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Unlikely Vandal Caught Mid-‘F’art
The time was 2:04 am on October 9, 2021. A security system picked up movement outside an arts organization in Winter Haven. An alarm rang...
Tara Crutchfield
Mar 31, 2022


Chewz Wisely
A buzzsaw drowned out the tink, tink, tink of a hammer on a nail as we walked through a busy construction site with Winter Haven...
Tara Crutchfield
Mar 31, 2022


Whitehead’s Blueberry Farm
U-Pick season is almost here! Polk County has several U-pick blueberry farms to fulfill your inner Violet Beauregarde. A repeat winner...
Tara Crutchfield
Mar 1, 2022


Promo Applications
A twenty-seven-year-old Polk County native is soon to launch an app poised to revolutionize the event and promotion scene. The Promo App,...
Tara Crutchfield
Mar 1, 2022


The Lost Words of a Trying Poet
My editor sat in a bar across from a new friend a year ago. When she asked about his hobbies, he rattled off a few and added, “...and I...
Tara Crutchfield
Feb 1, 2022


Eddie ‘Smoke’ Jackson
Fourth-grade teacher and Fire Light Reggae frontman Eddie ‘Smoke’ Jackson uses music to make a positive change in his classroom and...
Tara Crutchfield
Feb 1, 2022

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