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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

Jay Getty Jenny Barringer Simpson
Want to wish Oviedo Olympian Jenny Simpson well?

'Keep the energy coming,' says retiring Hagerty coach Jay Getty

Seminole County primary 2026
Who’s on the Seminole County primary ballot for 2026

County Commission Candidate Nakicha Dunn calls foul as 2026 primary qualifying ends.

Florida property tax reform
Help us report on property tax reform and affordability

Oviedo Community News wants to know what affordability means to you.

SCPS budget cuts
SCPS weighs more budget cuts with $3M recurring shortfall

State lawmakers have steadily cut the school tax rate for 14 consecutive years.

Winter Springs pride
Winter Springs narrowly approves declaration during Pride month

Winter Springs also finalizes stormwater rate increase in packed meeting.

Seminole County property tax reform
Seminole County’s potential impact from property tax reform: $188M over two years

As budget decisions loom, commissioners say the time is now to start planning.

Seminole County Schools budget cuts hit Lawton Chiles band program

One of only two band directors cut from the school, class eliminated as parents protest budget cuts in school system increasingly facing funding pressure from Tallahassee.

McCulloch Road Oviedo UCF
McCulloch Road expansion denied by Orange County

Seminole County Commission, residents oppose the project, worried it could ultimately fuel a McCulloch road bridge over the Econ River.

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.

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