Riley Buttorff stood in front of a crowded room, proudly holding her plaque. The Florida State Fair recognized the spunky 10-year-old Feb. 21, for being the youngest person to volunteer with the Florida State Fair. It made sense. The room was filled with retired snowbirds. All have worked more than 40 hours at the fair […]
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Plant City officer’s attorney questions termination documents
Former Plant City Police Department officer Mark Mathis requested a liberty, or name-clearing, hearing with Plant City last week, in an attempt to revise the record about his involvement with former Police Chief Steven Singletary. Mathis was fired Jan. 29, after falsifying a dispatch report to help cover up for Singletary, who was caught meeting […]
Continue ReadingDon’t forget to spring forward!
Daylight saving time begins this Sunday, March 9, so remember to set your clocks one hour ahead before you go to bed on Saturday night. Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March. It lasts until the first Sunday in November.
Continue ReadingInternational dignitaries enjoy festival activities
A roundtable meeting hosted by Congressman Dennis Ross, County Commissioner Al Higginbotham and Plant City Mayor Mary Mathis brought in international dignitaries to Plant City for the Florida Strawberry Festival’s parade day. Dignitaries from Estonia, Germany, Peru, India and Barbados enjoyed a meet and great and luncheon before viewing the Grand Parade in the afternoon. Those […]
Continue ReadingSt. Clement volunteers serve up festival shortcakes
Buzzing like a hive, 150 volunteers scurry around the fellowship hall of St. Clement Catholic Church. It is just one day before the beloved Florida Strawberry Festival, and the church has one of just three booths on the entire grounds that offers the city’s signature strawberry shortcake. Last year, green-aproned volunteers sold more than 90,000 […]
Continue ReadingVisions Golf files rezone request for golf course
Visions Golf LLC, owner of Walden Lake Golf & Country Club, filed last week its request for a rezone part of the community’s two golf courses for residential development. Filed Feb. 19 at Plant City Hall, the request, titled the Villages of Walden Lake Polo and Country Club, offers some details regarding Visions Golf’s plan […]
Continue ReadingCommission endorses concept for Village Green
In a unanimous vote, the Plant City Commission established Feb. 24 the visual identity of the Midtown project. With a 4-0 vote (Vice Mayor Rick Lott was absent), the commission endorsed a design concept for the Village Green park, which will become the centerpiece of the redevelopment project just south of downtown. The park, which […]
Continue ReadingPresident will focus on recruiting, growth
After serving for five months as interim president of South Florida Baptist Hospital, Karen Kerr has taken the helm as president. “I am very excited about the opportunity,” Kerr said. Kerr took over as interim president last August, after former president Steve Nierman assumed the same role at Winter Haven Hospital. While Nierman was at […]
Continue ReadingInvestigation into mailbox fires continues
Attention Walden Lake residents: If you had a piece of mail mysteriously not make it to its recipient in the last few weeks, this may be why. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is investigating two incidences of fires at the mailbox at the entrance to Walden Lake. The latest occurred sometime between 6:40 and 8 […]
Continue ReadingAnnual parades celebrate festival season
Plant City will celebrate the beginning of the 2014 Florida Strawberry Festival with not one but two parades. The Plant City Civitan Club’s Annual Youth Parade will take to the streets at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 1, at the Plant City State Farmers’ Market, 1305 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Two days later, the […]
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