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Joan Cotter Lee: Hotelier catered to elite guests in Winter Park
Well before the arrival of theme parks, convention centers and towering hotels, Central Florida was home to a rarefied form of hospitality reserved for the well-to-do. From the 1940s through the 1960s, Joan Pennington Cotter Lee was part of that world....
Tags: Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc., The Seminole Tribe, Dirty Dancing (movie), Winter Park, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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New Jug Band video
Orlando's Bloody Jug Band released some stylishly produced videos for the material on its solid 2012 studio album, "Coffin Up Blood." Now the visually distinctive roots outfit is back with a live video of "Asylum Blues," recorded in the studio at WPRK...Tags: Winter Park
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Rollins College re-opens buildings evacuated during gas leak
Rollins College has now re-opened the seven buildings that were evacuated this morning because of a gas leak. The buildings, only one of which had classrooms, were re-opened just after noon, said Lauren Bradley, a spokeswoman for the small, private...
Tags: Education, Winter Park, Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology, Science
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Wayne Brady takes on Bill Maher's definition of blackness
Comedy — as Steve Martin once observed — is not pretty. Nor are racial stereotypes. We were reminded of both last week when comic Wayne Brady verbally pimp-slapped fellow funnyman Bill Maher during a HuffPost Live interview. In recent...
Tags: Entertainment, Barack Obama, Wayne Brady, Politics, Elections
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Park Avenue fast food makes Winter Park officials fret over 'fine dining' image
Fast food has begun creeping on to Park Avenue, alarming Winter Park officials who want to preserve the street's reputation for "fine dining." A BurgerFi opened last year, and a Firehouse Subs is expected soon. By agreeing to offer table service, both...
Tags: Rush Limbaugh, Panera Bread Company, Foods and Beverages, Dining and Drinking, Hamburgers
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Florida jobless rate dips to 7.2 percent in April
Florida's unemployment rate continues to fall, dipping from 7.5 percent in March to 7.2 percent in April — the lowest level in five years. Metro Orlando's jobless rate also improved, falling to 6.4 percent, down three-tenths of a percentage...
Tags: Politics, Labor Markets, Executive Branch, Rick Scott, Government
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History fans dive into past through modern social media
Logging on to the behemoth social-media site Facebook, I can become overwhelmed. I see a picture of a dear cousin I need to write. Ah, the guilt. I see, in the stack of ads at right, a picture of a celebrity and the question "Is 60 the new 40?" Ah, the...
Tags: Human Interest, Maitland, Orlando, Winter Park, Orange County Regional History Center
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Harry Potter phenomenon is gone with the proverbial wind
Universal Orlando last week announced Diagon Alley, an expansion to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, which opened in 2010. Coming on the heels of the new Transformers ride, the expansion will no doubt be a success. But if the students in my...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Education, Fiction, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Students
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Orange County Clerk Lydia Gardner dies after long illness
Praised as a "dynamo" of a public servant who took on adversity with an ever-present smile, Orange County Clerk of Courts Lydia Gardner excelled during a period of great change for clerks in Florida, her peers and family said Thursday. Gardner, 68,...Tags: University of Michigan, Chemotherapy, Diseases and Illnesses, Politics, Judges
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Vicki L. Wade Rodgers: Former hospital administrator blazed trail in law enforcement
A fiery redhead who served as assistant police chief in Eustis and a hospital administrator, Vicki L. Wade Rodgers was always a fighter. She bravely moved up the police ranks during an era where policewomen were rare, remembered her daughter, Tara...
Tags: Sanford Police Department, Shootings, Long Island, Apopka, Hospitals and Clinics
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Orange County Clerk Lydia Gardner has died
Orlando SentinelAfter a long illness, Orange County Clerk of Courts Lydia Gardner died in a Winter Park hospital last night, according to Leesa Bainbridge, Gardner's spokeswoman. Gardner was recently re-elected for her fourth term and sworn in on Jan. 8. Gardner has...Tags: Online Media Industry, University of Michigan, Chemotherapy, Winter Park, Health Treatments
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Cornell Museum at Rollins wins prestigious grant
The Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College has been awarded an Interpretive Fellowship at Art Museums from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. The museum is one of only seven recipients nationwide given this honor; the others are the Metropolitan...
Tags: New York City, Education, Museums, Arts and Culture, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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