The City of Plant City Historic Resources Board will hold a special meeting at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, at the Sadye Gibbs Auditorium of City Hall (Nettie Berry Draughon Municipal Building), 302 W. Reynolds St., regarding improvements at 507 W. Tever Street and other matters that may come before the board. If a person […]
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Father’s Day contest winners pick up Parkesdale prize
Shaylee Spell, 5, and her family picked up a Father’s Day prize basket from Parkesdale Farm Market for the essay she wrote on why her father, Troy Spell, is the best. It printed last Friday. In case you missed it: I think my daddy is the best in the whole world. No one else has […]
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Not many people can say they have taken half an elevator ride. But Amanda and Jeff Lumsden’s newborn daughter, Addison Frances, has. She was born in one of the South Florida Baptist Hospital elevators on the way to the labor and delivery unit Wednesday, June 17. “She’s an amazing child,” Amanda Lumsden, 36, said. “I […]
Continue ReadingVarrea development gets closer to reality
Cone Farms is inching closer and closer to becoming the master-planned community Varrea. Representatives from Stantec, on behalf of the landowner Walton International Group, made a presentation to the City of Plant City Planning Board Thursday, June 11, revealing more plans for the development that will resemble neighborhoods such as Walden Lake, FishHawk and Lakewood […]
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Logan Libretti gave himself quite the goal to reach when he started sixth grade three years ago: He was going to be a published writer by the time he finished middle school. Just five days before he graduated from eighth grade this year, he met that goal by having his first article featured in Young […]
Continue ReadingParking issues come to light at meeting
School may be out, but one resident wants to open the book about parking concerns during the school year. A Walden Lake resident who lives in Westwood spoke at the June 15 meeting about the poor traffic flow at the intersection of Emerson Place and Barrett Avenue. According to the resident, who asked to remain […]
Continue ReadingStudent remembers aunt by volunteering
Jenna Glass sat in the knee-high grass and watched her metallic silver balloon float into the sunset Monday, June 15. It has been a year since her big-hearted aunt, Stacey Parkerson, was hit and killed by a vehicle while walking alongside Sydney Road. The family gathered at the accident site just several houses down the […]
Continue ReadingPicker Place opens Father’s Day Weekend
online pharmacy buy zovirax online with best prices today in the USA On Saturday, June 20, and Sunday, June 21, a new vintage market will host its second monthly opening featuring vendors with one-of-a-kind items. online pharmacy strattera no prescription pharmacy Picker Place Vintage Market opened in May on Park Road just off of Interstate […]
Continue ReadingWin tickets to the Fourth of July celebration
The Plant City Times & Observer has partnered with the City of Plant City Recreation and Parks Department to giveaway six pairs of VIP tickets to the annual Fourth of July celebration at the Plant City Stadium, 1810 E. Park Road. The celebration will take place beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 4, at Plant […]
Continue ReadingFamily, friends remember Westley Hancock
Westley Hancock, the late owner of Bruce’s Barbershop, died Tuesday, June 16 at home. Although the medical examiner’s report has not yet been released, officials believe that Barber’s death was most likely caused by an electrocution that occurred while he was replacing a ceiling fan. Hancock was a longtime resident of Plant City, having graduated […]
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