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Jake Vest
OP-ED: The skies are friendlier, but it is a pain to get thereSarah Merly
September 10, 2026
Everything about air travel used to be grand and exciting — except the flying.  Admittedly, I got off to a bad start on Trip One, bouncing through a Louisiana thunderstorm…
Commissioner Nadia Anderson; Joseph Patton, city human resources director
Records detail planning staff allegations against Anderson Teresa Sargeant
September 10, 2026
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
September 9, 2026
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
September 9, 2026
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
September 9, 2026
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
September 9, 2026
192-unit affordable housing development opens after years-long dispute with city.
A house stands in September 2025 on the Old Dixie Highway property proposed for the Gale Vista affordable-housing development. The latest plans call for 100 apartments, down from the 400 units proposed last year.
Gale Vista to return to Apopka DRC with apartment count reduced to 100 Teresa Sargeant
September 7, 2026
DRC also will review 106 homes at Crossroads and Springhaven amenities.
Le'Melle Griffin (8), Elysian Williams(20), and Marcus Young (92) gang tackle an Ocoee Knight.
Apopka lets 14-point lead slip away in loss to OcoeeVinnie Cammarano
September 5, 2026
Blue Darters’ mistakes prove costly in 30-14 defeat.
Ya'Terrius Jackson looks for running room Friday night against West Orange.
Wekiva suffers first loss in 59-6 rout against West OrangeThe Apopka Chief
September 5, 2026
Coach says some players had to sit due to discipline issues.
Central Florida Preparatory School head of school Julia Najera cuts the ribbon Friday, Aug. 28, to celebrate the opening of the Robert A. Flanders Athletic and Performing Arts Center. The 24,000-square-foot facility includes a gymnasium, classrooms and space for athletic, academic and performing arts programs.
Central Florida Prep opens new athletic, performing arts center Teresa Sargeant
September 4, 2026
24,000-square-foot facility marks completion of decades-long vision.
The Apopka Police Department is housed in the Municipal Justice Building in downtown Apopka. APD said it will comply with a state directive requiring local law enforcement agencies to remove automated license-plate readers from rights-of-way along Florida’s state highway system.
Apopka Police Department to comply with state order banning license plate readers Teresa Sargeant
September 4, 2026
FDOT directive requires equipment removed from state-road rights-of-way.
Apopka City Commission members meet July 1 at Apopka City Hall. The commission on Thursday, Sept. 3, adopted the city’s tentative fiscal year 2027 budget and a 4.6761-mill property tax rate. (Photo by Dana O’Connor)
Apopka adopts tentative FY27 budget, property tax increaseTeresa Sargeant
September 3, 2026
Commission restores disputed spending including City Hall renovations
Crab cakes
Maryland crab cakes, jalapeño cheese grits and upside-down cakeNancy Thomas
September 3, 2026
Native Marylander Sam Merritt of SugarSpunRun.com says, “There is very little filler in my crab cake recipe. It is made with mostly lump crab meat to allow the crab flavor to really shine! This is…
Mayor Nick Nesta
OP-ED: Employees play crucial role in city’s successThe Apopka Chief
September 3, 2026
Last week, I shared with you some of the work taking place during our hiring pause and why reorganizing the City of Apopka is so important…