JUNEAU, ALASKA. Andy and Wendy Brown, mother and son, took the Plant City Observer with them on a recent cruise to Alaska. “Here we are at the Mendenhal Glacier, in Juneau, Alaska,” Wendy says. ” On this trip, we definitely saw God’s majesty everywhere — from whales, killer whales, iceburgs floating by with seals on them […]
Continue ReadingIt’s Read Everywhere: Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK, ALASKA. David and Cynthia Wolf enjoyed their favorite hometown newspaper while on an Alaskan cruise. This shot was taken at Glacier Bay National Park. Snap a photo of you with the paper at your destination of choice and email it to Managing Editor Michael Eng, meng@plantcityobserver.com. Make sure you include your full […]
Continue ReadingIt’s Read Everywhere: Lancaster, S.C.
LANCASTER, S.C. Mary R. Davis, of Kaleidoscope Educational Services, took the Plant City Observer to South Carolina to the Angel Oak Tree to read with her son, Gabriel Davis, his wife, Crystal Davis, and her grandchildren. Snap a photo of you with the paper at your destination of choice and email it to Managing Editor Michael […]
Continue ReadingEagle Scout honored for life-saving heroics
If you’re going to be anywhere near water, it would be a great idea to bring Eagle Scout Jesse Jordan with you. In the past three years, Jordan, 16, a Durant High School rising senior and member of Plant City-based Boy Scout Troop 14, has saved three people from drowning — on two separate occasions. When […]
Continue ReadingOBSERVED: In the studio with Plant City’s NRG
Rain pelts the roof above the Brandon-based Polysound Recording Studios, and an occasional thunderclap reminds everyone we are lucky to be indoors. Inside, studio owner Wes Price is at command central, furiously working on what seems like hundreds of vocal tracks. Six members of Plant City’s youth pop singing group, NRG, have been slugging it […]
Continue ReadingSurvey offers insight into schools
According to a recent survey of public schools in Hillsborough County, no teachers are more satisfied with their school than the ones at Plant City’s Trapnell Elementary. A whopping 98% of Trapnell survey participants stated their school is “a good place to work and learn” in Hillsborough County Public Schools’ first Teaching, Empowering, Leading and […]
Continue ReadingFelines rescued from excavator
A mother cat and her seven kittens were rescued recently from a large excavator at Linder Industrial Machinery, in Plant City. Reader Marian Reinhardt says: “During an evening walk, a lady heard kittens mewing as she passed by our equipment yard. Several people searched and did not find them until two days later. Good thing, because the weather […]
Continue ReadingBREAKING NEWS: Plant City man dies in Polk County crash
An overnight crash in Lakeland killed one Plant City man. According to Polk County Sheriff’s Office reports, Travis Kincade, 19, of Plant City, was a riding in a red 1998 Chevy pickup with a 12-inch lift kit; his mother, Brenda White, 37, was driving. The truck was traveling west on Swindell Road just south of […]
Continue ReadingObserved: Observer + Times = a better publication
As representatives from the Plant City Observer and the Tampa Bay Times sat in the same room for the first time last week, Ernest Hooper, the Times’ East Hillsborough bureau chief, joked that the rollout of our new joint venture, the Plant City Times & Observer, should be a wedding. That got me thinking. Maybe […]
Continue ReadingDaybreak Rotary takes top honors
The Plant City Daybreak Rotary, under the leadership of President Rob Evans, took home many honors at Rotary International’s recent District Conference. The honors included: • Governor’s Blue-Gold Challenge — Small Club (membership award) • Best Club Website — Small Club (website designed and maintained by member Jim Chancey) • Demonstrating the Rotary theme, “Peace […]
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