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Thursday, January 28

Community Bulletin and Business Briefs

First National Bank hosts Haiti supply drive at all six locations; marathon women raise big bucks for children's hospital; Enzian receives generous grant for its film festival

Community Bulletin and Business Briefs

Wildcats triumph without Rivers

Despite losing a star shooter to an ankle injury, Winter Park's boys basketball team wins 7th straight

With district play just a week and a half away, the Winter Park boys basketball team continues to streak toward the playoffs.

Knights down, Tars up this week

UCF's conference struggles continue as Rollins leaps to No. 20

The Knights' trouble in conference play continued Saturday as they lost badly to UTEP, 96-59.

City officials lobby for fed land

Looking to recapture the post office property and expand its parkland, Winter Park will go to Washington

Winter Park is a step closer to converting its post office into more parkland. The City Commission voted on a resolution supporting the plan on Monday, and on Tuesday, Feb. 2, commissioners will head to Washington, D.C., to try to lobby for funding and land for the project.

Moratorium OK'd

Maitland approved an ordinance that will temporarily prevent drive-throughs from appearing downtown

The Maitland City Council approved a scaled back version of the ordinance that will keep drive-throughs from being built in the city's downtown area until an impact study is completed.

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How macho do I love me?

How macho do I love me?

Letters to the Editor

Letters from Beth Dillaha, William K. Paton and Tom McMacken

Letters from Beth Dillaha, William K. Paton and Tom McMacken

Perspectives

Full of sound and fury

Full of sound and fury

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High-tech learning

Sophisticated calculators enhance the learning experience for Winter Park High math students

The AP statistics quiz pops up on Dominique Heron's calculator, and she goes to work. Within five minutes, she and her classmates' scores are tallied and graphed on the projector.

Thursday, January 14

From the corner table

Anatolia - traditions and food treasures from Turkey

Mountains high, valleys low

Play on!

At sea level the human imagination, like the human body, is earthbound by invisible gravity.

Letters to the Editor

Letter from Blanca Taylor

A stroke here, A stroke there ...

Perspectives

A stroke here, a stroke there and pretty soon you're thinking like Dick Cheney or Rush Limbaugh.

Crime log

Brief reports of crimes in Winter Park

Community Bulletin and Business Briefs

Orange County property appraiser issues reminder for homestead tax exemption; UCF receives $1.5 million to cultivate economic growth

Baldwin Park Community Update

News and events from Baldwin Park

Winter Park rebounds

After losing a pair of games, the Cats trounced Edgewater and Freedom High

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Knights ground Owls in blowout

UCF dominated its 2010 conference debut against Rice

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Help us solve our history mystery

People or places in photographs have gone unidentified for years, and we need your help to solve them

No more drive-thrus?

The Maitland City Council approved the first reading of an ordinance on Monday that would prevent the construction of drive-thru businesses in the city's downtown for one year

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Icy temps blanket area

A fierce chill struck Central Florida, giving birth to icicles and record lows.

Bakely's shuts down

Bakely's Restaurant on Fairbanks Avenue in Winter Park has closed. That space will soon be a Keke's Breakfast Cafe.

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Ice rink may break even

Winter Park's skating rink might end up paying for itself once the numbers are in

Barbie necklace critiques plastic ideals

A local's necklace, a statement about society's ideal woman, will be featured in Marie Claire Greece

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Soak up some history on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, Jan. 18, but some events are a week long