Fort Meade News

At times like this, I feel like Typhoid Mary. In the last two years, I've covered the removal of three city managers - Katrina Powell in Fort Meade, Joe DeLegge in Bartow and Patricia Jackson in Eagle Lake.

Published: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. Break out the blankets and lawn chairs because the Fourth of July festivities will be a blast this weekend.

Published: Monday, June 29, 2009 at 4:47 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 29, 2009 at 4:46 p.m. You can easily order books and other materials for delivery to your library, or to your home via Books-By-Mail. Visit the online catalog via your hometown library Web site or visit www.pclc.lib.fl.us and click on the catalog tab.

Four high school students from Peace River Electric Cooperative's service territory joined with approximately 1,500 other high school students from across the country who participated in the annual Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association , headquartered in Washington, has coordinated the Youth Tour program ...

Published: Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 11:31 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 11:31 p.m. BARTOW William Taft was in the White House, the country had only 47 states and no one had heard of refrigeration or telephones in June 1909, when Polk County residents threw a little party in Bartow.

Published: Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 9:17 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 9:17 p.m. FORT MEADE After months of wrangling with the contractor, Fort Meade officials are ready to close the book on the city's problem-plagued water tower.

Published: Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 2:26 a.m. "S ix thousand people assembled in Bartow today and enjoyed a good time in spite of the frowns of Jupiter Pluvius, who insisted on making 'a wet town' of Bartow in spite of all advanced local laws and ordinances.

Published: Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 15, 2009 at 6:10 a.m. Interstate 4: Expect lane closures and long delays between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. this week at various exits along eastbound I-4 from Thonotosassa Road to County Road 557 and westbound I-4 from Kathleen Road to County Line Road as crews install electronic ...

The Peace River, which flows from Polk County down into Charlotte Harbor, has a watershed of more than 2,300 miles.

Published: Friday, June 12, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 6:06 a.m. BARTOW Longtime Fort Meade Commissioner Melony Bell has announced her candidacy for the District 2 County Commission seat in 2010.

Published: Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 10:02 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 10:02 p.m. BARTOW The Friends of the Parks Foundation is celebrating American Rivers Month with a cleanup and cookout from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 20.

Fort Meade's only pharmacy shut its doors Friday, leaving customers with at least a 12-mile commute to have their prescriptions filled.

Published: Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 1:31 a.m. WINTER HAVEN - Motorists driving around Lake Howard on Friday morning slowed down to get a better look at what could have been a gruesome scene as Polk County Sheriff's Office divers pulled a car out of the water during a dive team training exercise.

FORT MEADE Fort Meade's only pharmacy shut its doors Friday, leaving customers with at least a 12-mile commute to have their prescriptions filled.

Published: Monday, June 1, 2009 at 9:02 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 1, 2009 at 9:02 p.m. This is the status of firework displays in Polk County cities: Auburndale: Still needs about $3,300 to have the $7,500 firework display the city usually has on Lake Ariana.

Published: Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at 6:03 p.m. One might expect a bartender to be wild and over the top at a place like the Pit Stop in Fort Meade.

The Loop Legislative Internship Program, established by Florida Farm Bureau in honor of Carl B. Loop, Jr., has selected its first scholarship recipients.

City administrators seem to be playing musical chairs. Kevin Smith , Winter Springs ' acting city manager after Ron McLemore 's resignation in January, was appointed last week to fill the position permanently, shortly after McLemore began as Daytona Beach's deputy city manager over public works.

A pilot program to eliminate the gap in early childhood learning achievement between low- and middle- to high-income children is taking place in Lake Wales and two other Polk County communities.

Published: Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 9:28 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 9:28 p.m. A single word adorns the antique-style clock set atop a graceful black column: "REMEMBER." Click to enlarge Memorial in front of the U.S. Post Office in Bartow, FL on Tuesday May 19, 2009.