Minneola News

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As of April 1, Andy Preston opened the doors to Central Florida Golf Carts with one thing in mind: providing more choices to the people of South Lake.

T he mad scramble for money has started. This is budget season for governments, and if you want to put in your two cents, so to speak, now is the time.

City, county and state officials gathered Tuesday to get a better understanding of what the Minneola Turnpike interchange project will entail.

City of Clermont Parks and Recreation Department has scheduled Summer Camp 2009 from 8 a.m. to noon, Monday to Friday until Aug.

Many Lake County children living less than two miles from school will still probably be able to catch the bus this fall.

Many Lake County children living less than two miles from school will still probably be able to catch the bus this fall.

City of Clermont Parks and Recreation Department has scheduled Summer Camp 2009 from 8 a.m. to noon, Monday to Friday, June 15 to Aug.

How do you feel about the decision to eliminate courtesy busing for Lake County children who live within a two-mile radius of their public schools? "I think it's wrong.

Taxable property values throughout Lake County plunged 8 percent over the past year, an unprecedented drop that will force local governments to increase taxes or cut services even deeper.

C utting budgets is not about clipping the low-hanging fruit. It's about looking farther up and finding the branches that can be pruned without killing the tree.

Clermont celebrated its centennial in 1984. As Editor of the South Lake Press and Publicity Chairman for the Centennial Commission, I called the publisher of the Times-Journal in Vineland, New Jersey and asked him if he knew of the important relationship between Vineland and Clermont, Florida.

City Council members this week decided to pave the way to allow installation of red light cameras.

Manager Mary Kay McGuire works in the childrenA A's section of the Minneola Schoolhouse Library at 100 S. Main Ave.

A Memorial Day Observance is scheduled at 11 a.m. Monday at Veterans Park, W. Minneola Ave & 3rd St., Clermont.

Last week we remembered the refurbishing of Jaycee Beach at Lake Minneola. Florida Rock Industries of Astatula donated 700 tons of sand.

The city council has agreed to move forward with plans to establish a citywide fire assessment fee to pay for fire suppression services.

State Commissioner of Agriculture Doyle Conner raised his wine glass and toasted the Florida grape at the Lakeridge Winery and Vineyards dedication ceremony April 25.

A Lake County man who tagged along with friends who bungled a robbery that left a 19-year-old dead was sentenced today to 25 years in prison.

The last of three defendants standing trial on first-degree murder charges in a Clermont killing will serve 25 years in prison after agreeing this afternoon to plead no contest to second-degree murder.