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Brightline Trains Fill Up As Florida Bond Jitters Rattle The Rails

Brightline's latest numbers tell a split story: the trains between Miami and Orlando are drawing paying customers and squeezing more dollars out of each trip, but the clock is ticking on a shaky credit outlook that analysts say could catch up with the railroad as soon as next year. South...
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Orlando School Shake-Up Could Turn Kids’ Walk to Class into 50-Minute Trek

Parents at Eccleston Elementary in west Orange County say a proposed Orange County Public Schools consolidation plan would turn a manageable walk into a much longer and potentially riskier commute for young students. Eccleston is one of seven campuses the district is considering closing as enrollment drops and costs...
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City Council approves two Ocoee-Apopka Road improvement projects

The City Council approved reimbursing Orange County up to $200,000 for relocating utilities in the Ocoee-Apopka Road drainage project. The county is addressing flooding issues along Ocoee-Apopka Road between West 13th Street and South Hawthorne Avenue through drainage improvements. The city purchased 16,200 square...
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27 hidden gem small town restaurants only a drive from Orlando

Only a drive away are treehouse bars, diners, steakhouses, tapas bars and some very homegrown restaurants everyone should know about. The post 27 hidden gem small town restaurants only a drive from Orlando appeared first on Orlando Weekly .
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Orlando Health Hit With Suit Over Alleged Rape Kit Blunder

Kirsten Childress, a North Carolina real estate broker who has already sued eXp and a photographer over an alleged May 2023 sexual assault, is now pulling Orlando Health into the same federal case. Her latest filing argues hospital staff mishandled a rape kit and failed to collect blood and urine for toxicology...
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Red Phone Booth Speakeasy Eyes Orlando Project

Red Phone Booth, the viral speakeasy that’s a TikTok sensation, has its sights set on Orlando. The secret bar and lounge, with entry granted through a vintage phone booth, has just signed a letter of intent to open a location at the upcoming Westcourt project. Still under construction, Westcourt is located in...
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Orlando bands unite for ICE OUT benefit concert this weekend

As always, Orlando’s music community is mobilizing in response, this time to rally for donations to Healing Our Homeland’s local bail and legal fund, which helps people arrested for protesting ICE. The post Orlando bands unite for ICE OUT benefit concert this weekend appeared first on Orlando Weekly .
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Miami Gardens murder suspect might be in Orlando, police say

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Miami Gardens police are asking for the public’s help to track down a murder suspect who they believe could be in Central Florida. Yalanski Dawkins, 45, is wanted in connection to a shooting on Jan. 5, 2025, that killed 41-year-old Antonio Fannin, the Miami Gardens Police Department said in a...
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Orlando residents armor pets after coyotes attack animals

Some Orlando residents are outfitting their pets with armor following attacks by coyotes. A Chihuahua named Ben now wears a spiked canvas outfit after being attacked in broad daylight, and neighbors are taking extra precautions for their animals.
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Hundreds of dead fish wash up along Lake Apopka shoreline

Several hundred dead fish are floating along the shoreline of Lake Apopka near Winter Garden, startling visitors to Newton Park with both the sight and the smell. The fish, many of them already decaying, lined parts of the shore this week.

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