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Astor man dies after crash on S.R. 44
An Astor man died early Friday morning in a single-vehicle crash on State Road 44 in rural east Lake County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Clifford Gary, 29, was headed westbound on the road around 1 a.m. when he lost control of his Jeep and...
Tags: Florida Highway Patrol
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Lake County alternative teen rock band The Rads to perform at Central Florida Earth Day 2013
The Rads, an alternative rock band made up of Lake County teenagers, will perform at 1 p.m. Saturday during the Eighth Annual Central Florida Earth Day at Lake Eola Park in Orlando. The band consists of, from left, Matt DiPietro, 14, who attends The...
Tags: Earth Day, Music, Entertainment, Lake Eola, Lake Eola Park
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Lake students asked to shut off TV, video games for FCAT
Sentinel School ZoneThe Lake County school district is challenging fifth-graders at six elementaries to shut off the TV, computer games and cellphones in order to prep for the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test next week. The program, dubbed Screens Off, Skills On, ...Tags: Entertainment, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Gaming, Eustis
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Florida to get another $26.8 to turnaround its "lowest performing" schools
The state had won the grant previously and today the U.S. DOE announced it would receive a "continuation" grant. The Central Florida schools receiving the grant money are Evans and Oakridge high schools and Memorial Middle in Orange County, Leesburg...Tags: Leesburg, Poinciana, Orange County (Florida), Celebration
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Legalizing pot will increase abuse, magnify health risks
A movement has been spreading across the United States to legalize marijuana. Next year, Florida voters could see a proposal on the ballot to legalize this illicit drug for "medical" purposes. Here are some sobering facts about marijuana use in the...
Tags: National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Health Organizations, Multiple Sclerosis, American Cancer Society, Social Sciences
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Leesburg fire chief withheld critical information about fire-training center proposal
Troubling new information that has surfaced since an April 7 column about Leesburg commissioners voting to spend $80,000 on a fire-training center suggests that the fire chief withheld information that there was already one in town that firefighters could...Tags: Elections, Leesburg, Politics, Fires, Science and Technology
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Sinkholes on the rise in Lake, experts warn
Creeeeak! That's how it started. Just one little crack on the corner of the house in the concrete block. Larry King, who owns a property-appraisal business in Leesburg, noticed the first crack in his 30-year-old home about two years ago. Then more...Tags: Leesburg, Gainesville, Natural Disasters, Science and Technology
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Time is right to shift animal services to the Sheriff's Office
Two longtime administrators — the head of Animal Services and her boss — both resigned two weeks ago amid an investigation into whether a prominent Florida rancher underfed his cattle and should be charged with animal cruelty and neglect. In...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting
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'Walk in the Woods' offers outdoor pursuits in Seminole Forest Wildlife Management Area
SORRENTO — Participants on the 16th annual "Welcome to the Woods" event at the Seminole Forest Wildlife Management Area in Lake County can learn about the outdoors and have fun to boot. Sponsored by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation...Tags: Conservation, Endangered Species, Wildlife, Environmental Issues
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House bill threatening FHSAA moves forward
Florida House Bill 1279, which would force changes to the Florida High School Athletic Association and potentially close it down in 2017, took another step forward Tuesday with state representatives voting to adopt amendments to a bill sponsored by Lake...Tags: Delray Beach, Florida High School Athletic Association
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Florida travel calendar for July
Check out festivals and events in July across the state. This list is organized by region. Central Florida (including Orlando, Kissimmee, Daytona Beach, Sanford, the Space Coast, Lakeland/Polk and Lake County) July 3: Red Hot and Boom, Altamonte...
Tags: Music, Viniculture, Concerts, Culture, Key Lime Pie
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Lake County's Business Opportunity Centers to offer seminar on business plans
Are you a small business owner or an entrepreneur who needs help writing a successful business plan? Then Lake County's Business Opportunity Centers may have just what you need. All three centers will host a seminar on composing business plans,...
Tags: Orlando, Leesburg, Seminole County, Chiropractic, Polk County
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