By Michael Eng | Managing Editor Durant High School Spanish teacher Virginia Miller’s classroom is abuzz with nervous laughter. It’s still weeks before the first official day of school, but the lessons in this class — the Greater Access Plan camp — are critically important for this particular group: incoming freshmen.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Plant City Chamber of Commerce 2012 Salute to Agriculture
The Plant City Chamber of Commerce honored agricultural leaders during its annual Salute to Agriculture Contact Breakfast Aug. 8, at the Evelyn & Batista Madonia Ag Show Center on the Strawberry Festival Fairgrounds.
Continue ReadingRIBBON CUTTING: Captain Electrix Inc.
The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Captain Electrix Inc. Aug. 7. For more information, call (813) 470-8078.
Continue ReadingHillsborough district, union reach tentative agreements
Negotiators for Hillsborough County School District and the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association and the Hillsborough School Employees Federation have reached tentative agreements on contracts that include salary increases. The agreements still must be ratified by employees and approved by the School Board. Under the agreements, eligible teachers and other employees represented by HCTA would receive […]
Continue ReadingPlant City Entertainment to host auditions
Plant City Entertainment is looking for actors for its upcoming production of “Jesus Christ Superstar.” Auditions will be 7 p.m. Aug. 7 and 8, at the theater, 101 N. Thomas St., Plant City. The cast requires performers ages 13 or older, as well as a small group of 5- to 12-year-olds. Call-backs will be Aug. […]
Continue ReadingRIBBON CUTTING: Autumn Leaf Academy
The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Autumn Leaf Academy Aug. 3, at 3007 S. Daniels Road, Plant City. For more information, call (813) 752-4561 or call autumnleafacademy.com.
Continue ReadingResident shares Observer namesake
Lifelong Plant City resident Nancy McLean stopped by the Plant City Observer office July 30 bearing one special gift: a copy of the old Plant City Observer, circa July 1982. Although our newspaper is not connected with the original in any other way than its name, we had an absolute blast taking a trip down […]
Continue ReadingBucs cheerleader visits Plant City
The Plant City Family YMCA hosted a cheer/dance mini clinic July 24. The clinic was led by Tampa Bay Buccaneer cheerleader and squad co-captain Karen Bittinger, who taught the group of young girls several cheers and dance routines. The clinic was an outreach program for the Buccaneers to promote their Junior Clinic. This August, the […]
Continue ReadingPolice promotes officer to sergeant
Plant City Police Department officer Barry Maurer was promoted to sergeant July 21. Maurer has been with the department since January 2005 and has served within the department’s Uniformed Patrol Division, Investigative Services Division and, most recently, as the department’s training coordinator and crime prevention officer.
Continue ReadingAcademy Award-winning director films in Plant City
By Amber Jurgensen | Staff Writer Friday began as a normal day at Neumeister’s Candy Shoppe for employee and building owner Julie Young. She made sure the temperature was a solid 70 degrees, attended to customers and managed the store. Then, she got an interesting call.
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