The Plant City Downtown Merchants and Business Association will usher in the spring season with its Spring in the Park event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 13, at McCall Park, in Historic Downtown Plant City. The event will include everything from art and antiques to crafts and food. Children can enjoy burning off […]
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Win a weekend island getaway!
The Plant City Observer, Keel and Curley Winery, Anna Maria Island Resorts and Costco Wholesale have partnered for the first Tampa Bay Blueberry Festival Blueberry Recipe Contest. All you have to do is submit your favorite blueberry recipe, along with a short paragraph about why it is your favorite. Five finalists will present their dishes […]
Continue ReadingPlant City welcomes Police Chief Steven Singletary
Assistant City Manager Bill McDaniel calls it The Longest Walk. It’s the path officers must take from sitting in front of the police chief’s desk to taking the chair behind it. For new Police Chief Steven Singletary, The Longest Walk lasted 16 years. In front of several dozen officers, friends, family members and city officials, […]
Continue ReadingCops Corner 04.08.13
APRIL 1 NO GOOD REASON Cherry Street west of Wilder Road. Criminal Mischief. Unknown suspect(s) broke a water meter cap, pulled the cover off a TECO electrical box and pulled up the handicap signs and threw them in the retention pond. CRIME OF OPPORTUNITY 1900 block of East Alsobrook Street. Vehicle Burglary. Suspect(s) broke the […]
Continue ReadingTwo Plant City landmark properties have new owners
Two of Plant City’s most recognizable properties now have new owners. Stine Properties III LLC purchased in February Smithfield Foods’ Plant City plant, 4611 Lykes Road, for $337,500. And last month, City Adventures LLC closed on the Knotts Hardware building, 314 S. Collins St., for $210,000. Both Stine Properties and City Adventures are Plant City-based […]
Continue ReadingRIBBON CUTTING: Grimes Hardware Center
The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Grimes Hardware Center, 3161 Paul Buchman Highway. The Grimes family is known for Grimes Produce Company and is pleased to open a hometown hardware store — Grimes Hardware Center. The store services the needs of farmers, ranchers, plumbers and homeowners. The store also […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Stingray Grand Re-opening and truck giveaway
Not many people who win a brand new Chevrolet Silverado pickup would give it up before ever taking a spin. But that is exactly what Palmetto resident Paul Harloff did. Harloff was the winner of this year’s Florida Strawberry Festival vehicle raffle from Stingray Chevrolet. With four vehicles already, including a Camaro and Silverado, Harloff […]
Continue ReadingRIBBON CUTTING: All American Furniture & Mattress
The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for All American Furniture & Mattress April 4, at its location, 1312 East Baker St. All American Furniture & Mattress is family-owned and operated and has been in business since 1982. With a main store in Lakeland, the business has now expanded into Plant […]
Continue ReadingBeauty and the Beat
It already was a gloomy day. Thick clouds hung low in the sky, and the storm-slick streets were ripe for accidents. Then, the call came over Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Dep. MacKenzie Clark’s radio: 18-month-old drowning victim. Clark was the first to arrive on-scene. Immediately, her training kicked in, and she began to administer CPR. […]
Continue ReadingBright Beginnings Daycare to close
It seemed like the end of a typical day, when Courtney Singletary picked up her 2-year-old son March 26, from Bright Beginnings Daycare at Plant City Church of God. But when she saw teachers crying, she knew something was wrong. Singletary was left with one puzzling clue, a letter sent home with her son. The […]
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