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Florida in the cross hairs: Number of women with concealed-weapon permits jumps
Shirley Hedge spent more than 40 years saving lives as a nurse. Now retired, "Shotgun Shirley" represents the biggest increase among Florida's more than 1 million people who have concealed-weapon permits: women 66 and older. Hedge, 66, is one of 34,...
Tags: Elections, Firearms, Bill Nelson, Orange (New Haven, Connecticut), Crime, Law and Justice
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Lake County's Business Opportunity Centers to offer seminar on business plans
Are you a small business owner or an entrepreneur who needs help writing a successful business plan? Then Lake County's Business Opportunity Centers may have just what you need. All three centers will host a seminar on composing business plans,...
Tags: Seminole County, Kissimmee, Small Businesses, Orlando, Polk County
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AmeriCorps volunteers to descend on Lake for Habitat for Humanity building blitz
More than 100 AmeriCorps volunteers will converge Monday on Lake County, helping Habitat for Humanity of Lake-Sumter with an ambitious building blitz at sites throughout the county. The Sixth Annual Habitat for Humanity International and AmeriCorps...
Tags: Eustis, Small Businesses, Mount Dora, PBS (tv network), Habitat for Humanity International
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Leesburg fire chief withheld critical information about fire-training center proposal
Troubling new information that has surfaced since an April 7 column about Leesburg commissioners voting to spend $80,000 on a fire-training center suggests that the fire chief withheld information that there was already one in town that firefighters could...Tags: Fires, Elections, Politics, Science and Technology, Lake County (Florida)
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Sinkholes on the rise in Lake, experts warn
Creeeeak! That's how it started. Just one little crack on the corner of the house in the concrete block. Larry King, who owns a property-appraisal business in Leesburg, noticed the first crack in his 30-year-old home about two years ago. Then more...Tags: Natural Disasters, Gainesville, Science and Technology, Lake County (Florida)
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Freebie Friday: Free events in Orlando this week
EVENTS ART AND MUSIC IN THE PARK: with food trucks and music by Jeff Rupert: 6-9 p.m. today; Lake Concord Park, 95 Triplet Lake Drive, Casselberry; free; 407-262-7700. ART AMONG THE TREES: art, craft and music festival: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday;...Tags: Kissimmee, Daytona State College, Dandelion Communitea Cafe, Orlando Public Library, Melbourne
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Florida to get another $26.8 to turnaround its "lowest performing" schools
The state had won the grant previously and today the U.S. DOE announced it would receive a "continuation" grant. The Central Florida schools receiving the grant money are Evans and Oakridge high schools and Memorial Middle in Orange County, Leesburg...Tags: Celebration, Poinciana, Orange County (Florida), Lake County (Florida)
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Author Tim Dorsey to make appearances in Leesburg, Mount Dora
Writer Tim Dorsey likes to stir things up. In his Florida, folks are often shooting at each other while his anti-hero, Serge Storms, goes off on nutty tangents with his higher-than-a-kite sidekick, Coleman. Then the Tampa-based author introduces a few...
Tags: Mount Dora, Tampa, Theft
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Residents respond to red-light cameras
If a columnist writes about abortion, a response through the roof is guaranteed. But red-light cameras? Who knew you cared so much? It turns out that Lake County residents have passionate feelings about red-light cameras, those devices that take video...Tags: Services and Shopping, Photography and Video, Florida Department of Transportation, Clermont, Photography Supplies and Services
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Free stuff to do around Orlando this weekend
EASTER COLLEGE PARK EASTER EGG HUNT: 9 a.m. Saturday; Albert Park, Edgewater Drive, Orlando; free; collegeparkorlando.org. EASTER EGG HUNT: 9:30 a.m. Saturday; Central Park, Park Avenue, Winter Park; free; 407-599-3203. EASTER EGGSTRAVAGANZA: egg...
Tags: Dandelion Communitea Cafe, Orlando Public Library, Land Surfing, Ocoee, Cocoa Beach Pier
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Boys basketball region final slate on Saturday includes Wekiva at Hagerty
The schedule for Saturday’s boys basketball region finals. Games start at 7 p.m.: Class 8A, Region 1 Wekiva (16-12) at Hagerty (24-5) Class 8A, Region 2 Orlando University (17-11) at Tampa Wharton (24-4) Class 7A, Region 1 Jacksonville...
Tags: Orlando, High School Sports, Gainesville, Daytona Beach, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida)
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Employee accused of stealing $5,000 from hospital, patient
FloriDUHElla Renee Stevens, a patient financial services manager at a Leesburg medical center, has been charged with Grand Theft for llegedly stealing more than $5,000 from the hospital -- and a patient, reprots WFTV ABC News-9 in Orlando. Cops found an empty...Tags: Orlando, Hospitals and Clinics, Theft
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Apr 17, 2013
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Apr 13, 2013
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Mar 6, 2013
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Feb 27, 2013
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Mar 29, 2013
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Mar 22, 2013
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