By Michael Eng | Managing Editor It’s a small urn, no bigger than a perfume bottle. And inside are the ashes of Kelly Moriarty’s leg, which washed ashore in December 2011, in south St. Petersburg. The urn sits on a dresser in the Bradenton home of Bud and Grace Moriarty. It’s all they have left […]
Continue ReadingHammocks path usage to include golf carts
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Hammocks residents Rod and Ima Storts made one more appearance at the Walden Lake Community Association’s meeting Nov. 12, to lobby the association to allow golf carts to use a pedestrian path in the Hammocks. Four other residents came with them in support.
Continue ReadingMusic and meat: a perfect marriage
The Hungry Gator Meat Market celebrated its grand opening with live music, gator bites and frog legs Nov. 10, at the market, 206 S. Evers St.
Continue ReadingPlant City home to famous feline
Move over Morris: There’s a new example of feline purr-fection in town!
Continue ReadingBlake Shelton to headline festival
The 2013 Florida Strawberry Festival is shaping up to be one of the best in Plant City history.
Continue ReadingSweet Success
Whispering Woods residents Corbin Simonds, Hailey Tidwell, Kaylee Thurston, Mackenzie Steele and Logan Laietta served up homemade lemonade Nov. 12, as a fundraiser for Haiti.
Continue ReadingUPDATED: Billy Keel appointed to City Commission
By Michael Eng | Managing Editor Even though it was just his first commission meeting, Billy Keel’s name plate already was in place on the Plant City Commission dais. Keel, a five-year member of the Plant City Planning Board and a former chairman, became the newest member of the Plant City Commission at its Nov. […]
Continue ReadingRIBBON CUTTING: Saving Grace Moving & Thrift
The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Saving Grace Moving & Thrift Nov. 12, at 1705 James L. Redman Parkway, Suite C. For more information, call (813) 712-4154.HackAgent
Continue ReadingRIBBON CUTTING: South Florida Baptist Hospital Breast Center
The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for South Florida Baptist Hospital Breast Center Nov. 9, at 301 N. Alexander St. For more information, call (813) 757-8350.«
Continue ReadingTampa Tribune executive editor steps down
Richard “Duke” Maas, executive editor for the Tampa Tribune, will leave the paper at the end of the month, the paper announced Nov. 8, on its website, tbo.com.
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