The assignment: Use at least one picture to tell a story. The subject: Whatever you can dream up. The field: Photojournalism. Students from Plant City High School were challenged by the Plant City Archives and History Center to enter a photojournalism contest that would inspire photographs and infuse history into one report. Participants submitted a […]
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Migrant son earns spot at Harvard
Some people live their entire childhood in one house. Others may move one or twice. Durant High School senior Jose Perez has moved 57 times. The son of migrant workers, Perez and his family follows the harvest seasons around the eastern half of the United States. The schedule takes Perez and his siblings away from […]
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We don’t toot our horns often, but the Plant City Observer is now an award-winning publication. The Plant City Observer this week won five awards in the Local Media Association’s 2012 Editorial Contest, a national competition. Our awards include: online pharmacy order reglan online with best prices today in the USA First place, Best Special […]
Continue ReadingDowntown association plans Spring in the Park
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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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. online pharmacy zestril no prescription All you have to do is submit your favorite blueberry recipe, along with a short paragraph about why it is your favorite. Five […]
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
online pharmacy purchase biaxin online no prescription The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Grimes Hardware Center, 3161 Paul Buchman Highway. online pharmacy buy zofran no prescription online pharmacy online pharmacy buy doxycycline online no prescription online pharmacy doxycycline buy with best prices today in the USA The Grimes family […]
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 […]
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