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Abe Aboraya

Abe is the Local Government Accountability Reporter for Oviedo Community News and is a Report for America corps member. His work has appeared on NPR, ProPublica, Kaiser Health News and StoryCorps. He spent 2018 investigating post-traumatic stress disorder in first responders, and investigated why paramedics didn’t enter Pulse nightclub to bring out victims. In 2018, the Florida Associated Press Professional Broadcasters Contest awarded that series second place in the investigative category and first place in the public affairs category. Aboraya holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Central Florida. His first journalism job in 2007 was covering the city of Winter Springs in Seminole County. A father of two, Aboraya spends his free time reading and writing fiction and enjoying his second home in the Hyrule kingdom.

Reach Abe by email at abeaboraya@oviedocommunitynews.org

Abe's Latest Articles

Oviedo Babe Ruth Banned
Oviedo Babe Ruth teams say they were banned from All-Star play

In drama between Oviedo Babe Ruth, national Babe Ruth league, ‘collateral damage here has been kids’

Seminole county teacher pay bus
Window closing for Seminole County Public Schools teacher pay referendum 

School board members say there isn’t data to show the community wants a property tax increase to fund teacher salaries. But polling in 2024 showed broad support for the measure.

McCulloch road map
Orange County meeting Thursday on McCulloch Road expansion 

Border road’s expansion with Seminole County a touchy subject as McCulloch Road funnels traffic out of Oviedo's southern residential areas. But paying for it is another question.  

Seminole County Schools bus cuts
Final tally: Seminole County Public Schools cuts 314 jobs while facing a looming deficit

Statewide teachers unions are suing the state for diverting funds to private schools, while the local union asked the school board to put a property tax hike to pay for salaries on the 2026 ballot.

Winter Springs Commission declines airport road funding – for now

Seminole County backs off request for S.R. 452 road funding, but expects to revisit it soon. Discussion veers into Jetta Point Park property hotel, lights for parks. 

Winter Springs votes to raise stormwater rates by $5 per month

‘It may stop us from being re-elected,’ commissioner says, as city finalizes plans to maintain city, community stormwater ponds to prevent flooding

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Official warns apartment talks are happening near S.R. 417 in Winter Springs

One possibility is to use the Live Local Act, criticized by local officials for not improving affordable housing, to bring more apartments to Winter Springs.

Key Winter Springs meeting to decide: Should city help pay for 417 expansion, raise stormwater rates?

Winter Springs will get a similar 417 expansion cost sharing pitch that Oviedo already rejected. Separately, planning board considers new bank in the Winter Springs Town Center.

A coffee house in a historic Oviedo-area building? Meeting next week for Slavia Station project

Art and music events offered as owners propose a "Slavia Station" stop on the Cross Seminole Trail.

Oviedo declines to offer gas tax money for 417 connector to airport

Winter Springs will discuss the same 417 airport connector road proposal next month as the $200M projects rolls ahead.