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    Jun 17, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  1. Builders developing in outlying areas

    <strong>Lennar Homes </strong>paid about $14 million for more than 260 lots in the Providence development, in partnership with <strong>ABD Development</strong>.
    Lennar Homes paid about $14 million for more than 260 lots in the Providence development, in partnership with ABD Development. The gated community, which has about 700 homes, was developed in 2005 in Polk County about 25 miles southwest of Orlando....

    Tags: Narcoossee, Apopka, Orange County (Florida), Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Winter Garden

    2. Jun 14, 2013 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  2. Amazon to bring 3,000 jobs to Florida in deal with state

    TALLAHASSEE — Amazon will bring 3,000 jobs to the state in a deal that also means Floridians will have to start paying taxes on purchases from the online retailer. Gov. Rick Scott's office announced Thursday that Florida had landed the deal with...

    Tags: Executive Branch, Don Gaetz, Rick Scott, Politics, Investments

    3. Jun 14, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  3. More aquatic plants seen as vital to helping Lake Apopka thrive again

    Below the surface of the vast waters of Lake Apopka is a landscape akin to a desert. Only a hardy smattering of grasses, lily pads and other native plants cling to 1 percent of its lake bottom.
    Below the surface of the vast waters of Lake Apopka is a landscape akin to a desert. Only a hardy smattering of grasses, lily pads and other native plants cling to 1 percent of its lake bottom. As part of the vast, multimillion-dollar plan to restore...

    Tags: Environmental Issues, Wildlife, Apopka, Winter Garden, Conservation

    4. Jun 13, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  4. Orlando foreclosures dip - still in Top 10

    Florida led the nation in foreclosure activity during May, though in Metropolitan Orlando the number of legal filings was down from both a year ago and a month earlier, a new report shows.
    Florida led the nation in foreclosure activity during May, though in Metropolitan Orlando the number of legal filings was down from both a year ago and a month earlier, a new report shows. One in every 336 Orlando houses got a foreclosure-related...

    Tags: Orlando, Real Estate, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Brevard County, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

    5. Jun 11, 2013 |Story| AM News

  5. Obituary: Imogene Neal Rowley

    Imogene Neal Rowley 1915-2013 Imogene Neal Rowley, widow of Joe C. Rowley, died June 10, 2013, at Charleston Health Care Center.  Born Nov. 27, 1915, in Lincoln County, Ky., she was a daughter of Ola Williams and Harry Lou Neal of Dade City, Fla....

    Tags: Schools, Elementary Schools

    6. Jun 10, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  6. Osceola grow-house investigation seizes more than 200 pot plants

    KISSIMMEE &ndash; The smell of marijuana Friday led to another grow house bust in Poinciana, according to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office.
    KISSIMMEE – The smell of marijuana Friday led to another grow house bust in Poinciana, according to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office. The smell came from 600 Regency Way, where Misael Delgado-Sanchez opened the door after deputies knocked,...

    Tags: Police Arrests, Hialeah, Cuba, Rentals, Drug Trafficking

    7. Jun 11, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  7. Front & Center: Putnam: Water is state's top issue

    Republican Adam Putnam was already a political veteran when he was elected Florida's agriculture commissioner in 2010. He had represented a U.S. House district that included his hometown of Bartow in Polk County for a decade, and had served four years in the Florida Legislature. In a recent interview with the Sentinel Editorial Board, he tamped down speculation that he might mount a primary challenge next year to Gov. Rick Scott, though he refused to rule out the possibility. He also talked about other hot topics he deals with in his current Cabinet spot, including water policy and immigration reform. Here are excerpts.
    Republican Adam Putnam was already a political veteran when he was elected Florida's agriculture commissioner in 2010. He had represented a U.S. House district that included his hometown of Bartow in Polk County for a decade, and had served four years...

    Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Rick Scott, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Everglades

    8. May 23, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  8. Healthful cooking on menu for Kissimmee kids in after-school club

    Wearing pint-sized chef hats and aprons, a gaggle of elementary-schoolers looks up expectantly from picked-clean plates.
    Wearing pint-sized chef hats and aprons, a gaggle of elementary-schoolers looks up expectantly from picked-clean plates. "Did you guys enjoy?" their instructor asks. "Yes!" comes back a chorus of voices. "Who wants seconds?" Eyes widen and...

    Tags: Diabetes, Salads, Healthy Diet, Weight, Foods and Beverages

    9. May 19, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  9. Letters to the editor: compassionate cruise line, student debt, and Kiera Wilmot

    At a time when so many cruise lines are being villified — some deservedly — I would like to voice my experience with the Royal Caribbean International Cruise Lines. On April 28, on the first day of our planned cruise on the Caribbean, my...

    Tags: Orlando, Human Interest, Cape Canaveral, Science and Technology, Royal Caribbean International

    10. May 19, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  10. Zero-tolerance policies are needlessly criminalizing kids

    When Kiera Wilmot curiously mixed toilet-bowl cleaner with aluminum foil near her school gazebo last month, she did not imagine the experiment would end in adult felony charges. The 16-year old Polk County girl was a good student with an exemplary...

    Tags: Florida State University, Police Arrests, Benedict College, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology

    11. May 15, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  11. Kiera Wilmot already paid too high price for science experiment

    Kiera Wilmot was handcuffed at her high school, hustled into the back of a police car and taken to jail for something that should have sent her to a few days of after-school detention.
    Kiera Wilmot was handcuffed at her high school, hustled into the back of a police car and taken to jail for something that should have sent her to a few days of after-school detention. If common sense prevailed over draconian codes of conduct in Florida...

    Tags: New York City, Crime, Law and Justice, Police Arrests, Lawyers, Prisons

    12. Aug 22, 2004 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  12. Sunday, August 15, 2004

    Sentinel Staff Writer
    Sunday, the day of rest, was anything but. As we awoke to the second day of New Reality, again we put our backs into it. Tree debris rose in streets like bone piles in a grisly graveyard. Empty water bottles and the sharp scent of sap marked the...

    Tags: Florida, Interstate 4

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