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Spot the Swan: Do you know where to find these in Lakeland?
Show off your Swan City smarts in a new game where you’ll guess the location of different swans in Lakeland. Be the quickest to guess correctly for a newsletter feature.
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Q + A with the Lakeland Lancers
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Meet your newest apparel obsession.
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Instagram accounts keeping local filmmakers reeling in
November 2, 2018
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#MustRead: October Edition
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#PlanAhead: November 2018
October 31, 2018
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Sports leagues to join this fall
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Introducing our community publishing platform
October 29, 2018
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List it, list it real good
October 22, 2018
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Finally, a library for introverts
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#PlanAhead: October 2018
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