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Legal Public Notices 8/17/2022
Orlando Legals Legal Public Notices ALL ABOARD STORAGE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Personal property of the following tenants will be sold at public sale to the highest bidder to satisfy a rental lien in accordance with Florida Statutes, Sections: A83.801 – 83.809. All units are assumed to contain general household goods unless otherwise indicated. Viewing of…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants more cops in schools (as teachers)
Gov. Ron DeSantis will propose a slate of bills for the 2023 legislative session designed to bolster school districts’ efforts to recruit teachers, after students returned to classes last week amid a scarcity of educators. During a stop at a New Port Richey high school, DeSantis on Tuesday teased legislation aimed at recruiting to teaching…
More haunts, frights and live shows are unveiled for this year’s Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando
Universal Orlando have unveiled even more details for this Halloween Horror Nights, with the opening just a couple weeks away. The annual frightfest — now in its 31st (appropriate) year — will offer attendees 10 haunted houses, five scare zones and two live shows. HHN organizers this week revealed the final six haunted house themes, as well as what…
Jill Biden cancels Orlando trip following positive COVID-19 test
First Lady Jill Biden has cancelled a planned trip to Orlando after testing positive for COVID-19. Biden reportedly tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday morning after developing symptoms on Monday night. She had planned to appear at Thursday’s upcoming Warrior Games, a competition for wounded veterans held at Walt Disney World. Biden was also scheduled…
Up-and-coming rapper Blxst plays The Beacham this Tuesday
Just last week, Californian MC/ singer Blxst got his first platinum certification for 2020 single “Chosen” (a song that boasts features from Ty Dolla $ign and Tyga). And while that’s got to feel good, Blxst is already moving forward fast, touring the U.S. behind new album Before You Go on Red Bull(!) Records. Stepping into…
Orange County Sheriff John Mina’s son arrested on suspicion of DUI over the weekend
Orange County Sheriff John Mina’s son was arrested for suspicion of DUI in Winter Garden on Saturday night. 27-year-old Chase Mina was found asleep in his vehicle. OCSO deputies report that he had open containers in his cupholder. After they woke him up, Mina refused a field sobriety test and was arrested. In a bodycam…
‘Florida Showcase’ exhibition highlighting local artists opens later this week at SNAP! Orlando
If you’re attempting to suss out the state of the game in Orlando’s visual arts scene, Snap! Orlando has you covered. Their Florida Showcase group exhibition opens Friday and gathers up an armada of local (and promising) visual and multimedia artists. Three galleries at Snap will be taken over by works from 50 local visual…
Florida judge backs decision to fire teacher for refusing to comply with mask mandates
An administrative law judge Monday backed a decision by the Broward County School Board to fire a science teacher who refused last year to comply with a mask requirement aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19. Judge Cathy Sellers issued a 44-page ruling that concluded Piper High School teacher John Alvarez “engaged in gross insubordination…
Florida Senate gives suspended state attorney 15 days to request hearing over abortion law-related suspension
Warren was suspended for refusing to enforce the state’s 15-week abortion ban.
Florida tries to get UCF professor’s lawsuit against ‘Stop WOKE’ Act tossed
Attorneys for the state are trying to convince a federal judge to reject a University of Central Florida professor’s arguments in a battle about a new state law that restricts the way race-related concepts can be taught in classrooms. In court documents filed Friday, the state contended that Robert Cassanello, an associate professor of history…
Chicken chain Huey Magoo’s to open first downtown Orlando location Wednesday
Chicken shack Huey Magoo’s will open its first location in downtown Orlando on Wednesday morning. “Just what we needed: more chicken places.” residents of Orlando said in terrifying unison. The downtown location inside the MAA Robinson building at 342 North Orange Avenue will open at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The chicken tender…
Oddball supergroup Lost Noises Office plays the In-Between Series on Monday
Local experimental supergroup Lost Noises Office — with members drawn from Obliterati, the Tangled Bell Ensemble and Alterity Chamber Orchestra — make their long-awaited live return in the very fitting space that is CityArts. (Surely that’s enough to mitigate the crushing pain of a Monday somewhat?) Though they’re still a new proposition live, Lost Noises…
Charlie Crist, Nikki Fried travel Florida to rally support ahead of governor’s race primary
Democratic gubernatorial candidates Charlie Crist and Nikki Fried are starting statewide tours to try to rally support before the Aug. 23 primary election. Crist will start Saturday in South Florida on what his campaign has dubbed the “Hope For Florida” tour, which will include 10 days of appearances. Fried will launch her “Something New” bus…
