Lakeland Parks & Recreation crews were busy today posting signs and fencing in the many public parks that were closed as part of the city’s efforts to promote social distancing as a way to prevent spread of the coronavirus. More
More than 20 reports from Lakeland have been made to the National UFO Reporting Center (view claims from Florida), and the most common ones involve orange orbs drifting across the night sky. LALtoday offers a possible explanation: Some of Draken International’s military aircraft flying out of Lakeland Linder carry orange-red navigation/identification lights.
The Lakeland Public Library offered a Facebook sneak peek into the Black & Brew Lake Morton coffee shop that’s about to open at its main branch. The shop, which will serve beverages and light bites, is tentatively scheduled to open Tuesday. Hours: Mon-Fri: 7-9, Sat: 8-9, Sun: 10-5.
Muralist Tim Haas and his assistant freshen up a sign marking the Cleveland Heights neighborhood. #showmeasign
LEARN MORE: ABC Action News talks with Gregory Fancelli, who is driving the save-the-mural effort.
Black and silver tarps are being draped over the Polk Theatre today as the 90-year-old structure is being readied for fumigation. The panels will stay up through Monday, according to a Polk Theatre Facebook post, and programming resumes next Friday, when “Love, Gilda,” a documentary about Gilda Radner opens | View a larger version of the photo
