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.
Grant application windows open next week for arts organizations after Seminole County finalizes arts funding that was in doubt after commissioners questioned it.
After years of planning, the city moves forward to replace water facilities. Winter Springs also appoints new charter review committee members who could oversee major changes to the city.
Officials say they’re 90 days away from breaking ground on a treatment plant - but equipment failures have the city keeping the environmental regulators appraised