I inherited my library desk and, according to my family, it came from Rhode Island. It has spiral-turned legs, a platform underneath and a full-length drawer. How old is it and what is it worth? ...more

July 31, 2008

TRINITY -- Schools start the fall semester in a little more than two weeks, but a YMCA Before/After School Care program will make sure the fun doesn't stop for students. ...more

July 30, 2008

August will be a month with lots of activities for the Plant City area. ...more

July 16, 2008

St. Joseph's Children's Hospital is seeking donations of new toys to be used in a special "Christmas in July" event July 25. ...more

July 16, 2008

The monthly antique market conducted by the Historic Downtown Plant City Merchants and Business Association is expanding its scope and calendar. ...more

July 15, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Anne Reynolds, a white-haired lady in her 60s, speaks softly when asked about the younger version of her painted on a downtown Lake Placid mural. "That's me, 1966, when shortly after arriving as Charles Reynolds' bride, I was elected the first president of the Lake Placid Arts and Crafts Fair." Reynolds' home, a two-storied, New Orleans style red brick with black, wrought iron balconies, perches on a high bluff, Bear Point, offering a panoramic view of what used to be Lake Childs, now Lake Placid. The 12-acre property boasts heavily mossed, native-Florida trees and foliage. A golf cart ride downhill leads to a rectangular, green building, once a garage, now a lab. David Butler, archaeologist and professor at Rollins College, comes here, often bringing students, and studies findings from the Blueberry site — more about that later. The samples are sealed in labeled, plastic bags and piled around the musty, somewhat mystical room. ...more

July 6, 2008

The young adults stumbled upon the low-income community west of the University of South Florida and knew they had found the right place for their mission. ...more

July 5, 2008

Almost a dozen pageant winners, dazzling in their stylish dresses and impeccable makeup, plunked themselves down across from sick young girls at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital recently. The pageant queens painstakingly painted nails and applied blush to the girls' faces. ...more

July 2, 2008

The young adults stumbled upon the low-income community west of the University of South Florida and knew they had found the right place for their mission. ...more

July 2, 2008

UNIVERSITY AREA - The young adults stumbled upon the low-income community west of the University of South Florida and knew they had found the right place for their mission. The college students and recent graduates are from the National Association for the Prevention of Starvation, a Huntsville, Ala.-based nonprofit organization. The nonprofit's mission is to bring to humanitarian relief and educational support through emergency relief, skilled volunteers and health professionals. ...more

July 1, 2008