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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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Guide to Memorial Day events in Orlando area
Through Tuesday Fallen Floridians Memorial Cross Tribute: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. daily; Lawton House, 200 W. Broadway St., Oviedo. More than 370 crosses will be on display, honoring Florida soldiers who have died while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Details:...
Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), U.S. Department of Defense, Ocoee, Liberty Bell, Veterans Affairs
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4 teams make finals for I-4's $2.1B makeover
Four teams made up of some of the largest companies in the world are in the final running for the $2.1 billion makeover of Interstate 4 through Metro Orlando, state officials said Tuesday. Three other consortia was eliminated during a scoring and ranking...
Tags: Science and Technology, Economy, Business and Finance, Florida Department of Transportation, Finance, Federal Communications Commission
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Auditor balks at public backing of I-4 bonds
Orlando, Orange and Seminole counties could be on the hook – at least a little bit – for up to $1.5 billion that a private company would need to build four toll lanes on Interstate 4 through the heart of Metro Orlando. Orange County...
Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Economy, Business and Finance, Orlando, Florida Department of Transportation, Finance
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Orlando City investor: Larger financial stake in soccer-specific stadium possible
Orlando City Soccer Club investor Flávio Augusto da Silva was “surprised” earlier this month when he heard the Florida Legislature rejected state funding for a proposed $110 million soccer-specific stadium in Orlando. With the shock and...
Tags: Buddy Dyer, Soccer, Sports, Major League Soccer, Local Government
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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: Elections, Lawyers, Amway Center, Crime, Law and Justice, Amusement and Theme Parks
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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: Buddy Dyer, Winter Park, Online Media Industry, Orange County (Florida), Human Interest
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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...
Tags: Rick Scott
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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: Val Demings, Parties and Movements, Politics, Government, Rick Scott
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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: Lawyers, Media Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Plastic Surgeons, Health and Medical Professionals
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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: Lawyers, Media Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Social Media
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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: Buddy Dyer, Amway Center, Florida Citrus Bowl, Soccer, Sports
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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: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Media, Justice and Rights, Local Government
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