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The efforts of the US Transportation Secretary Marty Walsh and direct intervention by President Joe Biden have succeeded in averting a nationwide strike that would likely have led to scores of local workers being laid off for their jobs. The $100 million CSX Intermodal freight terminal, located between Lake Wales and Winter Haven off SR 60 west, opened in 2014 and employs workers involved in loading and unloading the shipping containers which have become the global standard. W...
Alice Boyle Duffy, longtime resident of Hingham, Massachusetts, passed away Thursday, September 8th, from complications following a stroke in Winter Haven, Florida, near where she had been living with her daughter Clare. She was 93 years old. She was born in Philadelphia, PA, the daughter of Francis Xavier "Pete" Boyle of Philadelphia and Alice Villere Lewis, formerly of New Orleans. Both were artists educated at the Philadelphia College of Art, and her father also hosted a...
Frank J. Wolzanski passed away in Lake Wales, FL on September 8, 2022 following a long illness. He was born February 3, 1930 in Perth Amboy, NJ the son of the late Frank Joseph Wolzanski and Sophie Gadek. Frank graduated from Middlesex County Vocational School and worked briefly for Public Service before being drafted into the US Army in 1951. After basic training he was sent to Panama for a short time and then to Korea. While there Frank served as a platoon sergeant for a...
Wayne P. Miller of Lake Wales passed away Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at Somers Hospice House in Sebring. He was born October 31, 1945 in San Francisco, California to the late Clarence and Natalie Miller; he moved to Lake Wales in 2005. Wayne was a retired Factory Representative for 3M and was a member of First United Methodist Church of Lake Wales. He was a veteran of the United States Army who served in Vietnam. He enjoyed surfing and collecting old cars. Wayne was a fan of...
A significant lowering of electric rates for Lake Wales could result if city commissioners decide to create their own municipal utility, according to a local attorney, Rudy Engholm presented a comparative study of local rates at this week’s meeting, explaining that Duke Energy rates paid by Lake Wales residents “are about 10% higher than Bartow rates, and about 25% higher than St. Cloud rates.” Wauchula is also among the more than 30 cities that operate their own electric util...
A major step to preserving the history of Polk County was trumpeted during a recent presentation to the Polk County Board of County Commissioners by Stacy Butterfield, Polk County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller. Butterfield presented the full preservation of the county's first-ever deed book, labeled "Deed Book A." "This is a significant historical artifact for our county and I felt it should be presented to our citizens in a formal presentation," Butterfield said. "...
Lake Wales Police have apparently unraveled the threads of a fatal shooting that occurred shortly after 1:30 in the afternoon on Sunday, August 28. Lake Wales Police were summoned to the area of 32 W. Seminole Avenue and found three young men had been wounded in an exchange of gunfire following an argument inside the apartment, As the group left the apartment, 21-year-old Camron Salas produced a handgun and began shooting. wounding two of the men, one 17 and one 18 years of...
