Earlier this month, it was cold enough in a field near Boot Bay Road that Kimberly Hatley could see steam rising from bales of hay.
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It’s Read Everywhere: New York City
Dean and Liz Pfeffer, Nick and Nora Trivunovich and Jim and Kathy Drapp recently visited New York City and took a photo with the Observer at the Avenue of the Americas.
Continue ReadingI Love Plant City Winner: Veronica Prostko
While at Walden Lake last week, this sight reminded Veronica Prostko of her sons fishing there in the past and she snapped a photo shortly before dark.
Continue ReadingIt’s Read Everywhere: Philippines
Theresa Palmer and her family visited the Philippines last spring and brought the Observer along for the journey. “Three generations travel from the Plant City, The Winter Strawberry Capital, to Baguio, The Summer Strawberry Capital of the Philippines to retrace patriarch Rudy Mallare’s steps when he grew up there from the early 1930s to 1950,” […]
Continue ReadingI Love Plant City Winner: Kathy Flemister
Kathy Flemister snapped a photo of this striking sunset in Plant City last month.
Continue ReadingBest of It’s Read Everywhere 2019
As great as Plant City is, it’s good to leave town every so often and go be a tourist in someone else’s back yard. Our readers love to travel and always make sure to take a copy of the paper with them wherever they go, even if it’s to the edge of the world.
Continue ReadingBest of Cutest Critter 2019
If our dog Karah didn’t give it away by barking at you at the front door, we in the Observer newsroom love animals of all shapes and sizes. We love highlighting your furry and scaly friends whenever we can, and readers kept a steady stream of cuteness in our email inboxes and Facebook messages this […]
Continue ReadingBest of I Love Plant City 2019
We don’t need to tell you Plant City is an extremely photogenic place — you know that as well as anyone, and you showed us throughout 2019 with your photos of life around this strawberry town.
Continue ReadingIt’s Read Everywhere: Tennessee and Kentucky
Ken and Darca Rach visited family in Clarksville, Tennessee in October and also stopped at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to snap a photo with the Observer.
Continue ReadingI Love Plant City Winner: Janine Rescigno Benavidez
Janine Rescigno Benavidez snapped this photo of a railroad crossing while driving around Plant City.
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