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Vendors, visitors happy as Orlando Farmers Market makes return
By S.T. Cardinal | November 19, 2020
For the first time in almost seven months, vendors set up shop on a Sunday morning at Lake Eola Park for the farmers market. The...
Princeton and OBT road improvements, lane closures coming
By Héctor García De León | November 12, 2020
Starting Monday, Nov. 16, some lanes on Princeton Street will be closed as the City of Orlando makes improvements to the intersection of N. Orange...
Green building incentive program launched; Parramore Kidz Zone to be replicated; New mural coming to Milk District
Notes from City Council, Nov. 9By S.T. Cardinal | November 10, 2020
Orlando launches green building incentive program, declares climate emergency The City of Orlando is launching a pilot program which gives incentives to developers for constructing...
Business News
College Park decorates for the holidays, kicks off “Season of Sparkle”
By Debbie Goetz | November 19, 2020
Join College Park Main Street this Saturday in Albert Park to decorate for the holiday season at 11 a.m. Volunteers will work with the CPMS...
Local photography studio moving to College Park
By S.T. Cardinal and Héctor García De León | November 12, 2020
Jim Hobart, the founder of Macbeth Studio, will be moving his photography studio from Downtown Orlando to College Park and is set to open in...
Green building incentive program launched; Parramore Kidz Zone to be replicated; New mural coming to Milk District
By S.T. Cardinal | November 10, 2020
Orlando launches green building incentive program, declares climate emergency The City of Orlando is launching a pilot program which gives incentives to developers for constructing...
Opinion
Publisher’s Desk: A season of Thanksgiving like none other
By Debbie Goetz | October 28, 2020
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I like to take a moment each November to share some things I’m thankful for in this city we call home. Some years the mood has been lighter, but this...
Confessions of a College Park Mom: Happy holidays: A list of actual personal confessions
By Lindsay Chamberlain | October 28, 2020
Holidays, you ask? Technically, yes. It officially becomes the holiday season the moment you can turn on the Hallmark channel and catch a jaded executive (played by Winnie Cooper) who returns to her hometown at...
Commissioner’s Update: Two who passed left remarkable legacies
Submitted by Orlando District 4 City Commissioner Patty Sheehan | October 28, 2020
Each of our city commissioners are invited to submit a column once per quarter. — Our community experienced a devastating loss last month with the passing of two of Orlando’s luminaries and champions of diversity...
Features
CP Interview: Glenn Closson brews a successful business in Ivanhoe
By S.T. Cardinal | October 28, 2020
Glenn Closson, 38, is the co-founder of Ivanhoe Park Brewing Company. Closson grew up in the other Orange County in California, served in the Navy and studied abroad in London and Rome. Closson opened IPBCo...
City hosts 11th Annual Día de los Muertos event downtown
By Annabelle Sikes | October 16, 2020
The City of Orlando held the 11th Annual Día de los Muertos & Monster Event downtown on Oct. 15 from to celebrate and emphasize Mexican culture. Día de los Muertos, also known as Day of...
CP Interview: FAMU Law Dean Deidré Keller shares her journey to Orlando
By S.T. Cardinal | September 30, 2020
Deidré Keller was named dean of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University’s College of Law earlier this summer. The satellite campus of FAMU is located just west of Interstate 4 near Creative Village in downtown...
Community
People of O-Town: Janine Looker makes an impact in children’s lives
By Héctor García De León | September 30, 2020
If there’s one thing Janine Looker loves most, it’s teaching. For 11 years, Janine has taught at Monarch Learning Academy in College Park and says...
College Park’s legendary Carl ‘Sandy’ Dann III remembered as fearless father, passionate adventurer
By Samantha Dunne | August 27, 2020
Lawson Dann knew Carl “Sandy” Dann III wasn’t a typical father when he sent his children to bait sharkinfested waters on fishing trips. Lawson remembers...
People of O-Town: one of Orlando’s first First Responders
By Jordan Ellis | July 31, 2020
Emergency Medical Services is a familiar term today, but when College Park resident Roger Huder began his career as a first responder, EMS was just...
Schools
Orange Technical College spotlight: Emma Sorenson, Class of 2021
Emma Sorensen, a senior in Edgewater High School’s IT Academy, will join speakers from Lockheed Mar t in, Ford, UCF and Oracle dur ing the...
Please donate to memory room
EHS has a memory room on campus to collect memorabilia. We are still collecting Edgewater memorabilia. You can drop off any items by asking for...
2020 OCPS Art Banner Project winners
Congratulations to Melissa Zamudio and her classes for winning the 2020 Banner Project for OCPS. Our virtual arts program will receive $500 in art materials...
