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It's Debate Day! Stream the 2026 Apopka Mayoral Debate. Visit WESH.com to watch the live stream starting at 5:30PMIt's Debate Day! Stream the 2026 Apopka Mayoral Debate. Visit WESH.com to watch the live stream starting at 5:30PM

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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.
Members of the Apopka City Commission meet Wednesday, July 1, at Apopka City Hall. The commission will hold its final fiscal year 2027 budget hearing and regular meeting Wednesday, Sept. 16.
City Commission finalizes $237.3 million fiscal year 2027 budget, higher millage rate
September 17, 2026
Officials also unanimously approve stormwater non-ad valorem assessments
A submitted architectural drawing shows a proposed three-story apartment building in Floridian Town Center’s first multifamily phase. The Apopka Development Review Committee declined to advance the 312-unit project Sept. 16 because of unresolved staff comments.
Floridian Town Center apartment plan must go back to DRC 
September 16, 2026
Committee approves 78-lot Crossroads plat, reviews three special events.
Hector Raul Cartagena; Bryan Nelson 
Trial set for man accused of threatening former mayor 
September 15, 2026
A trial has been scheduled this fall for Hector Raul Cartagena, the Apopka man accused of threatening to kill former Mayor Bryan Nelson.  Cartagena is scheduled…
Members of the Apopka Progressive Senior Citizens Club gather Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the John H. Bridges Community Center during the organization’s Founders’ Day celebration marking 53 years of service, fellowship and community.
Apopka Progressive Senior Citizens’ Club marks 53 years of service 
September 15, 2026
Founders’ Day celebration honors the history, community work and longtime members.
The entrance to Parkview at Wekiva along East Welch Road is shown Tuesday. The neighborhood was among the areas covered by a precautionary boil-water advisory issued after Monday’s water-main break. The city lifted the advisory Wednesday.
Boil-water advisory remains in effect after Welch Road main break
September 14, 2026
Water service restored after break affected about 200 homes.
A submitted architectural drawing shows a proposed three-story apartment building in Floridian Town Center’s first multifamily phase. The Apopka Development Review Committee is scheduled to review the plans Sept. 16.
Apopka DRC to review Floridian Town Center apartments, Crossroads plat 
September 14, 2026
Short agenda also includes requests for three special events.
Residents attend an Apopka mayoral runoff forum at Victory Church earlier this year. Apopka Involved Voters will hold Orange County mayoral and County Commission District 2 forums at the same venue Sept. 21 and 22.
Apopka Involved Voters to host Orange County runoff forums 
September 14, 2026
Candidates for mayor, County Commission District 2 will address voters Sept. 21–22.
Members of the Apopka City Commission meet Wednesday, July 1, at Apopka City Hall. The commission will hold its final fiscal year 2027 budget hearing and regular meeting Wednesday, Sept. 16.
Apopka City Commission to consider final FY2027 budget, stormwater plan 
September 14, 2026
Commission also to weigh higher stormwater assessments, CRA extension request.
Apopka first responders, city officials and community members gather at the city’s 9/11 memorial outside City Hall on Friday, Sept. 11, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. The memorial, completed in 2016 as Christian Lamphere’s Eagle Scout project, incorporates a section of steel from the World Trade Center.
Apopka marks 25 years since 9/11 with ceremony outside City Hall 
September 11, 2026
Lamphere returns 10 years after Eagle Scout project became city memorial.
Christopher Lenahan is an engineer with the Apopka Fire Department.
For Christopher Lenahan, firefighting is a career of service
September 11, 2026
Firefighter uncle killed three months before 9/11
A submitted architectural drawing shows a proposed three-story apartment building in Floridian Town Center’s first multifamily phase. The Apopka Development Review Committee is scheduled to review the plans Sept. 16.
Apopka DRC to review Floridian Town Center apartments, Crossroads plat Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 14, 2026
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Short agenda also includes requests for three special events.
Residents attend an Apopka mayoral runoff forum at Victory Church earlier this year. Apopka Involved Voters will hold Orange County mayoral and County Commission District 2 forums at the same venue Sept. 21 and 22.
Apopka Involved Voters to host Orange County runoff forums Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 14, 2026
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Candidates for mayor, County Commission District 2 will address voters Sept. 21–22.
Members of the Apopka City Commission meet Wednesday, July 1, at Apopka City Hall. The commission will hold its final fiscal year 2027 budget hearing and regular meeting Wednesday, Sept. 16.
Apopka City Commission to consider final FY2027 budget, stormwater plan Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 14, 2026
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Commission also to weigh higher stormwater assessments, CRA extension request.
Apopka first responders, city officials and community members gather at the city’s 9/11 memorial outside City Hall on Friday, Sept. 11, to mark the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. The memorial, completed in 2016 as Christian Lamphere’s Eagle Scout project, incorporates a section of steel from the World Trade Center.
Apopka marks 25 years since 9/11 with ceremony outside City Hall Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 11, 2026
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Lamphere returns 10 years after Eagle Scout project became city memorial.
Christopher Lenahan is an engineer with the Apopka Fire Department.
For Christopher Lenahan, firefighting is a career of serviceSarah Merly
Teresa Sargeant
September 11, 2026
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Firefighter uncle killed three months before 9/11
Commissioner Nadia Anderson; Joseph Patton, city human resources director
Records detail planning staff allegations against Anderson Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 10, 2026
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Commissioner denies pressuring staff; city says no ethics referral was made.
Skip Strohm sits in his office at Strohm Insurance in Apopka. Strohm, who grew up on Long Island, remembers watching the World Trade Center's Twin Towers rise during childhood trips into Manhattan with his father and later witnessing the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.  
Insurance agent recalls watching Twin Towers rise – and seeing aftermath of their fall Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 9, 2026
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Long Island native remembers towers' construction and haunting sight after attacks.
A development team is eyeing 2020 Old Dixie Highway, Apopka, which currently has a single-family home, as the site of the proposed 100-unit affordable housing development Gale Vista.
Gale Vista plans face turn-lane, building-height questions Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 9, 2026
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Planning recommends denial pending revisions to affordable-housing proposal.
Jimmy Brown is pictured during his years with the New York City Fire Department. Brown, now a Winter Garden resident and Orange County Sheriff's Office employee, was a probationary FDNY firefighter when he responded to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
Former FDNY firefighter reflects on 9/11 survival 25 years laterTeresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 9, 2026
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OCSO employee recalls North Tower, trauma and the 9,131 days since then.
Southwick Commons, a 192-unit affordable housing development at 520 Brighton Ave. in Apopka, is now open and leasing one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments.
Southwick Commons opens 192-unit affordable housing community in Apopka Teresa Sargeant
Teresa Sargeant
September 9, 2026
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192-unit affordable housing development opens after years-long dispute with city.



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