5 stories that shaped Apopka's news week:
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5/2/21
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By Reggie Connell, Managing Editor Apopka Mayor Bryan Nelson stood alone on an empty stage at the Amphitheater Tuesday night as a crowd of about 500, mostly residents of Rock Springs Ridge, enjoyed a …
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4/28/21
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Apopka Community Meeting for Rock Springs Ridge
By Reggie Connell, Managing Editor
The City of Apopka is hosting a community meeting to discuss a potential offer from Mr. Bob Dello Russo …
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4/26/21
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5 stories that shaped Apopka's news week:
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4/25/21
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"...47 other states recognize Juneteenth and I wanted to show that support from Florida also. That we also celebrate the emancipation of slaves...” Senator Randolph Bracy
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4/19/21
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5 stories that shaped Apopka's news week:
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4/18/21
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5 stories that shaped Apopka's news week:
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4/11/21
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5 stories that shaped Apopka's news week:
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4/4/21
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By Brent Landau, Lecturer in Religious Studies, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts The date of Easter, when the resurrection of Jesus is said to have taken place, changes from …
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4/3/21
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By Joanne M. Pierce, Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross Churches around the world will be holding services for their three most important days during this Holy Week: Holy …
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4/1/21
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John Hickey owned a plot of land in Ocoee where he lived with his wife Lucy Solonia Lott; they fled to Apopka after the massacre.
By Issac Morgan | Florida Phoenix
A hundred years ago, …
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3/30/21
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Honoring those who served U.S.
From Staff Reports and the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs
Governor Ron DeSantis has signed the annual Vietnam War Veterans Day in Florida …
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3/28/21
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By Kathryn Dickason, Visiting Scholar, School of Religion, University of Southern California In the PBS documentary series “ The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song ,” scholar Henry …
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3/27/21
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From the Orange County Newsroom Orange County Commissioner Christine Moore Orange County is home to six districts, and each has a distinct personality when it comes to history, natural beauty, parks …
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3/15/21
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By Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross At the end of a small cemetery on the campus of the College of the Holy Cross, the Jesuit college where I teach, is the grave of Joseph O’Callahan , …
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3/13/21
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Lent began on February 17 and ends on April 3, the day before Easter, which is April 4 this year
By Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross
In late winter, many Christian denominations …
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3/6/21
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By Thomas Craemer, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Connecticut The cost of slavery and its legacy of systemic racism to generations of Black Americans has been clear over the past …
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3/6/21
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By Richard Gunderman, Indiana University When John Keats died 200 years ago, on Feb. 23, 1821, he was just 25 years old. Despite his short life, he’s still considered one of the finest poets in the …
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2/27/21
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By Joshua P. Nudell, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, Westminster College Most of us take big and small risks in our lives every day. But COVID-19 has made us more aware of how we think …
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2/26/21
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Have you ever seen a Florida panther? They’re sleek and secretive apex predators who slip around in the twilight and full dark seeking deer and hogs to eat.
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By Craig Pittman, Florida Phoenix
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2/25/21
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By Linda Reeves, Florida Catholic Media correspondent
Growing up in Upstate New York, Ann Kendrick, a popular sorority girl, went about life without a care in the world, busy with school and …
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2/23/21
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By Laura Cassels, Florida Phoenix Nearly 60,000 Americans, including 1,954 Floridians named here , were killed in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia in the 1950s, 1960s,and 1970s during the Vietnam War. …
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2/22/21
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By Thomas Hallock, Professor of English, University of South Florida In May 1803 a group of enslaved Africans from present-day Nigeria, of Ebo or Igbo descent, leaped from a single-masted ship into …
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2/18/21
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Tickets On Sale Now for The CFCArts Big Band presents A Tribute to Jazz: Celebrating Black History Month From Central Florida Community Arts Central Florida Community Arts announced today that …
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2/15/21
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Opinion
The Friday Editorial
By Reggie Connell/Managing Editor of The Apopka Voice
"Birds flying high, you know how I feel
Sun in the sky, you know how I feel
Breeze driftin' …
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2/11/21
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