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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

Winter Springs restarts process to hire another city manager

Two commissioners voted against giving a raise to the interim city manager, who has been at the helm for more than a year.

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Seminole County takes first steps in $40M septic tank conversion

Commissioners said it was the tip of the iceberg, though, and that many more septic tanks will have to be remediated in the next 15 years.

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Hagerty High School teachers told to remove gay pride flags

Seminole County is grappling with ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill settlement’s impact as gay pride flags come down.

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Seminole County may renew Geneva gun range lease

The new lease will no longer allow the gun range to require its members join the NRA.

Lawton Elementary School in Oviedo may get additional renovation

When the school board meets next week, it will consider approving plans for more than $3.5M in new construction and renovation for Lawton Elementary School.

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Exclusive: Broken hydrant found during Winter Springs house fire

Fire hydrant issues in Winter Springs worsen as county fire department vows to bring in water tanker for future fires.

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Trinity Prep wins approval to expand, build science building

County commissioners removed a cap on Trinity Prep student enrollment, but Orange County’s cap still applies

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Mystery coffee shop in Oviedo, possible tiny home in Chuluota

No word on what flavor joe is on tap at Oviedo's mystery coffee shop. But we know it’s not Black Rifle Coffee.

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Fire hydrant failures cause brown water in Winter Springs

Winter Springs fire hydrants were not being serviced annually as they should have, city staff reports.

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Winter Springs city auditors: No financial emergency

Auditors for Winter Springs found the conditions of a financial emergency ‘do not exist.’ But state inspectors are still expected to check the books.