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“Plant Like a Floridian” workshop: Residents are invited to learn how to protect Florida’s natural beauty and waterways during a free workshop hosted by the ReGrow Volusia program. Attendees will learn about Florida-native landscape plants and trees, water-wise gardening practices, and Volusia County’s fertilizer ordinance. Participants will also take part in a short walk through the refuge’s native plant

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A low-cost airline is expanding its U.S. footprint to Sanford, where starting this fall it will offer service to the Dominican Republic as the airport’s first new carrier since 2021.

Arajet, based in the Dominican Republic, will on Oct. 26 begin direct flights three times a week between Orlando Sanford International Airport and Punta Cana International Airport. Tickets went on

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Hurricane Action Day: Presented by Seminole County. New and current volunteer groups can learn essential skills to support recovery efforts. Enjoy presentations and hands-on demonstrations. Network with other volunteers and faith-based organizations that assist the community during disasters. Learn how to build your disaster survival kit. Discover how the Office of Emergency Management prepares to respond to severe weather events with the

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155th Silver Spurs Rodeo: Events include bull riding, bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, barrel racing, team roping, calf roping and steer wrestling. Additionally, for only the summer rodeo, junior barrel racers and junior bull riders will enter the arena for their share of prize money. Fans can also look forward to performances by the iconic Silver Spurs Quadrille,

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Kung Fu Show: A diverse team of professional performers from the Wah Lum Kung Fu Temple will present a lion dance, kung fu and tai chi performance demonstrations. Explore Chinese culture through this demonstration. Registration is recommended. 1 p.m. May 31, Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd., Orlando, free, 407-835-7323, ocls.info/aanhpi.

Walk: The Mid-Florida Milers Walking Club,

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Personal Navigators, and other details from the  4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral. The Disney Wish set sail from Port Canaveral, Florida on April 7, 2025. There are additional Personal Navigators from other sailings of this same Continue Reading →

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June marks the start of summer across the country and the celebration of Pride Month, highlighting the LGBTQ+ community.

The commemoration coincides with the first Pride March in New York City in June of 1970 on the one-year anniversary of the protests against police outside Stonewall Inn, one of the city’s most popular gay bars. In June 1969, police raided

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A few miles west from Universal’s glitzy new Epic Universe lies another world, where a tattoo parlor, an adult boutique and graffiti-covered vacant buildings vie with the Fun Spot theme park and resort hotels for prominence.

The city of Orlando would like to bring I-Drive north of Sand Lake Road closer to the standards of the tourist strip to the

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Here are Central Florida’s top stories for Wednesday, May 28, 2025. Get today’s weather forecast here.

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In Florida property tax debate, use a ‘scalpel’ not a ‘chainsaw,’ officials argue

Maxwell: One Florida community rallied to defend protected land. Ours caved

Proposed fireworks law seeks to defuse explosive

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Walt Disney World has revealed the date that its new nighttime parade will debut at Magic Kingdom. Theme park visitors will be able to watch “Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away” come down Main Street USA as of July 20.

“We can’t wait to bring this parade to life at the park,” David Duffy, vice president of Disney Live Entertainment,

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