Walden Lake residents will select candidates for three open seats on the Walden Lake Community Association board at the community’s Annual Meeting April 10. The five candidates — Deedra (Dee) Allen, Eileen Anderson, Terry Murphy, Sharon Philbin and incumbent Heather Updike — each have their own views on solving some of Walden Lake’s most pressing […]
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Plant City walking team crafts 2014 cancer fundraiser
Samantha Lane wants to find a cure for breast cancer. So much so that along with her sister, Jennifer Brown, and mother, Theresa Molesky, she has formed a walking team to raise funds for the Avon Walk and the American Cancer Society. The Plant City trio, which operates under the team name Cups of Sunshine, […]
Continue ReadingPlant City medical practice expands to second location
Plant City’s Specialist Doctors’ Group celebrated last month an expansion into a second office. The group held a ribbon cutting March 14, for its new office, 1910 W. Reynolds St. The practice, which also operates a location off North Alexander Street, hopes the new location will help its health care professionals deliver the best care […]
Continue ReadingSuspect steals $2,000 worth of copper
A suspect removed $2,000 of red copper wire used for a lighting suppression system from a Dover AT&T property, on March 27. Between 8 and 10 a.m., a white male suspect entered the property, which has a cell tower on site, located at 14003 Sydney Road. The suspect gained entry to the property by opening the combination […]
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 ReadingDurant grad, a Marine veteran, among crash victims
Joe Vizcarrondo Sr. braced for it every day his son was overseas. He came to expect that the Marines would arrive one day bearing the news he feared most — that his son wasn’t coming home. For the five years Joe Vizcarrondo Jr. fought in Operation Iraqi Freedom, his father waited for that knock at […]
Continue ReadingFour killed in early-morning crash in Plant City
A head-on collision killed four people early Friday morning along State Road 60 in Plant City. It happened about 12:13 a.m. just east of Clarence Gordon Jr. Road. Rolando Silva, 31, of Plant City, was headed east at a high rate of speed in a 2006 BMW when he lost control of the car and […]
Continue ReadingPlant City art teacher shares memories of cancer battle
His mother pleaded with him. Just go to the other hospital. But, 17-year-old Joshua Fishbein wouldn’t budge. He already had been delivered a death sentence once. At least that’s how everyone — his family, his friends, the nurses and doctors — were treating it. What was the point? “I didn’t want to go to another […]
Continue ReadingDavid Sollenberger reprises role
It seems David Sollenberger may be experiencing a little déjà vu these days. Twelve years ago, Sollenberger came out of retirement to serve as Plant City’s city manager to replace the outgoing Phil Waldron. What was supposed to be an interim position lasting only a few months turned into eight years of service, until Sollenberger […]
Continue ReadingDurant choir hits high notes in Washington
It was 34 degrees outside, but the Durant High School choir put on the layers and warmed up their vocal cords March 7 to sing at the World War II Memorial, in Washington, D.C. While other high school students were enjoying their spring break at the sunny beach, the 39 choral students from Durant were […]
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