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City Council approves alternative design for Alonzo Williams Community Center
Adam Dolsak, of the Engineering/Design Company CH2M Hill presented a second design proposal for the Community Center building at Alonzo Williams Park yesterday at the City Council Meeting.The design … more
Orange County high schools graduation rates best ever in 2014-15
Apopka High School improves to 90.7% The Florida Department of Education released the 2014-15 graduation rates for the state, districts and high schools. The graduation rate for Orange County … more
Revised plans for Alonzo Williams Park highlights City Council Meeting
A second look at the plans for the Community Center at Alonzo Williams Park will be the featured item at the City Commission meeting today at 1:30pm. The Engineering/Design Company CH2M Hill … more
Vote Now for Next Candidate Question of the Week
Do you want your Voice to be heard during the City Council campaigns? Here is one way: Use the link below to vote for which question you want us to ask the six candidates this Friday. The … more
City Council Candidate Question of the Week - Poll
Vote Now for The Next Question of the Week     Use these links to see how the candidates answered the question ask by our readers last week: Apopka City Council … more
And the Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year is…
Now See What You Have Done? By David Rosen, President, O’More College of Design The dictionary defines “dictionary” as “a reference book that contains words listed in alphabetical … more
Apopka's Back Room Steakhouse Ranked #5 by OpenTable
Who says you need to leave Apopka to enjoy fine dining? OpenTable has just ranked The Back Room Steakhouse #5 on their Best of Orlando Diner's Choice list. And they are rubbing elbows with … more
Sunday headliner for Old Florida Outdoor Festival to be named Friday
The headliner for the Sunday show at the Old Florida Outdoor Festival will be announced Friday; according to Robert Sargent, Public Information Officer at The City of Apopka. It was also … more
City Council Candidates Answer the Question of the Week
As part of our coverage of the 2016 City Council Campaign The Apopka Voice will ask all of the candidates a question each week and will publish their answers to that question. The goal is to … more
Apopka City Council Seat 4 Candidate Q&A - Week 1
Questions & Answers with Candidates for Apopka City Council Seat 4 Each week we will be asking the candidates the questions YOU'RE asking. Week 1 Seat 3 … more
Apopka City Council Seat 3 Candidate Q&A - Week 1
Questions & Answers with Candidates for Apopka City Council Seat 3 - Week 1 Each week we will be asking the candidates the questions YOU'RE asking. Week 1 Seat … more
Chief McKinley Hosts Apopka's First "Coffee with a Cop"
Chief Michael L. McKinleyApopka Police Department On Saturday morning, the Apopka Police Department (APD) will converge on the McDonald's at Main Street in Apopka with at least eight officers. … more
You Gotta See This: Pink Hippo Spotted in Kenya
A French couple spotted and photographed a rare pink hippopotamus (below) in Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve, reports multiple sources. The coloring is due to a condition called leucistic … more
The Book of Job: A picture of human suffering … and beauty?
EDITORIAL By Reggie Connell In just the past couple of months, there seems to have been an escalation of violence around the world. Millions of Syrian refugees have fled a bloody civil war … more
Cleveland Property: Temporary Holding Area for Collected Roadside Debris
UPDATE The Apopka Voice learned today that the 10-acre parcel of land near Cleveland Street that is being proposed for re-zoning from Parks and Recreation to Light Industrial (Ordinance #2469) … more
Jobs or Recreation? Can We Have Both?
EDITORIAL By the Apopka Voice Editorial Board After doing a three-part series on Ordinance #2469, The Apopka Voice has made some observations, come to some conclusions, and has a potential … more
Two Recent Apopka Area Shootings Unrelated
Coverage by other media outlets have lead to much confusion regarding the shootings that took place earlier this week. The Apopka Voice has reported on both incidents and created the above map … more
Is Southern Apopka Becoming an Industrial Park for the Sake of Jobs? Part 3
Part 3 of a 3 Part Series The Property and the angst of Apopka residents south of 441 About this series – This is the third of a three-part series about Ordinance #2469. At a December … more
UPDATE: East Mason Shooting - Charges Upgraded
The charges on Phuc Nguyen have been increased from Attempted First Degree Murder to Second Degree Felony Murder. This is according to the Joint Homicide Investigation Team. Because Nguyen is … more
Citizen Protest at City Hall
Shackelford "sits-in" as protest for being denied access to meeting Dr. Ray Shackelford, an Apopka resident and often vocal speaker at City Council meetings, was denied entry into a planning … more
Is Southern Apopka Becoming an Industrial Park for the Sake of Jobs? Part 2
Part 2 of a 3 Part Series About this series – This is the second of a three-part series about Ordinance #2469. At a December 16th City Council meeting, this ordinance caused quite a stir. The … more
Armored Car Collides With SUV
An armored car collided with an SUV at the intersection of North Park Avenue and Nancy Lee Lane this morning. According to APD no one was transported to a hospital. Traffic was disrupted … more
Bryan Nelson Hosts Bear Safety Seminar
Bryan Nelson , the Orange County District 2 Commissioner, hosted a bear safety seminar at Clay Springs Elementary school on Monday night. The seminar began with Mike Orlando, Assistant … more
AHS Alumni Return from Honeymoon Cruise
Former Apopka residents Kelly McNair, daughter of James and Julie McNair of Ocoee, FL (formerly of Apopka) and Kent Nguyen, son of Khiet Nguyen and Mail Le of Orlando, were married on Saturday, … more
Multiple Shots Fired in South Apopka
UPDATING A DEVELOPING STORY According to Lourdes Clayton, the DFC/Public Information Officer for the Orange County Sheriff: Orange County Sheriff's Deputies responded this morning to 41 E … more
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