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An Orange County Commissioner who won the 2010 election to be the next Orange County Mayor over fellow commissioner Bill Segal. She takes over for Mayor Rich Crotty.
An Orange County Commissioner who won the 2010 election to be the next Orange County Mayor over fellow commissioner Bill Segal. She takes over for Mayor Rich Crotty.
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Despite concerns, Jacobs will pool campaign donations for re-election effort
Before she was elected Orange County mayor, Teresa Jacobs pushed to ban corporate political donations and stop supporters from pooling their money beyond the $500 individual-donor limit. Jacobs lost the fight for those reforms — and now she...
Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Crime, Law and Justice, Business Enterprises, U.S. Supreme Court, Amway Center
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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: Human Interest, Orange County (Florida), Buddy Dyer, Online Media Industry, Winter Park
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Orange leaders honor Gardner as friend
Orange County commissioners fondly recalled Clerk of Circuit Court Lydia Gardner on Tuesday as an honest and friendly force in politics. Gardner, 68, died last week from cancer. She was praised for her award-winning work in helping run the court...
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Orange commissioner seeks open clerk slot, pondering 2014 county mayor run
Orange County Commissioner Tiffany Moore Russell said she has submitted her name to the governor to replace Clerk of Circuit Court Lydia Gardner, who died last week. The lone Democrat on the board said she's also "entertaining" a county mayoral run next...
Tags: Rick Scott, Parties and Movements, Executive Branch, Val Demings, Government
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Por fin un cariñito al estadio Citrus Bowl
Aunque los trabajos que pronto comenzarán en el estadio Citrus Bowl de Orlando pueden considerarse como una "renovación", en la práctica un 80 por ciento de la estructura deportiva será nueva, una vez terminen los obreros e ingenieros — si todo...
Tags: Amway Center, Florida Classic, Soccer, Sports
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Rufus the beagle goes home
Rufus, the beagle made famous on the Internet, has gone home. The dog who bit its owner's 4-year-old child in the face was released from animal control Thursday, just hours after a lawyer for the family met with Orange County officials about the case....
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Plastic Surgeons, Lawyers, Belle Isle
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Rufus the beagle could be free soon
Rufus, the beagle that has been confined since he bit his owner's 4-year-old in the face, could be headed toward a release from the Orange County animal shelter soon. A county spokesman said Wednesday that a meeting between the two sides should occur...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Media Industry, Social Media
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Rufus' owner, rescue group part ways
The animal-rights group trying to save Rufus from being euthanized is no longer working with the dog's owner, who has now hired her own lawyer to get the beagle back after it bit her 4-year-old son in the face. In dueling Facebook posts over the...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Social Media, Local Government
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Soccer team faces tough match in quest for new stadium
If a new professional soccer stadium is in Orlando's future, a lot of moving pieces have to come together — from land that will cost taxpayers millions to convincing politicians here and in Tallahassee. Building a soccer stadium is a top...
Tags: Public Officials, Florida Citrus Bowl, Major League Soccer, Houston Dynamo, Amway Center
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Commission calls for reforms in legal system to help domestic-violence victims
Orange County's judges, attorneys and law-enforcement agencies need to change the way they handle domestic-violence cases to better protect victims from being harassed, members of a special commission recommended today. Members of the commission —...
Tags: Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Abusive Behavior
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Orange Law Enforcement Memorial honors fallen heroes
The mournful strains of Amazing Grace filled the jury room at the Orange County Courthouse Thursday night as hundreds of law-enforcement officers remembered their fallen colleagues at the 2013 Law Enforcement Memorial service. Orlando police Chief...
Tags: Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Interest, Orange County (Florida)
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Winter Park will help provide meals for seniors
The city of Winter Park said Wednesday it is filling the void left by Seniors First, which is closing its congregate meal site in the city because of federal funding cuts. The Winter Park Community Center in Hannibal Square is one of five sites that are...
Tags: Pine Hills, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Orlo Vista, Winter Park, Eatonville
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