Tigers: A new city contract with Bill Tinsley reduces his pay and duties in working with the Detroit Tigers to complete renovations at Tigertown. Schools: Teachers at Southwest Middle School are the first to get trauma packs under a Rotary program to bring emergency equipment into classrooms. Finance: City government gets a guaranteed 7.25 percent return by investing […]
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Affordable housing trend: micro-cottages for seniors Em Barden: busy volunteer known for funny skits 99 employees: Florida Poly’s first raises. Source: http://www.theledger.com
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SUPERLATIVES: With the Central Florida Aerospace Academy, Sun ‘n Fun is called the world’s biggest trainer of teen pilots … Having grown to 720 cars, the Lake Mirror Classic Auto Festival has “been talked about as the largest car show in the Southeast.” (Photo gallery) Source: The Ledger
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A Leon County resident represented by Morgan & Morgan filed a class-action lawsuit against Publix Super Markets, claiming his cellphone was robocalled numerous times to remind him of prescriptions that weren’t his. The Imperial Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 50th anniversary by playing a piece it commissioned on Tuesday. Harry’s Seafood Bar & Grille reopened after closing for renovations […]
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Today is a day for arts and entertainment previews: Lake Mirror Auto Classic Festival | Zombiefest | Rick Springfield | For King & Country | Roland Dyens. Also, throw in a review of a new bagel restaurant at Old 37 and Shepherd Road and a gallery of last week’s DLP soiree. Source: The Ledger / […]
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City Commission candidates were grilled on taxes at a GOP forum … The reward for info in the hit-and-run death of Jill Braddock is higher … KHS grad Gionni Paul continues to produce as football captain of No. 5 Utah. Source: The Ledger
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Lakeland Electric says it’s going to look carefully at a report from environmental groups urging the city to shut its coal-burning power plant for economic reasons. Kimberly Wyant won’t have to vacate her new gallery/artist space near Lake Mirror until her lease is up, according to the head of the organization whose plans to move and […]
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As it prepares for a move to Lakeland’s airport, PSC’s aerospace program starts a training partnership with ExpressJet. Columnist Bruce Anderson ponders why only one of three eligible Lakeland City Commission seats is being contested this fall. For pedaling 3,844 miles this summer and raising $15k, Americans for Independence named Boyd Lipham its volunteer of the […]
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Reporter Clifford Parody explores the rise in heroin use in Polk, particularly in Lakeland, as drug users switch from pills, and a Lakeland ex-addict tells him, “I’ve seen people get shot over a dime bag.” Thirty years ago, A Lakeland family’s faith led surgeon Ben Carson to perform an operation that he considered hopeless but ultimately […]
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CITY: When you’re in a fender-bender, who you gonna call? If you’re City Commissioner Philip Walker, you phone the police chief. HIGHER EDUCATION: Zenith Education Group bought Everest University from troubled Corinthian Colleges and is turning it into a non-profit. | Construction of a second dorm at Florida Polytechnic University is 30 days ahead of schedule. EVENTS: Burt […]