By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor You can’t be overdressed at this gala. The first Jeans and Jacket Gala is taking place Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Strawberry Festival Expo Hall. The gala is hosted by The Youth Alliance, an organization geared toward helping children reach their potential and inspiring them to become leaders in […]
Continue ReadingWalden Lake Community Association to repair path
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor The Walden Lake Community Association agreed Monday night that a section of a path adjacent to Laurel Lake is an accident waiting to happen.
Continue ReadingWilliam Reece Smith Jr. inducted into Plant City High Hall of Fame
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Four football players crouch low to the ground, hands out in front ready to receive the ball, ready to play, ready to attack. The boys appear young, handsome and ready to take on the world in the old black-and-white photograph from 1942. But one player stands out from the […]
Continue ReadingNEIGHBORS: Ed Duncan
By Matt Mauney | Associate Editor Longtime travel enthusiast Ed Duncan will now have more time for that passion.
Continue ReadingCedar Springs, Mich.
MICHIGAN. Plant City residents Jim and Patty Branz, and their daughter, Katie, took the Plant City Observer to read while on vacation in Cedar Springs, Mich. The family enjoyed high temperatures of only 64 degrees while relaxing at Patty’s aunt and uncle’s lake house.
Continue ReadingOptimist Club preps for tourney
The Plant City Optimist Club and the Plant City Recreation & Parks Department are still looking for players for the annual Golf Classic.
Continue ReadingTheater hosts awards banquet
Plant City Entertainment honored many of its brightest stars during the community theater’s 27th annual Applause Awards Banquet Sept. 29, at the theater, 101 N. Thomas St.
Continue ReadingBayada opens Plant City office
Bayada Home Health Care will host an open house for its new Plant City office from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, at 108 Southern Oaks Drive.
Continue ReadingSchool board approves raises
The Hillsborough County School Board approved pay increases for teachers, administrative support staff, non-represented employees and administrators Oct. 9.
Continue ReadingFred’s employees pull together for manager diagnosed with cancer
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor When Amber Bond began feeling a swollen knot in her leg a year ago, she didn’t think much of it. The assistant manager at Fred’s Market in Lakeland kept working for nine months before going to see a doctor. At first, the doctors suspected a pinched lymph node had […]
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