The sixth annual Strawberry Picking Challenge by Wish Farms and Monte Package Company was held Saturday at Fancy Farms. The public gathered for a day of berry festivities as teams participated in an amateur and pro strawberry picking contest to compete for the title of best picker. Families also participated in a u-pick on the […]
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Around Town 2.7.19
We asked: If you had to eat one meal every day for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Continue Reading‘Let me play among the stars’
Bruton Memorial Library is hosting a Family Telescope Night on Feb. 13.
Continue ReadingPicking strawberries to help local youth
The annual Strawberry Picking Challenge is a great way for the community to step up and help local youth. The event raises money for the Redlands Christian Migrant Association.
Continue ReadingRollyson makes Eagle Scout
Brendan Rollyson was honored in a special ceremony Tuesday evening as the community gathered to watch as Rollyson ascended to Eagle Scout.
Continue Reading‘Dancing in the moonlight’
Students at Strawberry Crest High School will lace up their dancing shoes and participate in the annual Chargerthon to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network.
Continue ReadingBicycle rodeo teaches safety tips
The Plant City Family YMCA hosted its bike rodeo last week.
Continue ReadingObituaries 2.7.19
Obituaries 2.7.19
Continue ReadingFrom cops to cooks: 11th annual Celebrity Chef Dinner stars top lawmen
Plant City Police Chief Ed Duncan and Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister cooked steaks at the Feb. 2 event.
Continue ReadingEssie Dixon Lewis: Putting the ‘First’ in ‘First Maid’
Before 1973, no black contestant in the Florida Strawberry Festival Queen’s Pageant had ever placed. Essie Dixon Lewis became the first that year.
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