Winter Park News Archives

I n 1999, 310 Park South opened in Winter Park. Comfy and relaxed, it slightly channels Harrigan's, its back-in-the-day predecessor on the block.

Nature Publishing Group , the publisher of Scientific American , is not backing down in response to complaints about the timing and extent of new subscription pricing, which treats the well-respected consumer publication - which experienced no price change for years - like an STM publication.

Share + Oct 25, 2009 7:54 am US/Eastern WINTER PARK A central Florida man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman over a five area period was gunned down by a Seminole County deputy sheriff after he pointed a rifle at him.

Authorities said a man suspected of holding a woman against her will for five hours and sexually assaulting her was fatally shot by a Seminole County deputy sheriff who fired when the man pointed a rifle at him.

Share + Oct 24, 2009 11:39 am US/Eastern WINTER PARK, Fla. A man was killed and four others were shot during a home invasion in central Florida.

The Seminole County Sheriff's Department and FDLE investigates an officer involved shooting in the 600 block of Lake Howell Lane, near Winter Park on Saturday, October 24, 2009.

Authorities said one person was killed while four others were injured in a home invasion in Winter Park on Friday.

While some of the soaring optimism of Election Day has tempered, more than six in 10 Americans predict in a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll that Barack Obama's presidency will improve race relations in the United States in the years ahead.

While navigating one of the most traffic-challenged cities in the country, UPS tractor-trailer driver Virginia "Ginny" Odom has logged more than 3.5 million accident-free miles and today marks her 35th year of safe driving - tops among female UPS drivers worldwide.

Orange County Commissioner Bill Segal increased his already big fund-raising lead over a trio of other 2010 county mayor contenders in the most-recent campaign reports, and now sits atop a whopping total of $324,000 in cash on hand .

The doors hadn't opened, but hundreds of people had already lined up outside the Lake Howell High School cafeteria for a shot at getting the scarce H1N1 vaccine .

The owners of a traditional Brazilian steakhouse in the tourist corridor plan to introduce their second Central Florida location and third overall.

A new "kid" at school caused some commotion Tuesday at Lakemont Elementary in Winter Park, when a goat wandered onto the playground after school.

Magazine is part of Nature Publishing Group's 'new consumer media division' Norman Oder -- Library Journal, 10/13/2009 Shift in management in June Price increase from $39.95 to $299 in print Protest by Oberlin Group libraries Will other consumer magazines follow trend? In June, Scientific American was integrated into the Nature Publishing Group , ...

Here's an audition notice for two roles in Quilt: A Musical Celebration at Breakthrough Theatre: The Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park is looking for two men for roles in the musical, Quilt: A Musical Celebration .

I 'm looking forward to a healthy debate over offshore drilling. But one thing about Dean Cannon's drilling proposal that concerns me has nothing to do with coral reefs or potential spills.

Four Parsippany police officers helped deliver a baby early Saturday morning. The officers responded to an apartment on Baldwin Road at 12:30 a.m. Saturday on a report of a woman in labor, police said.

Dear Greg: My 70-year-old mother has an ongoing problem with Safeguard America. We recently changed her phone service, which caused problems with the alarm system, and we called Safeguard to come take a look.

F all has officially arrived, although you'd hardly know it here in sunny Central Florida.

AMy Name Will Always Be Alice Directed by Wade Hair Musical Direction by Wendy Feaver Breakthrough Theatre, Winter Park, FL There's always a market for a solid collection of female-centric songs, as long as they tackle the subjects with some humor and forgo the bra-burning earnestness that forces a cabaret tune into a lecture hall.