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SpaceX targets a window opening at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday for its Bandwagon-5 rideshare flight from Cape Canaveral, after a Monday scrub. A sunlit exhaust plume may be visible if timing and clouds cooperate.
Next door in Casselberry, a 5:30 p.m. workshop will review the peafowl's biology and the city's 2017 bird sanctuary rules, which bar residents from trapping or harming the birds.
Several of the week's events next door at UCF are open to the public, including a free talent show Monday night, Friday's Spirit Splash and fireworks, and a Sunday trick-or-treat on Greek Park Drive.
Mayor Jerry Demings' list of 13 projects also includes $46 million for UCF athletics and $80 million for two Eatonville projects; the board meets at 12:30 p.m.
Orange County Mosquito Control scheduled aerial spraying over Apopka and Pine Hills this weekend. State data show 368 locally acquired dengue cases in Florida this year, none in Seminole County.
New campaign finance reports show Democrat Bale Dalton raising about $936,000 from July through September to Republican Ryan Elijah's $401,000, and starting October with about $444,000 in the bank to Elijah's $233,000.
The city lists a four-hour collection window in the police department lobby at 300 N. Moss Road.
Oviedo would move to four-year council terms and require four of five votes to annex land from the county's Rural Area, while Longwood would also loosen its charter limits on borrowing.
Twenty-four agencies were told their county funding recommendations will wait until after the Nov. 3 election while officials weigh what the homestead exemption measure could do to the budget.
The free festival fills Lake Eola Park on Saturday, Oct. 17, with a 4 p.m. parade; Orlando has posted closures that start Thursday night on North Eola Drive.
Robinson Observatory telescopes will be pointed at the Moon Friday evening starting at 8 p.m., by UCF's Reflecting Pond; admission is free, though off-campus visitors may need a parking permit.
Seminole County's on-demand van service, which covers Winter Springs, topped 1,300 passengers on two days this month, but the county says the average wait for a pickup is about 48 minutes.
The ordinance passed its first reading Monday with no roosters, no sales of eggs and no hens on lots of 0.15 acre or less; HOA bans still apply. The final vote is set for Oct. 26.
Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily Oct. 19 through Nov. 1, and any county voter can use any site. Requests for a mailed ballot are due Oct. 22, and returned ballots must reach the elections office by 7 p.m. Nov. 3.
Honor Flight Central Florida flies 60 veterans to the D.C. memorials Saturday from Orlando Sanford International Airport, with a public send-off at 7 a.m. and a welcome home about 10 p.m.
Chaban led the August primary with 42.86% to Culver's 30.20%, sending the nonpartisan county judge race to a runoff on the Nov. 3 ballot; here is where each candidate stands.
Emily Duda Buckley, a Republican, and Nik Dean, a Democrat, are running Nov. 3 to replace term-limited Rep. David Smith in House District 38, which takes in parts of Winter Springs.
In voter-guide answers, challenger Kyle Stewart backs the property tax cut outright while incumbent Cade Resnick warns lost revenue would mean service reductions; they also differ on stormwater and growth.
Seminole County reviewers listed 18 unresolved questions on the Palm Valley senior community's plan to replace its wastewater treatment plant, including what exactly would be rebuilt.
Both rezonings passed 5-0 on Tuesday. The board also turned down a Jain temple's expansion plan without prejudice, and the Tatra Townhomes request off Chapman Road was withdrawn before a vote.
Seminole County Fire Department technicians will install and inspect child car seats from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, at Fire Station 27 in Winter Springs. Appointments are required.
