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Cabana Boy Ice Cream
Put on your finest Hawaiian shirt and flip-flops – Cabana Boy Ice Cream is open for business, baby! Well, they’ve actually been open for...
Tara Crutchfield
Apr 30, 2022


Polk County Bully Project
Since starting the Polk County Bully Project (PCBP), Co-directors Shannon Medina and Angie Lorio and their now 30 active volunteers have...
Tara Crutchfield
Apr 30, 2022


Botany Cats
A love of cats (and plants), a trip to an Orlando cat café, and a passion for helping animals led Lakeland native Janette Nettler to her...
Tara Crutchfield
Apr 30, 2022


SPCA Florida to Open New Surgery Center
Lakeland-based nonprofit SPCA Florida is abuzz with construction, renovations, and new programs to better care for the cats and dogs that...
Tara Crutchfield
Apr 30, 2022


Blood Oranges
My family grew oranges in a grove next to a little wild lake in Polk County for four generations. The grove yielded its sweet crop and...
Adam Strang Bass
Apr 30, 2022


The Patron Saint of Justice
“The Patron Saint of Justice,” a new mural by the internationally renowned Icelandic artist Lokey Prakkarastrik, featuring Polk County’s...
Nate Schaller
Mar 31, 2022

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