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Travel and Outdoors
Which cities share Lakeland’s latitude and longitude?
Directly north, east, south, and west of LAL, cities across the world await.
September 16, 2025 09:24 AM
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Patrick Sidwell
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Reduce, reuse, recycle: Lakeland edition
March 20, 2019
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Jessica Reyna
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TigerTown: Lodwick School of Aeronautics
March 19, 2019
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Kaylee Holland
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MustDo Monday: March 18-24, 2019– Punk Rock Flea Market, Chipotle sauce + LAL shark tank
March 18, 2019
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Jessica Reyna
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MustDo Monday: March 11-17, 2019– Mendelssohn, Boston Red Sox + The Love Bug
March 11, 2019
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Jessica Reyna
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International Women’s Day 2019
March 8, 2019
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Jessica Reyna
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Munn Park updates
March 7, 2019
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Jessica Reyna
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PlanAhead March: March 2019– Wine festival, Sugarbuzz + The Sound of Music
March 4, 2019
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Jessica Reyna
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ICYMI: February 2019
February 28, 2019
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Jessica Reyna
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Answered: What you want to see on Main St
February 20, 2019
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Jessica Reyna
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3 questions with the Mayor
February 19, 2019
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Kaylee Holland
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Real Estate
Hot Homes: Wide open spaces for sale
See inside these two hot homes with unique outdoor spaces that have hit the Lakeland real estate market.
July 19, 2023
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Connor Jacobson
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Small Business
Lakeland outings perfect for your corporate team
If you manage a team and want to facilitate some bonding or just have fun, here are some ideas in the Lakeland area for daytime excursions.
July 19, 2023
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Rilee Delgado
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Business
How Polk County’s economy is changing
Learn where the local economy has increased and decreased over the past decade, plus where you can expect to see growth in Lakeland.
July 18, 2023
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Connor Jacobson
The Rahmani family poses together in matching Feasts of Persia t-shirts in front of their food truck.
Business
How Gianna Rahmani and her family started a full-time food truck
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July 14, 2023
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Connor Jacobson
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Culture
Podcasts for Lakelanders to listen to + learn from
Put your headphones on and listen to one of these podcasts made by Lakelanders, for Lakelanders.
July 14, 2023
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Rilee Delgado
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Real Estate
Look inside three new modern homes in Lakeland
We visited the construction site of three uniques homes in Lakeland’s Paul A. Diggs neighborhood to learn about the inspiration behind their design.
July 12, 2023
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Connor Jacobson
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City
Shape the future of the Downtown West redevelopment
Share your thoughts on the CRA’s newest project to be a part of the Downtown West redevelopment.
July 10, 2023
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Connor Jacobson
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Food
We recreated the Polk County soup that went to space
Get the recipe for Chalet Suzanne’s Soup Romaine, which was requested by astronauts for the Apollo 15 mission.
July 10, 2023
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Kaylee Holland
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Food
We tried July’s Cocktails for Charity at The Back Nine
A dollar from the sale of these cocktails will be donated to a different charity each month.
July 6, 2023
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Connor Jacobson
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History
The history of the now-extinct Chalet Suzanne in Lake Wales
How one woman transformed a community, put Lake Wales on the map, and sent her soup to the moon.
July 5, 2023
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Rilee Delgado