Eric Pera
The Palm Beach Post
Lakeland, FL, United States
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Publix launches new line of fan apparel
Publix Super Markets Inc. is cashing in on fan devotion with a new line of colorful merchandise featuring fan faves like the Pub Sub, bogos and chicken → Read More
Bok Tower Gardens: A national treasure in Florida gets $16M renovation project
The Lake Wales sanctuary perched atop the highest elevation in peninsular Florida will unveil its newly remodeled visitor center Saturday to coincide with the annual Rootstock Plant and Garden Festival. → Read More
Bok Tower Gardens: A national treasure in Florida gets $16M renovation project
The Lake Wales sanctuary perched atop the highest elevation in peninsular Florida will unveil its newly remodeled visitor center Saturday to coincide with the annual Rootstock Plant and Garden Festival. → Read More
Bok Tower Gardens: A national treasure in Florida gets $16M renovation project
The Lake Wales sanctuary perched atop the highest elevation in peninsular Florida will unveil its newly remodeled visitor center Saturday to coincide with the annual Rootstock Plant and Garden Festival. → Read More
Bok Tower Gardens: A national treasure in Florida gets $15M renovation project
The Lake Wales sanctuary perched atop the highest elevation in peninsular Florida will unveil its newly remodeled visitor center Saturday to coincide with the annual Rootstock Plant and Garden Festival. → Read More
Bok Tower Gardens: A national treasure in Florida gets $15M renovation project
The Lake Wales sanctuary perched atop the highest elevation in peninsular Florida will unveil its newly remodeled visitor center Saturday to coincide with the annual Rootstock Plant and Garden Festival. → Read More
Bok Tower Gardens: A national treasure in Florida gets $15M renovation project
The Lake Wales sanctuary perched atop the highest elevation in peninsular Florida will unveil its newly remodeled visitor center Saturday to coincide with the annual Rootstock Plant and Garden Festival. → Read More
Bok Tower Gardens: A national treasure in Florida gets $15M renovation project
The Lake Wales sanctuary perched atop the highest elevation in peninsular Florida will unveil its newly remodeled visitor center Saturday to coincide with the annual Rootstock Plant and Garden Festival. → Read More
Coffee shop with artsy twist coming to Bartow
The unique emporium with a simple name — Unfiltered — promises to be part coffee house, bookstore and vintage marketplace selling upcycled furnishings, clothing, art, home décor and more. → Read More
Legoland Florida announces 2nd hotel will open ahead of schedule at Winter Haven resort
The 150-room Pirate Island Hotel will open April 17, the Winter Haven theme park announced Thursday. → Read More
Legoland Florida announces 2nd hotel will open ahead of schedule at Winter Haven resort
The 150-room Pirate Island Hotel will open April 17, the Winter Haven theme park announced Thursday. → Read More
Polk native 'Born & Bread' for bakery success
Jennifer Smurr exhibits a fierce independence, having tackled a notoriously difficult trade through gutsy ambition, charm and the sort of blind passion that motivates artists of every stripe. → Read More
Swan Brewing signs with Orlando distributor
LAKELAND – Lakeland’s Swan Brewing has signed with an Orlando distributor to put its core products into taprooms, bars and restaurants in parts of Orange County.The partnership with Sunshine State Distributing also expands Swan’s reach in Polk County, where sales have been limited to the brewery and taproom at the edge of downtown near Lake Wire.Swan’s expansion comes with an assist from the… → Read More
Swan Brewing signs with Orlando distributor
LAKELAND – Lakeland’s Swan Brewing has signed with an Orlando distributor to put its core products into taprooms, bars and restaurants in → Read More
New Haines City bakery bringing sweets with a Brazilian flavor to Polk
Her Haines City bakery, Yumm Cake, implies dessert, but it's much more. Dedicated primarily to wholesale clients, the small enterprise just off East Hinson Avenue near downtown will open to the public sometime in June with an expanded menu. → Read More
New Haines City bakery bringing sweets with a Brazilian flavor to Polk
Her Haines City bakery, Yumm Cake, implies dessert, but it's much more. Dedicated primarily to wholesale clients, the small enterprise just off East Hinson Avenue near downtown will open to the public sometime in June with an expanded menu. → Read More
Lakeland Manny's Chophouse closes
Tuesday’s closure caught employees and customers by surprise. The company apologized to its customers on Facebook, giving no indication as to what prompted the sudden closure. → Read More
Girls Inc. honors 3 for commitment to community
LAKELAND — A trio of women from the municipal sector was honored Thursday by Girls Inc. of Lakeland.The agency’s annual She Knows → Read More
Nineteen61 chef to open restaurant at Lakeland Linder
LAKELAND — Marcos Fernandez is polishing his D’Lucas concept for a run atop the second floor of Lakeland Linder International Airport.The → Read More
Aerospace students pair with nonprofit to give wings to the disabled
LAKELAND — The Zenith CH 750 Cruzer comes in a box — a large wooden crate, actually — ready to build.Members of the Lakeland Aero Club for Polk County high school students have only just begun piecing the aircraft's shiny, aluminum parts together as an after-school project in conjunction with a North Carolina nonprofit called Able Flight.Over the next several months students and instructors will… → Read More