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Oviedo hosts public forum for $47 million police building ballot referendum Thursday night

By Eric Orvieto ● News ● September 20, 2023

Oviedo residents have the opportunity Thursday to ask city officials questions and make comments about a $47 million request: a new police department building.

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A rendering shows a potential amenities layout for the possible development of the former Winter Springs Golf Course, leaving the course's fairways undisturbed.

Shuttered Winter Springs Golf Course could be developed

By Isaac Benjamin Babcock ● News ● September 20, 2023

A 133-acre conservation easement set aside 39 years ago for possible parkland may be sold off to make way for a 492-unit housing development in Winter Springs.Mayor Kevin McCann is saying that if it’s not done now, it could be turned into something the city doesn’t want.

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

By Abe Aboraya ● News ● September 20, 2023

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.

Submit questions ahead of Oviedo election

By Megan Stokes ● News ● September 14, 2023

Oviedo Mayor Megan Sladek has two challengers for her seat, which is up for election this November. Brady Duke and Judith Dolores Smith are running against the incumbent. Natalie Teuchert, who won the Group 1 seat on the Oviedo City Council two years ago when she challenged then-incumbent Smith, is running unopposed.