Parks: Donations, like the one from an insurance company that will upgrade Webster Park, are essential for the city rec system, an official says.

Fish tales: A Lakeland-based fisheries biologist spends work hours checking lakes. His PhD wife studies salt-water creatures. Their dinner conversation: “some pretty nerdy fish conversations.”

Busted: Hippy-looking undercover detective pumping gas starts talking to a guy who pulled up. Guy offers to sell him $10 worth of pot. Arrest ensues.

Source: The Ledger

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Barry Friedman founded Lkldnow.com in 2015 as the culmination of a career in print and digital journalism. Since 1982, he has used the tools of reporting, editing and content curation to help people in Lakeland understand their community better.

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