Dec 23-29, 2020

Dec 23-29, 2020 / Vol. 37 / No. 4
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Legal Public Notices 1/6/21 issue

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…

Legal Public Notices 12/30 issue

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…

Foreigner, by chef Bruno Fonseca, will open this spring in Audubon Park

Nothing’s come easy for Bruno Fonseca. The 45-year-old chef has scratched and clawed his way through the restaurant world and, in the process, garnered a wealth of experience. Fonseca has worked at high-end restaurants from Norman’s to Bern’s Steak House; operated the 5 Gastronomy food truck; taught at Le Cordon Bleu; and opened eyes and…

Orange County is No. 3 among Florida counties with most residents vaccinated for COVID-19

More than 122,000 Floridians received COVID-19 vaccinations during the first two weeks that the long-awaited shots were available, according to numbers posted Monday on the Florida Department of Health website. Through Sunday, 122,881 people had been vaccinated, as the state initially focused efforts on front-line health care workers and nursing-home residents. A Pfizer vaccine became…

Timucua rebroadcasts performance by David Bjella and Hannah Sun on Sunday

If you’re too sane to paddle out into the predicted tsunami of the winter COVID surge, well, who can blame you (save for some kook deniers)? So, though not live, a safe concert option is Timucua’s online rebroadcast of the 2019 performance by accomplished local educator-performers David Bjella, a UCF cello professor, and Hannah Sun, a…

Florida’s general revenue, which comes from sales tax and corporate income tax, exceeded estimates last month

As Florida continues trying to claw itself out of financial problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, November general-revenue collections exceeded expectations and slightly topped collections in pre-pandemic November 2019, according to a report released Wednesday. Net general revenue last month totaled $2.698 billion, up 2.1 percent from $2.642.2 billion in November 2019, according to the…

Pill mill doctors in Florida directed customers to Walmart to fill sketchy opioid prescriptions, lawsuit alleges

Amid ongoing litigation against pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors and drug-store chains, federal officials are targeting Walmart Inc. for allegedly filling thousands of prescriptions for controlled substances that its pharmacists knew were invalid. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Delaware, the U.S. Department of Justice accused Walmart of unlawfully dispensing controlled substances from pharmacies it operated across…

Justice Department investigation finds systemic sexual abuse of inmates at Florida’s largest women’s prison

For more than a decade, the state has failed to protect inmates at Florida’s largest women’s prison from sexual abuse by the staff, according to a report released by federal officials on Tuesday. The investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and Florida federal prosecutors found reasonable cause to believe “varied and…

The worst people of 2020 (who aren’t Trumps), Part 2

Welcome to part 2 of the Worst People of the Worst Year Ever (who aren’t named Trump). In Part 1, we lifted our leg on the seditionists who undermined democracy and the authoritarians who made a mockery of the constitution. To cap off our rogues’ gallery, this installment raises a glass (of antifreeze) to the…

Legal Public Notices 12/23 issue

Orlando Legals Legal Public Notices CITATION OF PUBLICATION, STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF COBB, 12 East Park Square, MARIETTA, GA 30090. CIVIL ACTION NO.: 20-A-2159, TANGIER SUPER, PLAINTIFF, VS, DAMARIS LERMA, DEFENDANT. TO: DAMARIS LERMA, 1310 Ibsen Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32809. By order of the Court dated December 8, 2020, you are hereby notified that…

Orlando’s Billy Flanigan, a 39-year veteran of Disney’s stages, spent his furlough pedaling across the country delivering musical ‘Flanigrams’

With nearly 20,000 Walt Disney World employees laid off this year, we’ve heard heartbreaking stories about cast members desperately seeking food and shelter, while Mickey’s stock price (and executive compensation) soars. But despite the dire situation, there are still die-hard Disney employees spreading joy and inspiration on their own time, just like Walt would have…


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