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Of the over one dozen schools in the Apopka area, two Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) schools received “A” grades for the 2024-2025 school year: Kelly Park School and Wolf Lake Elementary, maintaining their grades for the second consecutive year.  Overall, OCPS scored an “A” grade for the second year in a row from the…

With August quickly approaching, the fall football season is on the horizon. Wekiva head coach Doug Gabriel and the Mustangs are prepared to bounce back from a less-than-spectacular 2024 season.    Wekiva's schedule includes three teams that finished in the top 50 in the state last year, a state runner-up, a final four team, and one…

The Apopka Chief has had the same website for a number of years. It was a WordPress site that was built for a paywall and PDFs, not so much for individual stories freely available to everyone in the community.  

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 include a 1.9% budget decrease in the mayor's office, a 18.5% increase in the city administrator's office, a 14.6% increase in the city clerk's office and a 21.3% increase…

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 back rate of 4.4146.The 4.6876 mileage rate would generate about $36,617,203 in property tax revenues for 2025-26. A mill is the tax rate for each $1,000 of taxable property…

The Apopka Historical Society welcomed the Florida Brownfield Association to the Apopka Museum on June 23, initiating a collaboration to advance sustainable redevelopment within the community while preserving its culture and heritage. The partnership emphasizes the community’s need for downtown green spaces and an augmented museum that could accommodate traveling displays and exhibits. “Apopka’s history…

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 split off from the public services department following the departure of directors.   Antranette Forbes, the current St. Cloud economic development director, succeeds Michele Boylan as Apopka’s economic development director.…

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 the weekend,” Propagate co-owner Ella Duke said in a phone interview. “There's a lot that goes into reopening after you've been closed for 10 days. So, we're just trying to get…

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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 had decided not to run.   The candidate, William Dabbs filed qualifying paperwork on May 13, and his departure from the 2026 mayoral race leaves incumbent Mayor Bryan Nelson and challenger…