By Amber Jurgensen | Staff Writer Acres of cracked concrete slabs have been sitting vacant for years alongside the bustling traffic of Collins Street downtown. Several signs bordering the bare parcels depict an idyllic town square with busy shops and a village green. These signs signify the plan for the property — a Midtown — […]
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Community remembers Velma Newsome
By Amber Jurgensen | Staff Writer It was a love story that lasted 51 years. Joe Newsome was a University of Florida college boy when he first set eyes on Velma Simmons in the summer of 1961. Velma was the new girl in town; her family had moved from Lakeland to Plant City when her […]
Continue ReadingCommunity Association revises deed restriction notifications
Attention Walden Lake residents: The warning procedures for deed restriction violations is changing. The Walden Lake Community Association voted to change the notice system from three letters to two at its July 16 meeting.
Continue ReadingTeacher accused of having sex with student
By Michael Eng | Managing Editor Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested a Plant City man July 17, for having sexual contact with a 17-year-old female. According to Sheriff’s Office reports, Jeffrey Halle Jr., 32, an English teacher in the International Baccalaureate program at King High School, made the contact with the female, one of […]
Continue ReadingRaulerson a finalist for Miss Florida USA
Amber Jurgensen | Staff Writer It may be hard to imagine that a skateboarding, self-described “tomboy” from a small Florida town became a dazzling beauty queen with several equally dazzling crowns. But hometown starlet Jaclyn “Jackie” Raulerson has done just that. Last week, Raulerson competed in the Miss Florida USA pageant in Hollywood. She walked […]
Continue ReadingNEWS BRIEFS 07.19.12
+ HART considers alternative solutions Following petitions from Plant City residents, Hillsborough Area Regional Transit leaders are considering an alternative proposal for Route 28X, the only public bus route from Plant City to Tampa.
Continue ReadingSTORE AROUND THE CORNER: Focus 4 Beauty Career Center
Amber Jurgensen | Staff Writer The buzzing of a nail gun, the crisp cut of scissors to hair and the constant murmur of salon gossip are all sounds you hear when walking into the Focus 4 Beauty Career Center. Focus 4 Beauty is the first and only cosmetology career center located in Plant City. Owners […]
Continue ReadingRIBBON CUTTING: Nick’s Pizzaria & Wings
The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Nick’s Pizzaria & Wings July 19, at 1707 James L. Redman Parkway, Suite D. For more information, call (813) 757-5900 or visit nickspizzaplantcity.com.
Continue ReadingPlant City Goes PRIME TIME
By Amber Jurgensen | Staff Writer As a paramedic, Jim Wilson has to think on his feet every day. But he never imagined he would have to use his medical training to brainstorm plot ideas for primetime TV.
Continue ReadingDitch Witch, RaceTrac buy former dealerships
By Matt Mauney | Staff Writer Ten acres of vacant property at South Collins Street and Park Road will soon see life again. KDM Associates Inc. recently announced the sale of two properties that were former homes of local car dealerships to Ditch Witch and RaceTrac, according to B.M. “Mac” Smith Jr., KDM chairman. “These […]
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