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Orlando fertilizer ordinance disappoints environmentalists
A proposed ordinance that would regulate fertilizer use within the city of Orlando offers only minimal protection from pollution for the dozens of lakes that serve as defining features of the city's neighborhoods. The pending rules, set for adoption...Tags: Lakes and Ponds, Orlando, Environmental Issues, Weather, Chemical Industry
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06/17: Business events
Chamber Daytona: Leadership Luncheon: Make Difficult People Disappear, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 pm June 28, SW Grill, Sunset Harbor, 861 Ballough Road, Daytona Beach. Cost: $15 for DB Leadership Council members, $25 nonmembers. Details: 386-523-3675 or josie@...
Tags: Small Businesses, Colleges and Universities, Education, Chamber of Commerce Building Corporation, Florida Mall
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Builders developing in outlying areas
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: Windermere, Lake Nona, Realty, Lady Lake, Seminole County
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Equity funds fuel flippers' profits in Central Florida
A sixth-generation Orlando resident and a Kissimmee real-estate agent are among those profiting — sometimes handsomely — from the quick-turnaround resale of Central Florida homes to private-equity companies and other investors eager to take...
Tags: Blackstone Group, L.P., Orlando, Realty, Pine Hills, Property
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Woman killed during hit-and-run crash on Orange Blossom Trail
A woman was killed during a hit-and-run crash on Orange Blossom Trail in Orange County early this morning, the Florida Highway Patrol. The woman, who hasn't been identified yet, was trying to cross the busy road, from east to west, not at a crosswalk or...
Tags: Florida Highway Patrol, Orlando, Orange Blossom Trail
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On sick time, legislative hypocrisy abounds
If you spend any amount of time in Tallahassee, you'll hear ranting about top-down government. Legislators hate when Washington tells them what to do, arguing that one government should never make mandates for the other. Unless they're the ones...
Tags: Local Government, Interior Policy, Orlando, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice
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Scott's sick-leave bill signing brings out the fans and critics
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE - Florida Gov. Rick Scott didn't waste much time in signing a bill Friday that would block local governments from enacting mandatory paid sick time measures, such as the one pending in Orange County. The Republican governor sided with Walt...Tags: Orlando, Career and Workplace, Lobbying, Amusement and Theme Parks, Labor Legislation
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Atheist group sues Orange schools, claiming censorship
An atheist group that distributed pamphlets in 11 Orange County high schools last month filed a lawsuit today against Orange County Public Schools, claiming censorship. The Freedom From Religion Foundation and its local affiliate, the Central Florida...
Tags: Bible, Orlando, Litigation, Separation of Church and State, Crime, Law and Justice
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BeachLine deal in the works for All Aboard Florida train
The aspiring builders of a passenger train linking South Florida with Orlando International Airport have a tentative agreement to lay tracks near the BeachLine Expressway, the only part of the proposed route not owned by the company. All Aboard...Tags: Florida East Coast Industries Incorporated, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Orlando International Airport, Coral Gables
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Woman stabbed boyfriend in heart with kitchen knife, OPD says
An Orlando woman early Friday was arrested on charges of attempted first-degree murder after stabbing her boyfriend in the chest, piercing his heart, police said. The unidentified victim is in surgery for the stab wound, the Orlando Police Department...
Tags: State Road 408, Orlando Police Department
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