No one can deny that Dr. Christy Layton is popular. Just ask her many four-legged friends. The Plant City veterinarian, who owns Timberlane Pet Hospital and Resort, was recently nominated to be America’s Favorite Veterinarian by her practice manager, Adrienne Swisher, and head veterinary technician, David Goodyear. Out of 500 veterinarians nominated for the American […]
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WLCA hopes to build drop-off zone for school
The Walden Lake Community Association has discovered that Walden Lake owns approximately 10 acres of land behind Walden Lake Elementary School, near Turkey Creek Road. The board is hoping to work with the school to create a safe drop-off zone by using some of this land for parents and students to park. The idea was […]
Continue ReadingClassical Conversations comes to P.C.
Classical Conversations, an internationally-utilized home schooling program, is making its way to Plant City in time for the upcoming school year. The program will soon be hosted at Evangelical Presbyterian Church. It will be the first campus in the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World, but far from the first in the surrounding area. “Classical […]
Continue ReadingCops Corner 07.24.15
The following information was gathered from incident and arrest reports obtained from the Plant City Police Department. JULY 10 BEATS BANDIT 2900 block of James L. Redman Parkway. Business burglary. Officers responded to a business in reference to a reported burglary. Complainant reported an unknown suspect(s) smashed through a window, entered the building and made […]
Continue ReadingHCFR crews stop Dover house fire from spreading
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue responded to a report of a structure fire at 14434 Grant St. early Thursday, July 23. Heavy smoke and flames were coming from the entire house. Crews on scene were able to stop the fire from spreading to the adjacent houses to the west and south. There were no injuries to civilians or personnel. The […]
Continue ReadingMan arrested in undercover buy/bust
Undercover Hillsborough County Sheriff’s detectives arrested a Lakeland man on County Line Road in Plant City during a buy/bust investigation Thursday, July 16. At 8:30 p.m. detectives met with Timothy Wiker, 20, to buy a .22 caliber revolver. Wiker agreed to sell it for $200. Wiker is on felony probation and had an outstanding warrant for violation of probation. After […]
Continue ReadingEPC report: Visions Golf rezoning likely to cause wetland impacts
In a July 13 report from the Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County, wetlands management staff found the Visions Golf LLC rezoning plan as is would “likely result in wetland impacts which have not been authorized by the executive director of the EPC.” online pharmacy antabuse over the counter with best prices today in the […]
Continue ReadingVolunteers needed for parent and youth focus group
A graduate student in the School of Human Services at Springfield College in Tampa is looking for Plant City volunteers to be part of a parent and youth focus group. Sylvia Fluellen is working on a research project to study on-level reading for third graders. She needs 20 parents of children who are entering third grade for […]
Continue ReadingFree school physicals to be offered next week
In conjunction with the Hillsborough County Back to School Coalition, South Florida Baptist Hospital’s Community Health Department will offer free back-to-school physicals from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug.1, at Swindle Medical Arts Center, 1601 W. Timberlane Dr. Parents or legal guardians must accompany their children. The free physicals are for Florida students in […]
Continue ReadingStudent selected as college ambassador
Jonathan Jones, of Plant City, was one of 57 students chosen to serve as a valley ambassador for Lebanon Valley College this fall. As a valley ambassador, Jones tours prospective students and their families through the college’s Annville, Pennsylvania campus to see the academic quad, a typical classroom, a dorm room and the athletic fields, […]
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