The Downtown Lakeland Curb Market is coordinating with United City, a local non-profit; three kinds of help are requested: bring non-perishable goods to the Maria booth at the market Saturday; take home a box to pack and send; write a check or donate via Paypal | Ledger coverage Twenty-five businesses are collecting goods on behalf […]
Author Archives: Barry Friedman
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.
Posted inFood & Dining
Markets Offer Hard-to-Find International Groceries
YLakeland’s guide to ethnic markets shows where to find tastes of Mexico, the Caribbean, India and East Asian nations. Source: YLakeland
Posted inArts & Culture
Heavy Lifting: Placing Sculptures
It took large cranes Wednesday to lift Gino Miles‘ large sculptures into place at the Polk Museum of Art, which features his work in its sculpture garden through Jan. 14, and at ART/ifact Studios at Mass Market. The Santa Fe-based sculptor is scheduled to give a gallery talk at the museum at noon Nov. 10. […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Live Music in Lakeland This Weekend
Why wait for Friday for the weekend to start when there is so much good music in Lakeland on Thursdays like today? If I had the night free, I’d follow a tuneful route from Dixieland to Downtown that would include:
Posted inNews Roundup
Read It in the Morning Paper
MONARCH SCHOOL: The school for children with autism missed a deadline for crucial funding and has not kept up with teacher paychecks. EVENTS: Harrison Arts Faculty-Student Showcase tonight | “It’s a Deaf Thing” at RP Funding Center Saturday Source: The Ledger
Posted inBusiness
Florida Hospital Parent Buys 103 Acres Near Poly
Florida Adventist Health paid $14.5 million for the land just west of Florida Poly. A Ledger article in July disclosed the company’s desire to build a clinic there that could later expand to a hospital. Source: Tampa Bay Business Journal
Posted inBusiness
Crothal Plans 183 Layoffs at Lakeland Laundry Plant
Crothal Healthcare (web) said a non-renewed contract was to blame for the layoffs expected in late November from their laundry plant at 2215 Interstate Drive (map) near I-4 and Kathleen Road. The notice did not specify who failed to renew a contract. Source: Tampa Bay Business Journal
Posted inScenes
Southeastern University From Above
Aerial photos posted to Instagram by Alex Kautz illustrate why Southeastern University won the city of Lakeland’s commercial beautification award this month. Source: Instagram: Alex Kautz
Posted inNews Roundup
Read It in the Morning Paper
STRONG MAYOR: Fund-raising became a focus in a Lakeland Rotary Club forum on Lakeland’s strong mayor ballot initiative. A questioner pointed out that the vast majority of the $366,000+ to promote strong mayor came from one donor, Gregory Fancelli. Supporters countered that large contributions and campaign direction for No Boss Mayor come from a Washington-based, international […]
Posted inPublic Safety
Debris First Pass Expected to Take Four Weeks
Forty-five debris-removal teams in Lakeland have picked up 548 loads of Hurricane debris in the last seven days and are expected to take four weeks to complete the first of three “passes,” the city of Lakeland said today.