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Abe Aboraya

Abe is the Local Government Accountability Report 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

Winter Springs audit meeting
Winter Springs audit grilling by state lawmakers fires up Monday

The Joint Legislative Audit Committee will question city officials about Winter Springs audit of the city's finances

The Winter Springs audit hearing will be put on hold for now Winter Springs City Manager
Winter Springs audit hearing paused for now

Winter Springs is looking for a permanent finance director as their interim works "70 hours per week" to handle an audit as well as her usual duties.

Winter Springs City Manager candidate Doc Dougherty
Top Winter Springs City Manager candidate withdraws 

After a heated two-hour meeting, the top city manager candidate withdrew, citing contentious comments from two city commissioners

Pond failure Tuskawilla Crossings Winter Springs flooding
‘Instantaneous’ pond drain leads Winter Springs to spend up to $1.5 million to fix

The Tuskawilla Crossings pond was completed in 2021, and is designed to filter water before entering Lake Jesup. It failed catastrophically, leaving a 30-foot hole.

Winter Springs blocks more apartments at Town Center

A Winter Springs development site is forbidden from having more apartments. But developers say the area needs ‘more bodies’ to bring in high-end commercial development

Winter Springs City Manager finalists hail from around the country
Meet the candidates vying for Winter Springs City Manager

Winter Springs' administration has been without a permanent head since Winter Springs City Manager Shawn Boyle’s sudden retirement earlier this year. The final five candidates now make their big pitch.

Winter Springs passes anti-fraud policy in response to state audit

Winter Springs passed a new anti-fraud policy at Monday’s City Commission meeting in response to an audit of how it spent a one-cent sales tax.

Riverside Park pool, community center repairs coming soon
An image shows audience members at Tuesday night's Seminole County School Board meeting holding up placards to show whether they agreed or disagreed with the speaker. One side was red (showing disagreement) and the other side was green (showing agreement).
No new book bans in Seminole

Seminole County Public Schools’ meeting went late into the evening Tuesday night, as members of Moms for Liberty took hours reading excerpts from books the group wants to see banned from the schools. 

An image shows smoke billowing after the Pentagon attack on September 11.
Teaching 9/11 at Oviedo High School as someone who was there

On September 11, 2001, Jessica Jenkins was home, sleeping off the nightshift, when her parents woke her up with the news: The U.S. was under attack.  The Oviedo High School history teacher talks about her own experience through 9/11.

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