Florida COVID-19 cases down as deaths top 78,500
The numbers of Florida residents testing positive for COVID-19 have decreased the past two weeks, but the coronavirus has killed more than 78,500 residents since the pandemic started in 2020, according to data released Friday. The state had a reported 54,353 new cases during the week that started Aug. 5, the first time in at…
Take the SeaWorld Orlando coaster challenge next week as part of National Roller Coaster Day
SeaWorld Orlando is marking National Roller Coaster Day next week with a good ol’ roller coaster challenge, and you’re invited to test your mettle (and stomach strength). This Tuesday, Aug. 16, is National Roller Coaster Day and SeaWorld is throwing down the gauntlet with a one-day test of digestive strength, nerves and equilibrium. Park entrants…
Siesta Key, other Sarasota County beaches shut down due to poop bacteria levels
Just weeks after the Department of Health (DOH) shut down multiple beaches for swimming in Sarasota County due to high levels of harmful bacteria , the agency is doing it again. The DOH has now declared a “no swim” advisories for three Sarasota beaches. During a routine water testing on Aug. 8, the amount of…
Orlando Meats closes shortly after kitchen heads leave to open noodle house
Orlando Meats has closed permanently. The Winter Park outpost was sweating out the possibility of recognition from some of the most prestigious food authorities in the world just a few short weeks ago. But after culinary director Eliot Hillis and chef de cuisine Seth Parker left to start their own Red Panda Noodle, the restaurant…
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Press Secretary Christina Pushaw resigns to work on re-election campaign: ‘The gloves are off’
Conspiracy theorist and one-time unregistered foreign agent Christina Pushaw has had quite the career as Ron DeSantis’ press secretary. As the state has taken away rights for women, policed language in schools and abetted the rapid spread of COVID-19, Pushaw has been there to bark at anyone who dared mention that the state was going…
Donald Trump calls for FBI to release search warrant in Florida raid
“Release the documents now!”
Want to break big stories for alt-weeklies? Euclid Media Group is seeking reporting fellows
Euclid Media Group is seeking applications from young journalists and writers from non-traditional backgrounds for our upcoming New Voices Fellowship. If you’re looking to break into journalism by carving out your own beat or want to switch careers with the space to make a name for yourself, give our fellowship a look. This brand-new, paid…
15-week abortion ban in Florida heads to state Supreme Court
Lawyers for abortion clinics and a doctor want the Florida Supreme Court to review an appellate-court decision that allowed a new 15-week limit on abortions to remain in effect as a broader legal battle plays out. The lawyers filed a notice late Wednesday that said they will ask the Supreme Court to take up a…
Orange County, other Florida school districts scramble to fill teaching vacancies
Florida students began returning to classrooms this week amid a teacher and support-staff shortage, with some counties still advertising positions and exploring “creative options” to fill vacancies. In Bay County, a Panhandle district with roughly 26,600 students, school officials were still looking to hire teachers on the eve of the first day of classes. “We’re…
October hearing will decide whether ‘Marsy’s Law’ protects identities of police
Are cops victims in incidents where they hurt someone? (No, of course not.)
Eugene Snowden invites you to celebrate his birthday at live Orlando bash this month
Despite conventional wisdom that you sing to the guest of honor at a birthday party, local soul troubadour Eugene Snowden wants to take this occasion to sing to you instead. The fiery singer and local institution is marking his latest trip around the sun with a concert at Will’s Pub at the end of the…
State Sen. Randolph Bracy proposes tax on Orange County real estate for out-of-state buyers
Mayor Jerry Demings says decision would have to come from state
Dad, toddler removed from flight from Orlando for refusing seatbelt regulations
A father was removed from a Frontier airlines flight this week after refusing to buckle his 2-year-old into her own separate seat for takeoff. In a post to Instagram that has since gone viral, Chrisean Rose said that he was removed from a plane that returned to the terminal because he was holding his daughter…
Banner flying over Mar-a-Lago mocks Donald Trump following FBI raid
This isn’t the first time a banner has been flown over Mar-a-Lago to dunk on the former president.
Florida urges appeals court to uphold ruling on masking on airplanes
State Attorney General Ashley Moody and other Republican politicians from across the country urged an appeals court this week to uphold a Florida federal judge’s ruling that blocked a mask requirement on airplanes and in other transportation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moody’s office, taking the lead in a brief filed by officials from 23 states,…
Feds fire back in Florida Ag Commissioner Nikki Fried’s case against gun restrictions on MMJ users
“Marijuana users pose a danger comparable to, if not greater than, other groups that have historically been disarmed.”
