By Michael Eng | Managing Editor For Plant City Commissioner Rick Lott, it is nearly impossible to overstate the potential of the Midtown project. “This will be the most significant development in Plant City since Walden Lake,” he says.
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BAKER’S DOZEN: Billy Keel
By Matt Mauney | Associate Editor At 43, Billy Keel, the newest member of the Plant City Commission, is also the youngest, but with many years spent in community service and a strong business background, he plans to effectively serve the city where he grew up.
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By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor With the country still reeling from heated debates, pushy campaigns and overwhelming political advertising, it’s hard to believe the election was already two months ago. The beginning of the year marks a new start for ideas that grow into bills and agendas and brings some new faces to the […]
Continue ReadingBAKER’S DOZEN: Yvonne Fry
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor If you looked up “busy bee” in the dictionary, Yvonne Fry’s picture likely would be under it. It’s hard to believe there is just one of her — between the Tomlin Middle School PTSA meetings she heads up and the two businesses she owns. But this woman on the […]
Continue ReadingBAKER’S DOZEN: Walden Lake Golf and Country Club
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor It’s been a long road for the Walden Lake Golf and Country Club. After exchanging through multiple hands, suffering lowered membership and, most recently, undergoing bankruptcy, the club still is hanging on.
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By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor To the left of the receptionist’s desk at the Plant City Police Department is a wall lined with photographs. Each has its own frame and is placed around three words: “Chiefs of Police.” buy spiriva online https://progressivedentalny.com/wp-content/uploads/grid-gallery/cache/galleries/spiriva.html no prescription Examining the photographs, it’s easy to get lost in the […]
Continue ReadingBAKER’S DOZEN: Steven Singletary
By Matt Mauney | Associate Editor Looking at his credentials, it seems like a natural fit. With 16 years with the Plant City Police Department in a variety of roles, Steven Singletary is the 23rd chief of police for the agency, for which he has spent his entire career. Before that, he worked for nine […]
Continue ReadingBAKER’S DOZEN: Florida Strawberry Festival
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor By far, the biggest event to take place in Plant City all year long is the Florida Strawberry Festival.
Continue ReadingBAKER’S DOZEN: Veterans’ Memorial Monument Park
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor The sun was falling fast from its place in the sky. It reached a spot just over the trees. Peeking from behind the foliage, rainbows in its rays fell on the bronze statue in the Veterans’ Memorial Monument Park in Historic Downtown Plant City. The statue, an eagle, was […]
Continue ReadingBAKER’S DOZEN: Jack Holland
By Matt Mauney | Associate Editor If you’re out having fun in Plant City, there’s a good chance Jack Holland had something to do with it.
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