz locations in St. Petersburg, South Tampa and Riverview will participate in the launch of its new Nashville hot chicken doughnut sandwich, while the standalone Dough storefront in South Tampa will offer a free doughnut with any purchase of a coffee or dessert. (Creative Loafing Tampa)

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Today in Tampa:

• Movie Club: Isle Of Dogs (PG-13) at Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative. (10:30 a.m.)
• Rays Game, Network, Eat, Drink, Be Merry - Go Rays at Tropicana Field. (3:30 p.m.)
• Fundamentals Of Travel Photography at The Florida Museum Of Photographic Arts. (5 p.m.)
• Date Nights In The Heights: Wine Tasting at Armature Works. (5:30 p.m.)
• Shen Yun at Duke Energy Center – Mahaffey Theater. (7:30 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• Novel Midtown Tampa, the 390-unit residential complex part of much of the $1 billion mixed-use development, has been sold, developers Crescent Communities said in a statement. Records show it sold for $236.5 million. (Subscription: Tampa Bay Times)
• One of Tampa Bay's largest advertising agencies, ChappellRoberts, is proud to announce the promotion of Lea Doyle to senior art director. (Tampa Bay Newswire)
• The community of Mirada in Pasco County will host its second "Market Place at Mirada" farmers market on Saturday, May 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will feature booths from more than 30 local vendors. (Tampa Bay Newswire)
• The Tampa Museum of Art will name its new education center the Vinik Family Education Center, in honor of a $5 million gift made by Jeff and Penny Vinik to the museum's $100 million Centennial Campaign for Renovation and Expansion. (TBBW)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Wednesday. I'll see you around!

— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.

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