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Supporters and medical groups filled hours of public comment at Thursday's state rule hearing on dropping four school-entry vaccine requirements; written comments are open until Oct. 19.
A Winter Springs city commissioner has asked officials to model the financial impact of eliminating funding for police and parks services in light of potential changes from Amendment 3.
The AARP class runs 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. at the Civic Center. Register online, then pay the instructor by cash or check.
The free Hispanic heritage festival at Center Lake Park won a special event permit Oct. 5; organizers say a months-long wait on a formal city partnership has made planning future years harder.
The 1.6-mile SR 452 Seminole Connector would tie SR 417 to Lake Mary Boulevard near Orlando Sanford International Airport, with construction targeted for 2031.
County commissioners will take up Chris Dorworth's bid to remove 67 acres in the Black Hammock area from the protected rural area on Dec. 8, after an advisory board recommended denial.
The district serving Winter Springs moved up one spot. Winter Springs High hosts an IB information night Oct. 20 for families exploring academic options.
A draft policy on Monday's consent agenda would cap each commissioner's travel at the budgeted amount, require receipts within 14 days and bar alcohol on reimbursements and city credit cards.
Seminole County's school board unanimously approved the charter's expansion to a pre-K through eighth grade campus, with a $15 million building targeted to open in August 2028.
Seminole commissioners take up the Tatra Townhomes rezoning Oct. 13; planners voted 4-2 for it, but county staff says the only access road is too narrow.
Hurricane and storm surge warnings now cover part of the Panhandle; in Seminole County, forecasters expect more heavy rain through the weekend but no direct storm impacts.
The county says early phases of its $30 million-plus drainage project in Midway, near Sanford, worked as designed during Wednesday's rain; more phases run into 2027.
The draft would allow up to four hens on most single-family lots and bar roosters; the Planning and Zoning Board wants a required permit and course, and Commissioner Sarah Baker, who proposed the rules, disagrees.
A coaches' group asked the Seminole County School Board for better protections after a parent allegedly headbutted Winter Springs High's head football coach; the district said it investigated and issued a trespass notice.
Winter Springs' Veteran and Veteran Family Advisory Committee meets at 5:30 p.m. Thursday to start work on a Memorial Day event the City Commission wants a report on by Jan. 1, and to hear plans for the Nov. 11 Veterans Day Tribute.
The National Weather Service forecasts 1 to 2 inches of rain tonight and another 1 to 2 inches Wednesday in Winter Springs, with a low risk of excessive rainfall through Thursday.
Greeneway Preserve would replace an RV and boat storage lot and vacant land at Slavia Road and SR 417; county planners unanimously recommended the rezoning, while neighbors' letters object to traffic and lost green space.
The police department’s Ghoulishly Good Times event runs 6:30–9 p.m., with the film beginning at sunset.
Seminole County Public Schools staff say the vendor picked in May failed to deliver as required and never answered a September warning; the board takes up the termination at tonight's 5:30 p.m. meeting.
Seminole County firefighters and Red Cross volunteers will visit about 250 Casselberry homes Oct. 10, and a county program covers Winter Springs residents who cannot afford an alarm.
Seminole County will break ground on a 6,000-square-foot center at the former Rosenwald School property, start work on a fishing pier and kayak launch, and is asking residents to help name the park.
