Long-serving council member Andy Williams takes up the mayor's gavel while Brandi Haines retains her seat and Wine & Dine's ...

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Windermere Mayor Jim O’Brien announced Monday afternoon that he will not seek re-election. O’Brien has served for the past six years as the town’s mayor and for eight years prior as a member of the ...

Over the past few weeks, several videos, like this one, have been posted on Nextdoor by residents of unincorporated Orange County, Hamlin, Horizon West and Winter Garden illustrating a dangerous ...

Smile and say, Cheese! Come January, you may be captured by the Town of Oakland’s new 72-camera, high-resolution surveillance system. In their final meeting of 2025, town commissioners unanimously ...

Winter Garden voted to substantially raise its water-related impact fees during the city commission’s Dec. 11 meeting, the last one of 2025. Commissioners elected to bypass the statutory limitations ...

When you're in the thick of child-rearing, folks are fond of saying that the days are long, but the years are short. And so it is with news publishing. 2025 flew by in an instant. Yet so much happened ...

The ongoing lawsuit over ownership of five Palmer Park boathouses in Windermere is now headed for court mediation. The Sixth District Court of Appeal on Friday issued an order referring the case to ...

The section of South Street that runs in front of the downtown Orlando’s Wells’Built Museum of African American History and Culture was officially renamed Senator Geraldine F. Thompson Way during the ...

This story is part of the News Collaborative of Central Florida, an initiative of independent local news outlets working toward a more informed and engaged Central Florida. Among the tall palms of ...