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  • Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.

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  • Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
Fire Lieutenant Mark Fry, fire pension board chair, comments on the city's pension plans at the Sept. 3 City Council meeting.
Teresa Sargeant
September 9, 2025
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
Mable Butler
Teresa Sargeant
September 8, 2025
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
A rendering of what the Shoppes at East Shore could look like as seen on WMG Development website.
Teresa Sargeant
September 5, 2025
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
Apopka City Council sits on a dais with a desk in front of them.
Teresa Sargeant
September 5, 2025
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
Apopka City Council sits on a dais with a desk in front of them.
Teresa Sargeant
September 4, 2025
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
Shawn Ocasio, senior manager from Raftelis Financial Consultants, gives a presentation of his firm’s utility rate and impact fee study at the Sept. 3 City Council meeting.
Teresa Sargeant
September 3, 2025
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
LaVon Bracy Davis
Teresa Sargeant
September 3, 2025
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
Matthew Aungst
Teresa Sargeant
September 2, 2025
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
A man and two women sit on a dais, with a desk in front of them. A plaque with each individual's name is mounted on the desk.
Teresa Sargeant
August 29, 2025
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
Melissa Byrd
Teresa Sargeant
August 28, 2025
Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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…
Apopka City Council sits on a dais with a desk in front of them.
Apopka City Council approves tentative millage rate for FY26 Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 4, 2025
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The Apopka City Council unanimously adopted the tentative millage rate of 4.4376, a 0.52% increase over the rollback rate of 4.4146, for the 2025-26 budget year.  …
Shawn Ocasio, senior manager from Raftelis Financial Consultants, gives a presentation of his firm’s utility rate and impact fee study at the Sept. 3 City Council meeting.
Apopka City Council tables 15.5% water rate increaseTeresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 3, 2025
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Council approves 15% sanitation rate increase.
LaVon Bracy Davis
Bracy Davis, Young win special election races Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 3, 2025
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State Rep. LaVon Bracy Davis and her former staffer, RaShon Young, have claimed victory in their respective races, with Bracy Davis winning the Florida Senate District…
Matthew Aungst
Aungst threatens lawsuit over Apopka sign ordinanceTeresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 2, 2025
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A mayoral candidate has threatened to take legal action against the city of Apopka over a municipal sign ordinance that he said is a violation of…
A man and two women sit on a dais, with a desk in front of them. A plaque with each individual's name is mounted on the desk.
Florida DOGE subpoenas Orange County employees over auditTeresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
August 29, 2025
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The state Chief Financial Officer’s (CFO) office has subpoenaed Orange County employees “who may have knowledge of efforts to obstruct the state’s ongoing local government DOGE…
Melissa Byrd
Orange County School Board gets earful on ICETeresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
August 28, 2025
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Residents, parents, and students voiced their frustration over what they believed to be the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at Apopka High School…