AP Chamber To Hold Awards Banquet AVON PARK — The Avon Park Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual awards banquet Thursday, June 5 at the Avon Park Community Center. The theme for the banquet is "A Hawaiian Luau," which will begin with a social hour at 6 p.m. Dinner will follow at 7. The cost is $35 per person. There will be a silent auction, door prizes and entertainment. ...more

May 17, 2008

LAKE PLACID – Dollar General Store is moving from its location in the Winn-Dixie shopping center in Lake Placid, but the department store is only going across U.S. 27 to a free-standing building. Dollar General has leased the site of the former hardware store at 108 U.S. 27 N. Developer Bill Harvey bought the building, which he said is 10,050 square feet, last December. Harvey said he liked the location and believed he could lease the building in a short period of time. ...more

September 16, 2007