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Published July 18Windermere files second lawsuit against boathouse owners | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
New legal challenge focuses on lagoon, grass, adds new defendants.
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Published July 18Winter Garden outlines parameters for ADUs | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
Tiny homes may offer a multitude of solutions for housing affordability, caregiving, aging in place.
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Published July 18The physician politicians | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
Two doctors and a dentist are running to represent West Orange this election cycle.
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Published July 18Winter Garden celebrates Juneteenth with free party in East Winter Garden park | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
“It honors freedom and acknowledges our history,” says City Commissioner Chloe Johnson of District 3.
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Published July 18Ocoee approves new stepped fire assessment plan for 2027, 2028; sets public hearing for August | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
City officials said the plan anticipates a dramatic reduction in property taxes and provides flexibility to adjust future fees.
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Published July 182026 Orange County, Primary races set | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
Here's who's on the Republican and Democratic primary ballots for the West Orange County races VoxPopuli is watching, plus the countywide races that will also be decided on Aug. 18.
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Published July 1849 Pulse victims commemorated at Winter Garden church on 10th anniversary of mass shooting | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
Bells rang out 49 times to commemorate those killed in the country’s deadliest LGBTQ+ hate crime.
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Published July 18Proposed property tax amendment challenged in court | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
Lawsuit claims the ballot language is “misleading and materially false.”
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Published July 18Pulse survivors want to be sure the next generation knows what happened there | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
A decade after the nightclub shooting left 49 dead and dozens more wounded, survivors and advocates are working to keep the memories of those who perished that terrible night alive.
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Published July 18Winter Garden proclaims June, long associated with LGBTQ+ Pride, as “Faith and Family Month” | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
“The far right doesn’t have a monopoly on faith or family. We have many religious communities that embrace their LGBTQ members, and many LGBTQ people who choose to build loving families in the state,” says Equality Florida.
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Published July 18How will the new anti-DEI law impact West Orange municipalities? | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
Ahead of the Jan. 1, 2027, effective date, city officials are parsing the new law to figure out which events and activities can continue and which need to be cut.
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Published July 18Barbie Harden Hall ends campaign for Congress, citing illness | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
Announcement takes supporters, opponents by surprise.