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As Central Florida’s emergency food supply, Second Harvest Food Bank starts working on its storm prep checklist well in advance. When the new year begins, we’ve already begun stocking up.
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By Derrick Chubbs, Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida.
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6/8/23
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Pittman: "Along the 3,394-foot shoreline, someone had chopped down the mangroves on 951 feet of it. The choppers had cut a swath 15 to 26 feet deep along the shore."
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It is empowering and encouraging to see our communities and corridors improve. All it takes is an engaged citizenry and a municipal government with sufficient dollars for proper maintenance.
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By Orange County Commissioner Christine Moore
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5/31/23
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Pittman: "I’m glad my city still runs a curbside (or alley-side) recycling program. Some Florida cities and counties have canceled theirs."
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By Craig Pittman, Florida Phoenix
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5/25/23
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"Fortunately, in 2017, the City of Apopka created a CRA plan. This plan has many aspects and details, which, if followed, would result in a successful rebirth of downtown Apopka."
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Today, rhetoric is often associated with one-sided arguments that cater to a particular corner of an echo chamber. Writing something off as “rhetoric” is often a power play.
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By Ryan Leack, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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5/18/23
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I’m supremely interested in improving towns, cities, corridors, and neighborhoods. I have reported regularly in columns and on social media about sources that present best practices for growth and improvement.
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Rod Olsen is a former HOA President of Rock Springs Ridge and an Apopka resident who often contributes his opinions at the Apopka City Council meetings during the public comments.
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Two of the worst things that survived the session are related to our ongoing water pollution woes. Both are likely to make things a lot worse. Both came as something of a surprise.
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My most ambitious clean-up ever was a smashing success this past Sunday. I was motivated by the first-ever Coast-to-Coast bike ride down Beggs Road to Rose Avenue.
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Pittman: "Water is a precious resource on the Florida peninsula. The demand for it increases as our population swells like an overinflated party balloon on the verge of popping."
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By Craig Pittman, Florida Phoenix
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5/4/23
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This May, let’s challenge each other to participate in Community Action Month by finding ways to support local hunger relief efforts.
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By Mindy Ortiz, Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida.
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4/25/23
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There are a lot of important topics circulating through Apopka these days, and just as many opinions about how to handle them.
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It may be time to turn this issue over to the people of South Apopka, but if it's going to be settled by ballot, then treat annexation like an election.
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As a native Floridian, I am always eager to pass along good news about our state. That’s especially true these days when there’s so much of the other kind.
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Today, April 10th, 2023, is the Second Annual Gopher Tortoise Day in Apopka. And although they are two very different species, you might get Goper Tortoise Day mixed up with Groundhog Day.
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It was a cold January evening in 1918 when a Category F2 tornado with winds estimated at 150 miles per hour slammed into the little town of Apopka. Although there were no fatalities, ten people were …
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First and foremost, we want to thank many of our readers and The Apopka Critic Facebook page for their support. It meant a lot to us to see your positive posts and comments.
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It's 5 pm on a Monday. An unusual time and venue to have a special RSR Homeowners Association Board meeting, but if you watch closely, you will see unusual has become the norm for the RSR HOA Board.
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I've watched closely as this Shakespearean tragedy has played out over the last eight months. Only this, unfortunately, is not fiction.
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I hope you use this special meeting to change directions in your pursuit of the RSR golf course lands that don't involve swapping the gopher tortoise conservation area.
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For the second time in less than two weeks, the City canceled a workshop on the Gannon report, a 45-page draft, and a 27-page response critical of the Apopka Fire Department.
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Poverty isn’t a number in a bank account. It’s not an area code or even a statistic. I define poverty as not having the financial independence to make critical decisions in one’s daily life.
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By Derrick Chubbs, Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida.
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2/20/23
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When I started as managing editor of The Apopka Voice in 2015, I joked with then-publisher Dale Fenwick that out-of-town journalists were like Vikings. They only showed up when there was bad news.
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The Apopka Voice has received hundreds of reader comments on our news site and Facebook page. We appreciate and welcome your thoughts, whether you agree with us or not.
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By Reggie Connell, Managing Editor
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1/29/23
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