PLANT CITY The Plant City Community Choir is gearing up for a performance during the April 17 at the Relay for Life at Plant City High School. Choir director Joe Mendolia is looking for three or four new singers to join the group. ...more

April 6, 2009

PLANT CITY Patriotic speeches by local youth will highlight the 23rd annual Veterans Day program by Hopewell Funeral Home. ...more

October 21, 2008

Welcome to Munchkinland. ...more

September 4, 2008

Gardeners mowed the lawn outside the tiny museum honoring local hero Nelson Mandela on Thursday, while a work crew laid new tarmac on the road outside his house and a school choir rehearsed a song they created especially for him. ...more

July 18, 2008

Believe me, teaching usually is no picnic. It can be just a job many days and like any other career, it can be tough to make yourself get up and go to work. Some days you just want to get through the day and go home. But, I can remember when, for me, it was fun. ...more

February 15, 2008

Demolition day has come at the Tampa Museum of Art. Late last week, workers started demolishing the parking garage at the museum on Ashley Drive in downtown Tampa. Soon, they'll start knocking down the museum itself. The entire demolition project is expected to take about thee months. ...more

February 6, 2008

Demolition day has come at the Tampa Museum of Art. Late last week, workers started demolishing the parking garage at the museum on Ashley Drive in downtown Tampa. Soon, they'll start knocking down the museum itself. The entire demolition project is expected to take about three months. ...more

February 4, 2008

Scrolling through my peers' iPods, I am often appalled at the number of artists whose names start with "Lil'," or the number of songs containing the word "remix." However, I am elated when I find a friend who listens to a bit of Mozart, Handel, or even the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. ...more

December 11, 2007

The Brandon High School choirs and the Plant City High School choir and orchestra will perform "La Messe de Minuit" (Midnight Mass) by Marc-Antoine Charpentier at 7 p.m. Tuesday, in the Plant City High School auditorium, One Raider Place, off Alexander Street. The Tomlin Middle School chorus also will sing selections during the evening. ...more

December 8, 2007

There are larger and more spectacular boat parades held annually in the Tampa Bay area, but spectators at Riverview's 24th annual lighted boat parade Dec. 1 said the holiday event is hook, line and sinker a hometown favorite. ...more

December 6, 2007