Students who trickle into Nelson Elementary’s multipurpose room can’t help but giggle and point at a map of Florida. Covering a 10-foot-by-15-foot space on the wall, the map isn’t made up of topographical features or highways. Instead, it’s a collage of student self-portraits shaped into the Sunshine State’s form. The map is part of a […]
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Meals on Wheels needs pet food donations
A mission to help feed needy pets could be extinct without new donations. Meals on Wheels has been working for the past four years to bring small bags of food for pets along with their owners’ hot meals. But the donations have run dangerously low. Project originators, Nancy Driscoll and Rebecca Burns, have been digging […]
Continue ReadingMan arrested after attacking grandmother with machete
A Plant City man was arrested and charged with attempted first degree murder and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon over the weekend after attacking his grandmother with a machete. online pharmacy buy arava online cheap pharmacy Anthony Wayne Griffith. 34, got into a physical dispute with his grandmother, 75-year-old Barbara Harvey, April 20 at […]
Continue ReadingNationally recognized organist to perform in Plant City
Concert organist Richard Grant will perform a benefit concert for St. Peter’s Episcopal Church and St. Clement Catholic Church at 3 p.m. April 21, at St. Clement, 1104 N. Alexander St. online pharmacy purchase zocor online with best prices today in the USA online pharmacy buy cellcept online no prescription Grant’s program will include music […]
Continue ReadingRIBBON CUTTING: Toastmasters
The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting April 18, for the Toastmasters International Plant City Toastmasters, Club #4051, at the chamber’s location, 106 N. Ever St., Plant City. online pharmacy purchase norvasc online generic The chamber held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to welcome the new president, Doug Hurlburt, and the board for […]
Continue ReadingKeel & Curley to host party for Bloomingdale Library survivor
For five years, she was known as the Bloomingdale Library attack survivor. This weekend, the public finally will put a name and face to her, as Queena celebrates her 23rd birthday with a party in Plant City. Queena, her mother and full-time caregiver, Vanna, and sister, Anna, are inviting the public to help celebrate her […]
Continue ReadingOn the streets with Plant City Police Department Officer Clemente ‘Clem’ Fiol
There are only 30 minutes left on Plant City Police Department Officer Clemente “Clem” Fiol’s eight-hour shift. But, that’s when he gets his first call of the day. Call type: S49. It is an alarm call detecting a living room glass window break at a house on North Ferrell Street. For the past seven hours, […]
Continue ReadingCity to name drive to honor Eddie Brooks
The circular drive around the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center in Plant City soon will be named in honor of one of the center’s first employees. The Plant City Commission approved April 8, a recommendation by Plant City Vice Mayor Mary Mathis to name the drive “Eddie C. Brooks Circle.” online pharmacy prevacid […]
Continue ReadingChurch spearheads fundraiser to combat human trafficking
Maeng was just 5 years old when she first came to Kids Club, in Cambodia. Like any other preschooler, she sang songs, created artwork and played with the other children. Spunky and anything but shy, Maeng never missed a meeting. Then one day, Kids Club directors noticed she was walking strangely — her legs spread […]
Continue ReadingDurant hits high notes with classic
When golfers tee off at at Bloomingdale Golfers Club’s 17th hole par-3 April 20, they won’t hear chirping birds, a gentle breeze and an occasional golf cart passing by. Instead, they will have to deal with the sounds of trumpets, clarinets and drums. The 17th hole will be the “distraction hole” at this year’s 11th […]
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