Joe Vizcarrondo Sr. braced for it every day his son was overseas. He came to expect that the Marines would arrive one day bearing the news he feared most — that his son wasn’t coming home. For the five years Joe Vizcarrondo Jr. fought in Operation Iraqi Freedom, his father waited for that knock at […]
Continue ReadingFour killed in early-morning crash in Plant City
A head-on collision killed four people early Friday morning along State Road 60 in Plant City. It happened about 12:13 a.m. just east of Clarence Gordon Jr. Road. Rolando Silva, 31, of Plant City, was headed east at a high rate of speed in a 2006 BMW when he lost control of the car and […]
Continue ReadingFAITH MATTERS: Something far greater
“God will never give you more than you can handle!” online pharmacy aricept with best prices today in the USA The woman before me proudly proclaimed this truism with great confidence, knowing that her wisdom had been derived directly from the Bible. One problem: It’s not in the Bible. More than that, I would submit […]
Continue ReadingLETTER: WLCA running low on mulligans
Dear Editor: Six months ago, the Walden Lake Community Association board was called out for a lack of transparency, consistency and objectivity regarding meetings between WLCA directors and Visions Golf LLC to discuss Visions development plans (see “Is WLCA out of bounds?” in the Sept. 18, 2013 edition of the Plant City Times & Observer. […]
Continue ReadingLETTER: Fireworks frighten animals, residents
Dear Editor: online pharmacy order imuran no prescription with best prices today in the USA New Years Eve and the Fourth of July are two very terrifying days/nights of the year. Why? Because of general citizen use of fireworks. It used to be in this county and city that you traveled to a central location to watch […]
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Continue ReadingLETTER: Cone Ranch development will damage small-town feel
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Continue ReadingLETTER: Search should be national for city manager
Dear Editor: I trust a good search committee and a recruiter will be put on this to locate a solid replacement (for City Manager Greg Horwedel). With the interconnectivity of the Internet, a suitable replacement need not come from Florida but could be found virtually anywhere in the United States. Best wishes to the search […]
Continue ReadingLETTER: Lack of transparency concerns Plant City mom
Dear Editor: online pharmacy orlistat no prescription As a mother, I am concerned with the lack of transparency that is going on with Common Core being implemented in Hillsborough County and the state. While doing my Kindergarten Round Up, I was told by an assistant principal that the school (Shiloh Charter) is field-testing Partnership for […]
Continue ReadingFAITH MATTERS: Lent: ‘Spring Cleaning’ for Christians
“Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” — Isaiah 43: 18-19 On March 5, the Christian church began her Lenten […]
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