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Law enforcement agencies will conduct a two-week high-visibility crosswalk enforcement campaign from Tuesday, April 30 to Friday, May 10th, across six Central Florida counties.
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From Operation Best Foot Forward
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4/29/24
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UF/IFAS researchers are trying to breed and grow blackberries, which ripen in April, May and June in the Sunshine State.
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From UF/IFAS
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4/29/24
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In case you missed it, The Apopka News Week in Review includes five articles that shaped the City—all in one place. It includes details on a clash in the City Council meeting about the forensic audit.
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From Staff Reports
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4/28/24
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Commissioner Nick Nesta proposed a new process for dealing with non-compliant properties with long-overdue fines at the April 17th Apopka City Council meeting.
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By Reggie Connell, Managing Editor
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4/28/24
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Zellwood’s Environmental Committee meets monthly to plan sustainability-related activities. Teachers are encouraged to train professionally on the Everglades, bird counting, and waste management programs.
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From Orange County Public Schools
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4/28/24
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The Wekiwa Springs neighborhood is a hidden gem that offers a unique blend of natural beauty and urban convenience. Now, it has a ranking to match.
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From Stacker
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4/28/24
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The festival showcases the work of artisans, crafters, and top foliage growers, along with live music, food vendors, and children's activities.
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From the Apopka Art and Foliage Festival
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4/25/24
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The environment wasn’t even an issue that Graham ran on, not at first. In seeking election as governor in 1978, he focused on education and crime. But then, well into his first term, a national magazine slammed him on his environmental record.
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By Craig Pittman, Florida Phoenix
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4/25/24
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The Central Florida Soccer Club Under-18 (U18) girls’ team from Apopka secured a spot in the State’s President Cup competition in Plano, Texas.
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From the Central Florida Soccer Club
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4/25/24
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DeSantis signed Senate Bill 7028, which will add another $200 million in funding for the My Safe Florida Home Program.
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By Andrew Powell, Ther Center Square
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4/25/24
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Officers from the Apopka Police Department responded to a single-vehicle collision this morning that resulted in the death of the driver.
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From the Florida Highway Patrol
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4/24/24
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Right now, the FCC reports that 7.2 million people lack access, but the commission numbers have been historically suspect. As a result, there are no doubt many more who are unserved and undercounted.
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By Christopher Ali, Penn State University
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4/24/24
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The Office for a Drug-Free Community is one of 17 agencies encouraging residents to surrender their old and unused prescription medicines at one of these locations across Orange County.
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From the Orange County Newsroom
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4/24/24
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The Apopka Voice publishes a weekly arrest report that includes arrests, crashes, calls for service, and traffic citations. This report is for the week ending April 20th.
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From the Apopka Police Department
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4/24/24
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May on Hulu feels like déjà vu: A big title coming early in the month is the season three premiere of Emmy Award-winning docuseries Welcome to Wrexham (May 3), originally set to launch in April.
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From Life Hacker
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4/24/24
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Florida has invested $6.5 billion into environmental protection, restoration efforts, water quality, and infrastructure of the Everglades since 2019.
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By Andrew Powell, The Center Square
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4/23/24
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In the study of nearly 1,000 front yards in Buffalo’s Elmwood Village neighborhood, we found that the livelier and more open the front yard, the more content and connected the resident.
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By Conrad Kickert, and Kelly Gregg, University of Buffalo
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4/23/24
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The rewrite of its zoning ordinances accompanies its efforts to roll out a new comprehensive plan called Vision 2050, which will guide development patterns over the next 30 years.
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From the Orange County Newsroom
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4/23/24
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The Apopka Voice publishes a weekly burglary report from the Apopka Police Department that includes reported burglaries of businesses, residences, and vehicles.
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From the Apopka Police Department
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4/23/24
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Summer camps provide a unique opportunity for children to make new friends, develop social skills, and learn new hobbies. In Apopka, there are three options.
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From the City of Apopka and Staff Reports
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4/22/24
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If you think building more units in this same top-down, financialized system is going to fix things, you’re stuck in the housing trap. There’s only one way out... a bottom-up revolution in how we deliver lots of units at prices anchored to local capacity.
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By Charles Marohn, Strong Towns
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4/22/24
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Bob Graham — two-term governor, three-term U.S. senator — was always thinking about Florida, how to preserve Florida’s waters and save the Everglades, how to improve K-12 education, how to promote civic engagement, how to alleviate poverty.
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By Diane Roberts, Florida Phoenix
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4/22/24
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Arguments are for and against increasing the legalization of cannabis for adult use in the U.S., but expanded access to legal cannabis may also have unintended consequences for adolescents.
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By Ty Schepis, Texas State University
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4/22/24
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On Wednesday, the state average reached a new 2024 high of $3.64 per gallon. Sunday's price of $3.58 per gallon is 2 cents higher than a month ago, yet 14 cents less than last year.
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From AAA
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4/22/24
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In case you missed it. The Apopka News Week in Review includes five articles that shaped the City... all in one place, including details on a new business coming to Apopka.
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From Staff Reports
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4/21/24
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