Orange County to hold community meeting on two proposed Tangerine developments

Two separate proposed Tangerine developments, a shopping plaza and a self-storage facility, are up for discussion at a community meeting. The Orange County Planning Division...

High grass on Apopka’s rights-of-way grows into frustration for city officials

Overgrown grass in the city of Apopka’s rights-of-way became a hot topic Wednesday, August 21, at the City Council meeting as city commissioners and...

Apopka-born financier will be speaker at gala

The guest speaker is Apopka native Eddie C. Brown, CFA, CIC. Brown is the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Brown Capital Management,...

City board looks to use funds to redevelop downtown Apopka

The city of Apopka’s Community Redevelopment Agency Board unanimously approved two resolutions, including one that greenlights the $2.24 million budget for fiscal year 2019-2020 to include...

Apopka Rotary Club works to benefit community

The Apopka Rotary Club has given thousands in monetary donations to various scholarship programs, schools and organizations during fiscal year 2018-2019, an estimated 10...

Salary study for city slices number of pay categories

A new salary and job classification study for city employees was presented to the Apopka City Council at its meeting on Wednesday, August 21....

Vick-Martin road work done, but traffic light still several months away

While the widening of the road and addition of turn lanes at the intersection of Vick Road and Martin Street near Apopka High School...

Founder of challenge visits APD to urge others to help

Rodney Smith, CEO of Raising Men/Women Lawn Care and founder of the 50 Yard Challenge, presented Apopka police with a specially designed lawn mower...

Welcome back to school

Engineer Barry Hornett (l) and Lt. Andy Strausburg of the Apopka Fire Department hold a sign and wave to motorists on Monday, August 12,...

Two new Apopka police officers sworn in

Police Chief Mike McKinley gave the oath of office to Officer Adsudalah Brooks and Officer Tonya Robertson in the City Council Chambers in front...