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  • Teresa Sargeant has been a staff writer for The Apopka Chief for over 10 years. In her many years as a journalist, she has won three state press association awards.

City Commissioner Nick Nesta, City Commissioner Alexander H. Smith, and Mayor Bryan Nelson (L to R) at a meeting at Apopka City Hall in July.
Apopka City Council votes to revise new meeting minutes policy Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
August 22, 2025
Only two weeks after approving a new policy for the city’s meeting minutes, the Apopka City Council voted 4-1 to revise the document to say that…
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Apopka Council votes to put 8 charter amendments on ballot Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
August 21, 2025
The Apopka City Council voted unanimously to put all eight proposed city charter amendments on a referendum possibly in November, including whether to change the city’s…
Mayor Bryan Nelson
Council votes to keep Business Tax Receipt programTeresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
August 21, 2025
The Apopka City Council voted 4-1 against sunsetting the city’s Business Tax Receipt (BTR) program, emphasizing its importance for economic development and data collection. The Wednesday…
All of the Apopka High School students in this photo were selected to run the on-campus Addition Financial Credit Union on-campus branch for the 2025-26 school year. Pictured with them are Aaron Sanders (L), senior public relations specialist for Addition Financial; Lyle Heinz (2nd from L), principal of Apopka High School; and Marissa Edwards (R), the team lead for Addition Financial’s High School Branches department.
Credit union opens student-run branch at Apopka High SchoolTeresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
August 20, 2025
Addition Financial Credit Union and Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) have teamed up to launch new student-run Addition Financial branch at Apopka High School. The new…
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Apopka Fire Department declines to release info about 7 people hospitalized from bus wreckTeresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
August 19, 2025
The Apopka Fire Department has declined to release any information regarding the seven people who were sent to the hospital as a result of a bus…
Apopka chamber executive board fires president after 14 monthsTeresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
August 18, 2025
The Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce has fired its president and CEO without cause, according to the dismissed president who says two members of the chamber’s…
Cover of the novel "The Big One." A boy in the lower right hand corner is on one knee, watching an explosion occur in the background. He is in the forest, next to a river. Birds fly overhead.
Novel shows how to put camping skills to use in post-apocalyptic worldTeresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
August 18, 2025
What if, as a preteen camper, you had to learn how to put your survival skills to the ultimate use in a post-apocalyptic world caused by…
Bounce houses were part of the fun at the Aug. 15 Apopka Memorial Middle School celebration.
Apopka Memorial Middle School celebrates ‘B’ grade with bounce houses, musicTeresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
August 18, 2025
Apopka Memorial Middle School capped its first week back in school by celebrating getting a “B” grade from the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) for the…
An intersection with white lines on the asphalt road, cars on the road, and buildings in the background.
Apopka’s strategic plan initiative reveals growth management concerns Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
August 15, 2025
Growth management, roadway maintenance, city beautification, and parks and outdoor spaces were among the concerns identified in a community survey that was taken for the city’s…
The city utility office on East Fifth Street in Apopka.
City Council unanimously agrees to increase impact feesTeresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
August 14, 2025
The Apopka City Council voted unanimously at its Aug. 6 meeting to accept the recommended impact fee increases, which would range from 35% to 113% for…

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