CLOSE TO HOME SCHOOL: The Lakeland Community Redevelopment Agency is looking to the Polk County School Board to allow students in the Lincoln Square neighborhood to go next door to A-ranked Lincoln Avenue Academy. THAT’S A LOT OF GREEN: The City Commission approved a contract extension with Republic Services that would raise recycling costs from […]
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NEW DEVELOPMENT PLANNED: Former state senator J.D. Alexander heads a group proposing to build between 895 and 1,299 new homes in the South Lakeland area bounded by north of Ewell Road, south of West Pipkin Road and west of Yates Road. The company hopes to start construction in the spring and is looking for the […]
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CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAY: Polk County Offices are closed Monday and Tuesday. City of Lakeland offices are closed Friday and Monday. IT WAS BUILT WITH MAGIC: Members of the Lakeland Magic helped construct a Habitat for Humanity home in Lake Alfred. ANOTHER FATAL CRASH:Joshua Thomas Jackson, 33, died at the scene when his motorcycle hit […]
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Harden Boulevard Burger King Owners Looking to Remake Restaurant
Yesterday’s City of Lakeland Planning and Zoning Board had a public hearing (video) on a proposal to reconstruct the Burger King at 3590 Harden Boulevard. The franchisee, Bravo Tampa LLC, expressed that the current building a need to improve the restaurant’s ability to handle drive through business. The company’s representative, Robin Kendell, explained that the […]
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12 FACES OF CHRISTMAS CONTINUED: The owner of Just Dance, Kevin Rios, founded Just Cares, a non-profit that recently completed a toy drive for children in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. NORTH LAKELAND CRASH: A 27-year-old Lakeland man died and a 53-year-old Dade City man was injured in yesterday’s car crash on U.S. 98 North. The road […]
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Gigabit Lakeland: The Lakeland City COmmission instructed staff to “put together a bid package to find a consultant” toward creating a test city-owned broadband service. “There are other cities in the country that are just doing it better than we are,” (Commissioner Don) Selvage said. “Here we are on a gold mine of 330 miles […]
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LAKELANDERS: Maxine Weiss is one of the 12 Faces of Christmas got her volunteer work at the PACE Center for Girls. Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center’s Chief Operating Officer Danielle Drummond answered five questions. Women at Greater St. Paul Missionary Baptist Institutional Church spent the year making blankets for the homeless and those in nursing […]
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Lakeland at Night
Gary Wantuck took these recent night photos of the Tax Collector’s office and a Lakeland Swan. You can find more of his work on his web site, GaryWanderlust
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THE BEST OF TODAY’S PAPER: A special section honoring the best local student-athletes is the best local news you’ll find in today’s newspaper. (No link available.) LOCALS IN THE NEWS: Volunteer Lois Rankin is one of the “12 Faces of Christmas.” | Columnist Tom Palmer writes about the volunteers who help Polk County’s environmental lands. […]
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GIGABIT LAKELAND: Commissioner Justin Troller promised to make one last effort to push for a Lakeland-owned gigabit service. The current city commission line up has one last meeting on December 18th. NOT IN TODAY’S PAPER: Some may remember that Lakeland first pushed for gigabit service seven years ago in a last-minute effort to win the […]
