AF WIRE — Less than two months after Walden Lakes Golf & Country Club owner Visionary Golf LLC filed a rezone request with Plant City to redevelop a portions of its property for residential use, one of the nation’s largest big-box retailers is making a play for the space. Target has offered $7.5 million to […]
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Dear loyal Plant City Times & Observer reader: Happy April Fools’ Day! Let me be clear: The story, titled “Retailer sets ‘target’ on Walden Lake golf course,” which appeared today on our website, is an April Fools’ Day spoof. It is not true. I’ll say it one more time: It is not true. A SuperTarget […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Blueberry Festival Pageant morning session
The Blueberry Festival Pageant kicked off Saturday, March 29 with the younger age categories in the morning. There was lots of glitz and glamour as contestants strutted their stuff for a shot at the big crowns and titles.
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Blueberry Pageant Miss
Judges crowned Hillsborough Community College student Shelby St. Amant as the 2014 Blueberry Queen at the second Tampa Bay Blueberry Festival Pageant March 29, at Keel and Curley Winery. Nearly 100 Plant City-area contestants — ranging from ages 2 to 19 — took the stage for this year’s competition. Other winners include Haley Riley (teen queen), Haven […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Blueberry Pageant Teens
Judges crowned Hillsborough Community College student Shelby St. Amant as the 2014 Blueberry Queen at the second Tampa Bay Blueberry Festival Pageant March 29, at Keel and Curley Winery. Nearly 100 Plant City-area contestants — ranging from ages 2 to 19 — took the stage for this year’s competition. Other winners include Haley Riley (teen queen), Haven […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Blueberry Pageant Pre-Teens
Judges crowned Hillsborough Community College student Shelby St. Amant as the 2014 Blueberry Queen at the second Tampa Bay Blueberry Festival Pageant March 29, at Keel and Curley Winery. Nearly 100 Plant City-area contestants — ranging from ages 2 to 19 — took the stage for this year’s competition. Other winners include Haley Riley (teen queen), Haven […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Blueberry Pageant Juniors
Judges crowned Hillsborough Community College student Shelby St. Amant as the 2014 Blueberry Queen at the second Tampa Bay Blueberry Festival Pageant March 29, at Keel and Curley Winery. Nearly 100 Plant City-area contestants — ranging from ages 2 to 19 — took the stage for this year’s competition. Other winners include Haley Riley (teen queen), Haven […]
Continue ReadingShelby St. Amant crowned 2014 Blueberry Queen
Judges crowned Hillsborough Community College student Shelby St. Amant as the 2014 Blueberry Queen at the second Tampa Bay Blueberry Festival Pageant March 29, at Keel and Curley Winery. Nearly 100 Plant City-area contestants — ranging from ages 2 to 19 — took the stage for this year’s competition. Other winners include Haley Riley (teen queen), Haven […]
Continue ReadingSecond Blueberry Pageant hits runway this weekend
Nearly 100 Plant City-area contestants will vie for top honors at the second Tampa Bay Blueberry Festival Pageant March 29, at Keel and Curley Winery. And although every contestant gets a crown, not all can be queen. “If they’re walking across that stage to be judged, they deserve a crown, because of their confidence,” organizer […]
Continue ReadingFAITH MATTERS: Something far greater
“God will never give you more than you can handle!” The woman before me proudly proclaimed this truism with great confidence, knowing that her wisdom had been derived directly from the Bible. One problem: It’s not in the Bible. More than that, I would submit it is contradictory to the Bible, and, I would suggest, […]
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