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Orange Clerk of Courts Lydia Gardner remembered at memorial
Mourners packed First United Methodist Church of Winter Park on Friday to attend a memorial service for Orange County Clerk of Courts Lydia Gardner, who died last week at 68 after a long battle with cancer. The service, which featured heartfelt...
Tags: Orange County (Florida), Teresa Jacobs, Human Interest, Local Government, Online Media Industry
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Bars oppose later drinking hours for downtown competitors
Orlando's plan to extend last call at downtown bars to 3 a.m. isn't the first time the idea has been raised. When Mayor Buddy Dyer was first elected, his transition team recommended a 3 a.m. closing time — but it became so controversial the idea...
Tags: Downtown (Miami, Florida), Broward County, Media Industry, Demographics, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Oprah program gives Crocs to kids
An initiative meant to spark children's imaginations gave away 100 pairs of shoes to kids in Parramore on Thursday. Children at the Callahan Neighborhood Center wrote essays explaining how they use their imaginations for the event, part of Oprah...
Tags: Oprah Winfrey
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Simulator shows Orange teens the dangers of texting, driving
A close friend of Colonial High School senior Lora Abdulhak was killed by a driver who was texting. But it wasn't until she tried a simulator that imitates the hazards of texting while driving that Abdulhak, 18, vowed to stop doing it herself. The...
Tags: T-Mobile, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Motorvehicle Accidents, Florida Highway Patrol, Verizon Communications
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What we think: Brodeur, Stewart top class
On Sunday we graded Central Florida's state senators on their performance during this year's session of the Florida Legislature. Today we'll grade some from the House, based on their priorities and effectiveness in the 2013 session, which concluded...Tags: Andy Gardiner, Titusville, Labor Legislation, Apopka, Orange County (Florida)
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No Major League Soccer in Orlando? Blame the Miami Marlins
In many ways, sports teams and leagues are like children. You have the spoiled brats who are used to getting everything they want when they want it. And when they don't, they hold their breath, stomp their feet and threaten to take their ball and go...Tags: Miami Dolphins, Television Industry, Detroit Lions, Daytona International Speedway, The Miami Herald
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Major bills await Florida Legislature's final day
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Legislature used its next-to-last day Thursday to pass a watered-down texting-while-driving ban, a plan to slim down the state-run Citizens Property Insurance and legislation that strips local governments of the power to...
Tags: Executive Branch, Everglades, Insurance, Miami-Dade County, Rick Scott
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House killing Democratic bills, but not those for special-interests
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- A showdown over expanding health-care to more than 1 million Floridians slowed the Legislature to a crawl for a second day Wednesday, with the fate of an elections reform, a sick-time fight, sports stadium tax breaks and other bills hanging...Tags: Insurance, Rick Scott, Politics, Elections, Alan Hays
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House erupts over tax-cut vote after daylong slowdown
TALLAHASSEE — A showdown over expanding health care to low-income Floridians slowed the Legislature to a crawl for a second day Wednesday, with the fate of an elections-reform package, sports-stadium tax breaks and other bills hanging in the...
Tags: Health Insurance, Coconut Creek, Rick Scott, Politics, Elections
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Gardiner: Central Florida Expressway is likely dead
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- Sen. Andy Gardiner said Wednesday that a push to merge the tolling authorities of Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Lake counties may be dead for the year -- thanks to resistance from House Majority Leader Steve Precourt and a House slowdown...Tags: Andy Gardiner, Highway Transportation, Orlando, Rick Scott, Politics
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Orlando scrambles for new soccer-stadium plan
Now that the Legislature has rejected state funding, the backers of the push to build a $110 million soccer stadium in Orlando are frantically searching for a Plan B. But Mayor Buddy Dyer said he's not willing to sacrifice quality. Dyer was reacting...
Tags: Florida Citrus Bowl, Major League Soccer, Soccer, Sports, Amway Center
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Citrus Bowl will be mostly new after renovation
The work that starts soon on Orlando's Citrus Bowl is technically a renovation, but when the dust settles in just less than two years, about 80 percent of the stadium will be brand new. Much of the 77-year-old stadium will be torn down, the City Council...
Tags: Orlando, Amway Center, Florida Classic, Renovation
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