By Arden White | Staff Intern The Futch family reopened its ranch to guests Saturday, Oct. 3, as part of the fourth annual Fox Squirrel Corn Maze. It will continue on Saturdays and Sundays in October, until Sunday, Oct. 25. Stalks of corn grow over 7 feet tall in a field off Charlie Taylor Road, […]
Continue ReadingCutest Critter: Biscuit
This was exotic longhair Biscuit when he was 6 months old. Now “Bisky” is 10 months old and loves car rides and people. He wakes his pet parents, Clint and Tonya Halvorsrod, up each morning with purrs and kisses. Turkey Creek Animal Hospital and Animal Wellness Center have partnered to present a weekly Cutest Critter […]
Continue ReadingAre you living in fear?
T.S. Eliot once wrote, ”I will show you fear in a handful of dust.” One meaning of this is that if someone sees fear in a handful of dust, then they suffer from a lot of fear. Fear takes the form of anxiety in most people, and this feeling is sometimes helpful when it lets […]
Continue ReadingWinner: Julia McConnell
Jayde McConnell attended the first Buddy Bowl at the end of the summer with the Plant City Dolphins. Go PCD! Photographer Julia McConnell wins a free car wash from Octopus Car Wash. She can claim the wash with an ID at Octopus Car Wash, 1503 S. Collins St. Do you have a picture that […]
Continue Reading2015 September Real Estate Transactions
The home at 6501 Stafford Terrace Ave. sold Sept. 4, for $432,500. Built in 2007, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 3,184 square feet of living area on 1 acre. The price per square foot is $135.84. Bowers The home at 604 Hicks Road sold Sept. 23, for $92,500. Built in 1958, it has […]
Continue ReadingBoard approves Red Rose Inn rezone for rehab facility
Barbara Swain stood from the packed rows of chairs at city hall to muscle her way to the podium. Before her had come a slew of tear-filled residents with alcoholic brothers, drug-using friends and relatives who had premature deaths because of their addictions. But Swain has lived it. “I was in so many rehabs, from […]
Continue ReadingFamily needs donations after house fire
A family who had a house fire Sunday, Sept. 27, is having a clean-up party Saturday, Oct. 10, to help remove the damage. The fire started in the family’s Miley Road home from a dryer. According to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, the leading cause of home clothes dryer and washer fires is failure to clean them. […]
Continue ReadingInjured eagle rescued from Seffner pond
An injured American Bald Eagle was rescued from a pond on a Seffner property Friday, Oct. 2, after the property owner contacted the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. The eagle was splashing at the edge of the small pond at 1212 Old E. Hillsborough Ave. The property owner said there had been a second eagle that appeared to be trying to pull […]
Continue ReadingRead Everywhere: California
CORONADO ISLAND Dover resident Susan Ferrell took the Plant City Times & Observer all the way to the West Coast. She visited a famous hotel located on Coronado Island in San Diego June 17. Summer has officially ended, school has started and fall is here. And although many Plant City residents are back into a […]
Continue ReadingRotary Club donates books to school
By Arden White | Staff Intern Since the Plant City Rotary Club was charted in 1955, the group has concentrated on its service in the community. One of Daybreak Rotary’s most recent service projects is donating books to Jackson Elementary School. Daybreak meets every Monday at the South Florida Baptist Hospital’s community conference room. Each […]
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