SAN DIEGO, CALIF. Randy and Laurette Valdez and Esther and George Herron took their favorite hometown newspaper with them to visit the USS Midway aircraft carrier at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego.
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Florence, Italy
FLORENCE, ITALY. Betty Briggs caught up on all her Plant City news while on a belated Mother’s Day trip to Florence and Paris — two of the world’s art capitals. “One thing has stuck with us,” she says. “People all over the world of every race and religion want to experience art (paintings, architecture, music, […]
Continue ReadingTuscaloosa, Ala.
TUSCALOOSA, ALA. Earlier this football season, Diane Mabry took the Plant City Observer to a University of Alabama football game. Mabry went to watch the game, as well as Plant City alum Kendall Dawson and the National Champion softball team receive their rings at halftime.
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LONG ISLAND. Nancy DiBella caught up on all her Plant City news, while granddaughter Alyssa played T-Ball in Long Island, N.Y.’s first snowfall of 2012.
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LOUISIANA. Ava Fountain Risco brought her favorite newspaper with her on a trip to Louisiana.AirCrack
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TALLAHASSEE. Jodi Stevens took two Plant City babies with her on a recent trip to Florida State University in Tallahassee. This was the first time in the state capital for both Jodi’s son, Evan, and the Plant City Observer.
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NORTH CAROLINA: Plant City couples Larry and Virginia Tharrington, left, Mayor Mike Sparkman and his wife, Diane, and David and Emma Miller enjoyed their favorite hometown newspaper while on a recent vacation to Dillsboro, N.C. The couples enjoyed the cool weather, fall leaves and good food at the Jarrett House, as well as a relaxing […]
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CONNECTICUT. Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections candidate and former Florida state Rep. Rich Glorioso and his wife, Judy, took the Plant City Observer with them on a recent visit to the church in Brookfield, Conn., in which they were married 46 years ago. They were in Connecticut for Rich’s Danbury High School Reunion Sept. 13. The […]
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THE BAHAMAS. Three Plant City families brought their favorite community newspaper on a trip to Disney’s Castaway Cay in the Bahamas. This photo, taken Oct. 20, shows the Disney Dream cruise ship in the background. Pictured from left: the Bielen family, Martin family and Scott family. If you’re going on vacation, remember to grab a […]
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MICHIGAN. Plant City residents Jim and Patty Branz, and their daughter, Katie, took the Plant City Observer to read while on vacation in Cedar Springs, Mich. The family enjoyed high temperatures of only 64 degrees while relaxing at Patty’s aunt and uncle’s lake house.
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