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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

Seminole County finalizes arts funding for 2026

Grant application windows open next week for arts organizations after Seminole County finalizes arts funding that was in doubt after commissioners questioned it.

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Winter Springs approves $65.8M replacement to aging wastewater plant – cheaper than budgeted 

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.

Pappy's Patch in Oviedo Seminole County rural boundary
Seminole County’s rural boundary survives the 2026 Legislative Session

A bill that would have granted near-automatic development rights in parts of rural areas failed in the Florida Senate’s final day.

wastewater infrastructure repairs
Winter Springs approves $600,000 in emergency repairs to wastewater system

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

Oviedo Fire Station 2
You asked, we answered: A Q&A on proposals to end property taxes in Florida
Seminole County Public Schools approves county’s first community school

Seminole County Public Schools finalized an agreement Tuesday to bring the county’s first community school to Sanford. 

Bill to gut Seminole County rural boundary could apply outside of Central Florida

Florida Senate poised to take up the bill this Friday, as developer Chris Dorworth pushes county commissioners to support it.

FL Sen. Jason Brodeur Seminole County rural boundary
Sen. Jason Brodeur flips, calls for bill amendment that could gut rural boundaries in Seminole, Orange counties

Senate Bill 208 would allow property owners to sue for rural properties’ ‘fair market value’  if developed to the density of neighboring areas

5G tower node Winter Springs
Winter Springs commissioners talk plans on ‘horrible’ 5G towers going up, as 14 more applications come through 

Winter Springs also saw plans for an oil change center in the Town Center, and mapped out plans for a charter review

Proposals to slash property taxes would hit Oviedo, Winter Springs especially hard

Commissioner says proposals would turn counties into ‘third-world counties,’ hollowing out budgets for parks, trails, roads and more.