The Plant City Community Ladies Bible Study begins another season this September. The study meets at 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays, at the Planteen Recreation Center, 301 Dort St. For more, call Martha Sue Skinner at (813) 752-7630.
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Food Bank serves more than 3,000
For the past seven years, the United Food Bank of Plant City has been serving free breakfast and lunch to low-income kids in our community during the summer months. This year, its Children’s Nutrition Outreach Program served more than 3,000 children. Many low-income children who eat free or reduced-priced meals at school miss out on […]
Continue ReadingTurkey Creek alumni to gather at picnic
Pat Gibson Ballard has invited Turkey Creek High School alumni to a luncheon every fall since 2011. This year’s reunion will be Oct. 4 at the Strawberry Festival Grounds. Ballard first organized an alumni sock hop in May 2011. “Everyone enjoyed it so much that in November of that year, we had a picnic, and […]
Continue ReadingFlooding plagues residential street
A summer evening shower isn’t usually considered a disaster. Garden enthusiasts might welcome a chance to turn off the sprinklers for a day. And pool owners could appreciate the free water level boost. But for Wes Bayes and other residents of Magnolia Green, a neighborhood located about one mile east of the Turkey Creek Road […]
Continue ReadingFood trucks, farmers market to return this fall
Plant City commissioners approved two resolutions Sept. 8, designating food truck rallies and farmers markets as community events. The sponsors of these events hope to bring more visitors and consumers to the downtown district. Although the event sponsors will be working largely independently, they still have to make sure the city manager’s office approves most […]
Continue ReadingWalden Lake leaders introduce plans for park
The Walden Lake Community Association’s board of directors unanimously voted Sept. 15, to move forward with plans for a new park in place of the polo fields. Although the project is far from confirmed, the board has a design for the park and has agreed to obtain quotes and advice from civil engineering firms. Residents […]
Continue ReadingCocoa Beach man dies in I-4 crash
A 70-year-old Cocoa Beach man died in a four car pile up on Interstate 4 Sept. 17. The accident occurred just after 12 p.m. near the Alexander Street exit at mile marker 21. Armin G. Wolle was taken to South Florida Baptist Hospital where he died. The accident happened after two drivers slowed for traffic and […]
Continue ReadingPlant City man injured in power line accident
The whole ground turned red is what a crane operator told the family of a Plant City man who was electrocuted in a construction accident on Tuesday, Sept. 9. Brady Keys, 49, was working on the foundation for a traffic light pole on U.S. 41 in North Port, according to his family. While the crew […]
Continue ReadingCampus to be ready in December
It’s the start of a new school year, and for Shiloh Charter School, it’s also the start of new beginnings. The school has a new name — Independence Academy — and a new will have a brand-new home. The new campus currently is under construction at McIntosh Road and U.S. 92. It is slated to be […]
Continue ReadingStrawberry fumigant odor eliminated this season
Plant City has once again entered strawberry growing season, and families will soon join in the area’s long history of picking berries together and attending the Florida Strawberry Festival. In 2013 and this year, a new product has helped growers produce those sweet berries: a soil fumigant called Paladin. Paladin is used to suppress weeds, […]
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