Gas district gives funds to assistance program for customers
The Lake Apopka Natural Gas District (LANGD) Board of Directors voted unanimously to donate to the district’s assistance program for customers struggling with their...
AHS alum promoted to rank of major
Jeff Blackman, graduate of Apopka High School Class of 2002, celebrated his promotion to major in the U.S. Army Reserve in a ceremony on...
T-shirt for a tagged fish
Frank Terpilowski of Apopka shows off the T-shirt he received for catching and releasing a redfish that had been tagged by the Florida Fish...
Girl Scouts will honor Apopka’s first responders with meal
Two members of Girl Scout Troop 822 will prepare dinner for Apopka Police and Fire departments, and assemble care packages for the police, in...
Elite Body Fitness and Nutrition
Elite Body Fitness and Nutrition had their ribbon cutting. The staff celebrated with Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce representatives and Mayor Joe Kilsheimer (in...
Boy gets World Trade Center piece for Eagle Scout project
The city presented a Boy Scout, Christian Lamphere, with a section of the fallen World Trade Center towers for his Eagle Scout badge. Find...
Volunteers plant 1,000 bald cypress trees
More than 50 community volunteers helped plant 1,000 bald cypress trees at the St. Johns River Water Management District’s Lake Apopka North Shore. “In...
Artist’s Haitian, African-American heritage influences artwork
Belina Buisson-Wright, a native Floridian, is a self-taught artist who believes her ability to paint is a God-given gift, according to her biography. See...
Military families visit bird rehabilitation center
The Avian Reconditioning Center (ARC) invited several Wounded Warrior Project families to the facility, where they saw the birds housed there, had photographs taken with ARC’s eagles and enjoyed lunch.
Science coach gets grant
Jessica Polk, Wekiva High School science coach, received a check from Dr. Andre Baptiste, from Baptiste Orthodontics.