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Public text messages should be no-brainer
Local governments are so befuddled about how to archive public officials' cellphone text messages that we're left to guess what kind of conversations are taking place about the public's business. Was Orange County Commissioner Jennifer Thompson...Tags: Public Officials, Orange County (Florida), Teresa Jacobs, Politics, 2001: A Space Odyssey (movie)
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Much to like at Guavate's new location
SENTINEL FOOD EDITORGuavate has given up its plain Jane digs on East Colonial Drive for a swell, modern strip mall off Alafaya Trail in East Orlando. I stopped by the Puerto Rican eatery recently with Colombian and Puerto Rican colleagues in tow to check things out. The new...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Alcoholic Beverages, Restaurants, Onions, Food Network (tv network)
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Crotty should build bridge to the City Faux
Sentinel columnistOrange County Mayor Rich Crotty is taking heat for dressing up the Lake Underhill bridge to look like the Golden Gate. It has been called his $1.5 million political bridge to nowhere — ripe fodder for U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson if the two square off in...Tags: New York, Heavy Engineering, Travel, Statue of Liberty, San Francisco
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Lake Ivanhoe Trail progress continues
The Chain Gang - Orlando SentinelThe wide trail will run around the lake's southern and eastern edge from Magnolia Avenue north along Orange Avenue and Ivanhoe Boulevard to a dead end at Interstate 4. A city of Orlando construction map does show the trail then extending down along the... -
Red Gold donates to 2nd Harvest, unveils 3-D tomato billboard
The Dish - Orlando SentinelAmerica’s largest tomato cans arrived in Orlando today as part of a Red Gold brand billboard unveiling promotion and a donation of more than 15,000 pounds of food to Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida. Red Gold Tomatoes unveiled the... -
Kentucky man buys custom Landis bike for $5
The Chain Gang - Orlando SentinelThe bike ridden by ex-Tour de France winner Floyd Landis was found along an interstate, according to the Owenton (Ky.) News, and is likely worth thousands of dollars. Usually the bikes I see along roads are mangled pieces of junk. One was mine —... -
Erratic burglary suspect led cops on wild chase that ended in crash
A man accused of robbing local businesses for cartons of cigarettes led police on a chase Tuesday before crashing a stolen pickup truck into a tree, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said. Deputies and Orlando police believe Vernon Jeffrey Williams, 47,...
Tags: Orange County (Florida), Orange County Sheriff's Office, Transportation Accidents, Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando
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Buick driven by St. Cloud driver hits, kills woman on sidewalk next to Semoran Boulevard
Orlando police are investigating what caused a vehicle operated by a St. Cloud driver to leave the roadway, hitting and killing a woman who was walking along Semoran Boulevard early Monday. Guadalupe Melgoza, 69, was walking near the intersection of Yew...Tags: Orange County (Florida), Transportation Accidents, Justice System, Judges, Azalea Park
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Traffic: S.R. 417 in Seminole slow because of crash
The right lane of the Central Florida GreeneWay is blocked before Exit 52 in Seminole County because of a crash. The trouble spot is just before the Exit, which leads to County Road 46A.Tags: Deltona, Orange Blossom Trail, Seminole County, Osceola County, Florida's Turnpike
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Traffic: Fatal crash shuts down Osceola Parkway
A fatal crash has shut down the westbound lanes of Osceola Parkway near the Interstate 4 eastbound exit ramp, traffic reports show. In Apopka, police have closed West Ponkan Road at Pittman Road after a crash involving one vehicle hitting a power line....
Tags: Accidental Death, Apopka, Florida's Turnpike, Interstate 4
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Traffic: A few slow spots on Interstate 4 in Orange, Seminole
Interstate 4 is slow in a few spots in Orange and Seminole counties this rush hour. Congested locations include: •I-4 eastbound from Conroy Road to Semoran Boulevard in Altamonte Springs. •I-4 westbound from Ivanhoe Boulevard to the East-...
Tags: Orange Blossom Trail, Transportation Accidents, Sanford, Disasters and Accidents, Sanford Police Department
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