The Network of East Hillsborough Neighborhoods will host a back-to-school bash from noon to 5 p.m. Aug. 18, at the network center, 6369 E. Alexander St., Plant City. The event will feature a beauty pageant with awards for best smile and hair, an anti-bullying puppet show, bucket drumming, and free screenings for memory, blood sugar, […]
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Archives to host photo contest
Attention shutterbugs: The Plant City Photo Archives & History Center is hosting a photo contest as part of its Plant City Sculptures Exhibit. To enter, snap a photo of you and/or your friends with one of the eight life-sized bronze Seward Johnson sculptures created on display in and near McCall Park. Bring an 8-by-10-inch or […]
Continue ReadingObserver seeks birth announcements
Celebrating a new bundle of joy? If so, the Plant City Observer would like to celebrate with you! We welcome your birth announcements for publication. Please send your baby’s name, parents’ and siblings’ names, birth date, birth weight and length, and hospital to Managing Editor Michael Eng, meng@plantcityobserver.com. You may also include a photo.“>http://welcome-to-usa.ru/dengi-v-dolg-ufe.php
Continue ReadingChurch offers support group
Plant City’s First Baptist Church is now offering a Christian cancer support group. Sharing Our Burdens meets at 4:30 p.m. the fourth Sunday of each month, at Plant City’s First Baptist Church, Room 136, 503 N. Palmer St. For more, call Diane Mabry, 365-0554.“>http://bardinhotel.ru/zayavka-na-poluchenie-zayma.php
Continue ReadingLions Club presents donation
The Plant City Lions Club presented a $1,000 check to the Pregnancy Care Center of Plant City at the club’s meeting Aug. 7. Executive Director Darlene Davis said the center will use the donation to purchase window treatments at the facility, 304 N. Collins St.
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 ReadingLove is in the air in Plant City!
The Rev. and Mrs. Dean Pfeffer, of Hope Lutheran Church, are excited to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kristin, to Mr. Emad (Eddie) Attalla, son of Magdy Attalla and Afifa Soliman, of Riverview. Kristin is a 2003 graduate of Plant City High School and a 2008 graduate of the University of Tampa. She is […]
Continue ReadingSenate candidate stumps in Plant City
A group of supporters gathered for a fundraiser event for the Tom Lee campaign July 14, at the home of David and Lisa Galloway. Lee is running for District 24 seat of the Florida Senate. “Plant City has always been a tight-knit community,” Lee said. “I’ve always enjoyed coming here. You’re rekindling a lot of […]
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