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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.

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Apopka City Council to look at two flood mitigation projectsTeresa Sargeant
July 14, 2025
One project is for Clear Water Lake, the other for Border Lake The Apopka City Council will review two different water pumping projects intended to control…
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Apopka man arrested for sexual battery of minorTeresa Sargeant
July 14, 2025
FDLE’s registry lists over 86,000 offenders, predators An Apopka man was arrested on one count of sexual battery on a child 12-17 years of age by…
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City explores how to make Camp Wewa viableTeresa Sargeant
July 11, 2025
Budget set to increase 19% in FY26 The city of Apopka is considering a 19% increase — equivalent to just north of $1 million — to…
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Apopka police, fire ask for more personnel in FY26 budgetsTeresa Sargeant
July 10, 2025
The growing Apopka population necessitates six new sworn police officer positions as well as well as a 5% starting wage increase to keep the city competitive…
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Utilities operations seeking $12.5 M for Golden Gem facility Teresa Sargeant
July 9, 2025
The utilities operations department is asking the Apopka City Council to allocate $12.5 million, as part of the department’s FY26 budget, to expand the Golden Gem…
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Proposed FY26 city admin budget is $7.6 million, an overall 4.4% dropTeresa Sargeant
July 8, 2025
The proposed city administration budget for fiscal year (FY) 2026 is $7.6 million, with a 4.4% overall reduction of the FY25 budget of $8,020,272. Specific changes…
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Apopka poised to set millage 16% above rolled back rateTeresa Sargeant
July 8, 2025
The Apopka City Council will vote Wednesday to approve and set the fiscal year 2025-26 proposed millage rate at 4.6876, a 16.18% increase over the rolled…
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Apopka City Council appoints new economic development director Teresa Sargeant
July 7, 2025
The Apopka City Council voted unanimously on July 2 to confirm a new economic development director and reassign current employees to head two newly formed departments…
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Propagate Social House to re-open before the weekendTeresa Sargeant
July 7, 2025
Nearly two weeks after announcing its closure, Propagate Social House will reopen sometime before this weekend, one of its owners said Monday.   “It'll definitely be before…
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Third mayoral candidate files, withdraws from race Teresa Sargeant
July 2, 2025
A third candidate filed in May to run for Apopka mayor, but when The Apopka Chief contacted him about his candidacy on July 2, he said he…

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