Anthrax brings 40th anniversary celebration to Orlando with hard rockers Black Label Society and Hatebreed
If you had “Go Metal Thrashing Mad” on your summer to-do list, you’re in luck. NYC thrash godfathers Anthrax and rockers Black Label Society are bringing their U.S. co-headlining tour to Orlando this week. The tour is a belated 40th anniversary celebration for venerable metalheads Anthrax, and the band’s guitarist Scott Ian has likened the…
‘Drag Race’ stars duke it out at Orlando’s Plaza Live for ‘War on the Catwalk’ on Thursday
Florida is currently having a moment of hateful stupidity regarding drag. Gov. DeSantis recently filed a complaint against a Miami establishment that hosts a drag brunch that children were allowed at, trotting out the whole “culture war” talking point that the event was an attempt to “sexualize” children. (We will now hold our breath until…
GLAAD’s ‘Back to School’ video shows life under Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill
Under the bill, any conversation of LGBTQ+ topics, including books and flags are banned in classrooms kindergarten through third grade.
Orange County commission votes to put rent control question on November ballot
By a narrow vote of 4 to 3, the Orange County Commission voted to put a rent stabilization ordinance on the ballot in November. The ordinance limits rent hikes in some apartments by tying them to the consumer price index for a single year. The move is narrowly tailored to skirt Florida’s statewide ban on…
Matt Kamm’s Tele + the Ghost of Our Lord breaks long silence with new single “Go Back to Bed”
Matt Kamm has long been one of the area’s most colorful freaks, recording mostly under various iterations of the Tele name. But in recent years, he hasn’t been especially prolific. That’s why his latest Tele & the Ghost of Our Lord release is particularly noteworthy. Here, Kamm finally unleashes the pop diva within and goes…
Michael Bublé croons at the Amway Center on Wednesday
Velvety-smooth crooner Michael Bublé is on his summertime “Higher” tour, and the man has a date with Orlando on Wednesday. Bublé is kicking off his U.S. jaunt in the South, and there’s plenty of Florida love — shows in Orlando, Sunrise and Tampa are on the books. The multi-platinum singer — and favorite of grandparents…
Concert picks this week: City Morgue, Nothing Butt Rock Fest, Jayo, Voodoo Kulture
If you’re coming out, be safe, be cool. Voodoo Kulture: Leave it to Nigel John and Mr. Mogembo to turn out a fresh and deep take on a dance music event. The two veteran local DJs are pushing their rhythmic intellect down a more experimental rabbit hole this time, diving into a darker side of…
DeLand’s Old Spanish Sugar Mill will continue to operate under new vendor
Earlier this week, the team behind De Leon Springs’ Old Spanish Sugar Mill announced that they would be closing. In a Facebook post, the company behind the famous make-your-own pancakes said that they lost their bid to continue to run the concession after 61 years. The owners announced that they would close in early September.…
Florida Democrats blast Gov. Ron DeSantis over Mar-a-Lago raid comments
Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidates called out Gov. Ron DeSantis for comments he made after an unprecedented FBI raid Monday at the Palm Beach home of former President Donald Trump. During a news conference Tuesday morning outside the governor’s mansion, Democratic candidate Nikki Fried said both political parties should tone down inflammatory rhetoric about the raid…
Something for everyone this week in Orlando: Red Bull BC One Cypher, Anthrax, Blxst, Michael Bublé
Our editors’ picks of all the best things to do and see this week. Wednesday, Aug. 10 Michael Bublé Velvety-smooth crooner Michael Bublé is on his summertime “Higher” tour, and the man has a date with Orlando on Wednesday. Bublé is kicking off his U.S. jaunt in the South, and there’s plenty of Florida love…
Jamie Foxx and Snoop Dogg play vampire hunters in ‘Day Shift,’ premiering Friday on Netflix
Everything new on Netflix, Disney+, Paramount+, Apple TV+, Amazon Prime, Hulu and Peacock. Premieres Wednesday: Bank Robbers: The Last Great Heist — This week’s big true-crime doc tells the story of a bunch of thieves who stole millions from a Buenos Aires bank and got away, slipping past 200 police officers who were gathered outside.…
Welcome to the high-tech fantasy and hair-pulling frustration known as Disney’s MagicBand+
Between the record-setting second-quarter revenues recently reported by Central Florida area attractions and the rapidly rising levels of traffic at Orlando International Airport, it seems like our local tourism industry has rebounded at full speed from the pandemic this summer — but one major thing has been missing. While the crowds may be back in…
