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Check the cool attractions at the theme parks before the heat hits
April is a sandwich month for Orlando attractions, resting between the spring break and summer vacation crowds. It's a tasty time for locals because the theme parks are less congested and the temperatures aren't as high as they will be. Here are five...
Tags: Theme Park Vacations, Gaming, Entertainment, Amusement and Theme Parks, Tourism and Leisure
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Search for trust, and options, continues in Orange amid electronic-monitoring scandals
Orlando SentinelAfter a pair of brutal attacks — one allegedly by a defendant on home confinement, another by a man tracked by GPS — the electronic-monitoring programs used to keep tabs on defendants awaiting trial in Orange County are under heavy scrutiny....Tags: Prosecution, Entertainment, Local Government, Seminole County, Science and Technology
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Horse-riding therapy for veterans to get new home in Osceola
A pioneering research effort that uses horses to help wounded veterans readjust to society has found a long-term home in Osceola County. The University of Central Florida, Heavenly Hoofs equine-therapy group and county leaders have agreed on a deal to...
Tags: Health Treatments, Research, Narcoossee, University of Central Florida
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Ousted politician's bid for benefits insults the real jobless
When I think of folks who desperately need and deserve unemployment benefits even to approach the mirage of scratching by, I think of people such as Alina Puerta. Here's a woman who hasn't worked a steady job since 2009 when the downsizing real-estate...
Tags: Public Officials, Labor Markets, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment, Government
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Start Earth Day celebrations at dinner table
Lighter meals are perfect for the longer days that daylight savings time brings. Check out a few test kitchen favorites today at orlandosentinel.com/thedish. In the meantime, let's dish: Earth Day from the kitchen table. Every year on April 22 more than...
Tags: Mount Dora, Consumers, Recipes, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Oviedo
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Osceola middle school students get a taste of the courthouse life
Sentinel School ZoneTwo teams of seventh-graders from Neptune Middle School in Osceola County will be participating in a mock trial competition at their school next Thursday evening, April 4. Judge C. Jeffery Arnold of the Ninth Judicial Circuit will preside, and will also...Tags: Education, Trials, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Osceola is left wondering, where's Colt?
To appreciate just how badly state and local officials want to lure well-paying jobs to Florida, consider the case of Colt's Manufacturing Co. In 2011, officials promised $1.6 million in incentives to the iconic gun company, as part of a deal to open...
Tags: Government, Florida's Turnpike, Local Government, Executive Branch, Rick Scott
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Local bake sale helps hunger-relief efforts
The Osceola County Grown Farm to Picnic will be a chef-inspired celebration of seasonal dishes from 3-6 p.m. on May 4 at the Diamond P Ranch, 5700 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway in St. Cloud. The event will feature a local growers market and hayrides....
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Foods and Beverages, Hamburgers, Brevard County, Human Interest
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Seminole officials hope to extend SunRail to Sanford airport
SunRail commuter trains won't start running through the Orlando area for at least another year, but already some Seminole County officials envision extending the system to Orlando Sanford International Airport. That would mean a traveler could someday...
Tags: Coral Gables, Corporate Officers, Local Government, Sanford, Poinciana
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Latino musicians will be heard at the Inaugural Parade
Hispanosphere - Orlando SentinelA Latin band from Osceola County is heading to Washington, D.C., to be part of the Inaugural Parade for President Barack Obama on Monday. “Seguro Que Sí” has performed locally at events like the Star-Spangled Banner Celebration at Osceola... -
Orange, Seminole win appeal against Florida Virtual Academy
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelIn an uncanny repetition of last year, Orange and Seminole counties are headed to the state Board of Education with a set of rejections of Florida Virtual Academy charter schools. Like last year, the county school boards rejected the application to... -
Service marks end to bloody feud that began with sheriff's death
If she thought about it at all, Susan Arline Williams figured the old gun stored away in her daddy's closet was a wartime souvenir. Albert Arline, who died in 1991, didn't talk about the gun. Nor did he ever talk about the old, deadly trouble that...
Tags: Leu Gardens, Orlando, Shootings, Orange County (Florida), Orange County Regional History Center
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