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Clermont location is Goodwill Industries of Central Florida's first 'American-made' retail store
Goodwill Industries of Central Florida has opened its first "American-made" retail store and Job Connection Center at 1855 S. Grand Highway, Clermont. Completed in partnership with Winter Park-based Williams Company, roughly 98 percent of the...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Lake County (Florida), Human Interest, Conservation, Highway Transportation
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Casey Patricia O'Harra: Mensa volunteer also known for love of animals
All her life, Casey Patricia O'Harra was known for her love of animals. During her retirement years, she would drive all the way from Leesburg to Miami to help raise money for spaying and neutering cats and to make sure stray ones made it to no-kill...
Tags: Lake County (Florida), Miami Beach, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Leesburg adds 3.5 miles of trails
OrlandoSentinel.comFrom Sentinel staff writer??Kathryn Varn: LEESBURG — Walkers and bikers have more outdoor options in Lake County with the completion of about 3.5 miles of recreational trails, the most recent leg of the Leesburg trails master plan. The city is... -
Leesburg holding Water Safety Day at Venetian Gardens pool
LEESBURG — With summer just around the corner and people itching to go swimming, the city wants to emphasize the need for safety. To that end, the city is sponsoring Water Safety Day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. The free event at the...
Tags: Clermont
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Leesburg to mark opening of 3.5 miles of recreational trails
LEESBURG — Walkers and bikers have more outdoor options in Lake County with the completion of about 3.5 miles of recreational trails, the most recent leg of the Leesburg trails master plan. The city is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 5 p.m.... -
Time.com creates epic time-lapse of the Earth with Google and NASA
Orlando SentinelTime magazine has partnered with Google and NASA’s Landsat to create a first-ever interactive feature on the internet that allows you to watch almost 30 years of urban and environmental changes across the Earth. Processing thousands of satellite...Tags: Google Inc., NASA
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Hand-painted umbrellas to be auctioned off to benefit Leesburg Center for the Arts
LEESBURG — More than prepared in case of a sudden storm, Cheryl Jones is surrounded by hand-painted umbrellas at the Leesburg Center for the Arts. A silent auction for the one-of-kind hand-painted, all-weathered 42-inch umbrellas — with...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Auction Service, Arts, Artists
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Leesburg police say officer shot at suspect's car as it headed straight for him
LEESBURG — Police officers were attempting to stop Carlos D. Oquendo this week for speeding when he turned onto a dead-end street near Venetian Gardens, shifted his car in reverse and floored the gas pedal — heading straight toward an officer,...
Tags: Shootings
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Lake school district agrees to allow Gay-Straight Alliance to form
A day after the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against Lake County schools, the district announced a Gay-Straight Alliance club will be allowed to form temporarily and meet at a Leesburg middle school. The district said Thursday the club...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Gays and Lesbians, Lawyers, Laws, Justice System
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ACLU suit accuses Lake schools of breaking federal law over gay-straight club
The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against the Lake County School Board on Wednesday, accusing school leaders of violating a federal law prohibiting schools from discriminating against student clubs. The suit was filed on behalf of a 14-year-...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, American Civil Liberties Union, Students
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Why the R-word should be the next taboo
If anyone thinks the Legislature's move to eliminate the word "retarded" from state laws is giving in to the PC police, think again. This word wasn't scrubbed out by our hypersensitive, politically correct culture. "Retarded" was hijacked years ago by...
Tags: Lobbying, Politics, Sunrise (Broward, Florida), Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Lake School Board resumes struggle over gay-straight club
Lake County School Board members met for about three hours Monday but made little progress in finalizing new rules limiting which student clubs would be allowed on campus next year — including a new gay-straight club. The discussion came just days...
Tags: Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, American Civil Liberties Union
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