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Bartow, Florida is located in Polk County. Zip codes in Bartow, FL include 33831, and 33830. The median home price in Bartow is $113,000 which is roughly $48/per square foot. More Bartow information.

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Yesterday | Polk County Democrat

Public's help needed for eastside

Cliff Lewis, the city's Community Development Coordinator and the president of the Neighborhood Improvement Corporation, urged people to attend a workshop on Saturday, June 1, on a study being done on the east side of Bartow in order to improve it.

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Friday | Polk County Democrat

Ten-year reunion planned

"The Bartow High School and IB Class of 2003 has planned its 10-year class reunion from 7 p.m.-midnight Saturday, June 22 at Curly Tails BBQ, 330 Old Winter Haven Road, Bartow.

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Thu May 23, 2013

NewsOne

Re: Kiera Wilmot Will Not Be Prosecuted For Exploding Science Project ...

After educators, scientists and concerned people on social media spoke out in support of Kiera Wilmot , 16, the student at Florida's Bartow High School who caused a small explosion inside of a water bottle and faced felony charges, the State Attorney's Office announced this afternoon that she will not be prosecuted, reports The Orlando Sentinel.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Polk County Democrat

Controversy over Carver Rec arises

Although the City of Bartow public meeting agenda was slim, with the overall majority of it devoted to the issuance of eight proclamations, the Monday, May 20 meeting was not without controversy.

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Polk County Democrat

Osprey outs electricity to about 700

If you sweated in the early evening humidity Sunday night, it was due to an osprey flying into a pole and damaging a fault current.

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Polk County Democrat

Downtown business plan in the works

There is a focus on trying to improve people visiting Main Street and strengthening not only the living environment, but also the economy of Bartow.

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Sat May 18, 2013

Polk County Democrat

Stewart named Teacher of the Year

PHOTO PROVIDED Jennifer Blum Stewart , formerly of Bartow, received the Educator of the Year award in ceremonies recently.

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Fri May 17, 2013

Polk County Democrat

A-C-T Hires nine in Spring Recruiting Class

PHOTO PROVIDED Leo Longworth is presented with a plaque marking his year as Bartow mayor in the last year by the new mayor for Bartow, James Clements.

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Polk County Democrat

Many spirits in Bartow and a few surprises

PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW Virginia Condello, from the Chamber of Commerce, gives Pam Renew a hug Thursday at the Spirit of Bartow ceremony as she was awarded for her dedication to the community.

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Thu May 16, 2013

The Orlando Sentinel

Kiera Wilmot's mom: Her arrest was 'traumatic,' drained family finances

The on-campus arrest of her 16-year-old daughter and the classification of her would-be science project as a "destructive device" has left Polk County mother Marie Wilmot exhausted, frustrated and eager for a return to a life of "just me and my girls," she said today.

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Wed May 15, 2013

Star-Telegram.com

No charges for teen after explosion at Fla. school

A central Florida teenager who was accused of igniting a chemical explosion on school grounds - and who became the subject of a grassroots social media campaign on her behalf - will not face criminal charges, authorities said Wednesday.

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WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

"Bartow Bomb" student will not face criminal charges

The State Attorney's Office announced Wednesday afternoon that it will not formally charge Kiera Wilmot who was arrested last month on felonies for mixing household chemicals in a small plastic bottle outside Bartow High that then went off on school grounds.

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Miami New Times

Kiera Wilmot Is the New Trayvon Martin

In Bartow, Florida, public school and law enforcement officials are committing a horrible injustice against an exceptionally gifted African-American teenager.

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Polk County Democrat

BHS Ib: a focus of community pride

Few things make a parent prouder than to see a child or grandchild recognized as one of the top performers among his peers, be it for academics, athletics, artistic prowess, citizenship, or any of a host of other laudable achievements.

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Tue May 14, 2013

Polk County Democrat

Fifth-graders rally against drug use

PHOTO BY PEGGY KEHOE Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd spoke to area fifth graders during the Just Say No rally Tuesday morning at Bartow High School.

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Polk County Democrat

First look at the campus

PHOTO BY AL PALMER Rob Clancey, Corporate College Director shows where labs will be located at the Clear Springs campus.

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Polk County Democrat

Should the City of Bartow compete against existing private companies...

Ketrina Walker Yes because right now there's only two. Mine works fine but it's so expensive.

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Polk County Democrat

School bus driver faces many charges

Describing it as "just unbelievable conduct," "immoral," "unethical" and "improper," Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd had two questions for the school bus driver who allegedly drove students from Bartow to her home in Lakeland and staged a fight between two teenage girls.

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Polk County Democrat

Bags filled with love

PHOTO BY CASSIE JACOBY In addition to the FPRA Fill-A-Bag campaign to collect hygiene products for homeless students, Lake Wales churches pack 110 backpacks filled with "a little something extra" to students in Lake Wales Charter Schools every Friday.

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Sat May 11, 2013

New Pittsburgh Courier Online

Judging people without context can lead to trouble

As with everything, there's good and there's bad. The good? Amazing technological advances makes information on anything literally at your fingertips.

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