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400-unit multifamily housing Gale Vista proposed before Development Review Committee Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 15, 2025
Issues including water and sewer capacity have delayed progress on a 400-unit multifamily affordable housing development planned for 2020 Old Dixie Highway in Apopka.  The project…
Volunteers handle food for distribution to 500 families on Sept. 11 at the Patmos Chapel Community Service Center in Apopka. Courtesy of Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida.
Winn-Dixie, Second Harvest Food Bank feed 500 families at food driveTeresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 12, 2025
Winn-Dixie and Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida distributed food to about 500 Orange County families at a food drive on Thursday at the Patmos Chapel Community…
Brick building with multiple windows and columns and works "Apopka City Hall" on the front.
SB 180 could mean more revision to Apopka’s comprehensive plan Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 12, 2025
The city is still revising its comprehensive plan, as it works through the state’s recommendations on how to alter the document to comply with the newly…
Savannah Singer
14-year-old Apopka girl is missing and endangered, police say; UPDATE: Juvenile recovered in Winter GardenTeresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 11, 2025
Update, Sept. 11: "On September 11, 2025, Savannah Singer was located safe in Winter Garden. Thank you for sharing with the community and helping us locate…
City Commissioner Nick Nesta, City Commissioner Alexander H. Smith and Mayor Bryan Nelson are at the Sept. 3 City Council meeting.
Apopka City Council confirms 15.5% water rate increase in 2026Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 11, 2025
Though no formal vote took place, the Apopka City Council agreed at a Sept. 9 special meeting to increase the water, wastewater, and reclaimed services rates…
Westbound traffic navigates U.S. 441/Main Street within the Apopka Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) district.
City of Apopka relaunches Residential Renovation Assistance Program with $900KTeresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 11, 2025
The city of Apopka announced this week the relaunch of its Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) initiative the Residential Renovation Assistance Program (RRAP) with a total of…
Fire Lieutenant Mark Fry, fire pension board chair, comments on the city's pension plans at the Sept. 3 City Council meeting.
Audit of city’s pension plans finds miscalculations in benefit distribution Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 9, 2025
An audit of the city’s pension plans has revealed both overpayments and underpayments to retirees due to misalignment with plan documents and legal requirements.   At the…
Mable Butler
Mable Butler, groundbreaking commissioner, dies at age 98 Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 8, 2025
Mable Butler, a groundbreaking Central Florida community advocate and politician, has died at age 98.   Butler was the first African American woman to serve on the…
A rendering of what the Shoppes at East Shore could look like as seen on WMG Development website.
Shoppes at East Shore development plan amendment gets approved Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 5, 2025
Despite residents raising traffic safety concerns, the Apopka City Council voted unanimously to adopt changing a mixed-use development’s plan so that thousands of acres of commercial…
Apopka City Council sits on a dais with a desk in front of them.
City Council to put charter amendment questions on March 2026 ballotTeresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 5, 2025
In a reversal of a previous decision, the Apopka City Council voted 4-1 to postpone a special election on eight proposed city charter amendments, opting instead…