4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (292+ words) What happens to us in September? It seems like the “end of summer” is stamped deep within us, doesn’t it? Our childhood and family years of yearning for summer vacation, followed by those mixed back-to-school feelings, seem to stay with…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (315+ words) Earlier this year, she invited me to sit on the Orlando Good Neighbor Day Steering Committee. Technically, it was just a steering committee. During one of our planning sessions, the group decided to make it a week, from Sept. 28 to…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (229+ words) The City of Winter Park is continuing to work on Park Avenue’s glow-up. The first phase of the refresh runs from Webster Avenue to Garfield Avenue and includes new street lights, sidewalk repairs, larger planter boxes and more. Boxes like…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (277+ words) Do you want a better career, improved health, more meaningful friendships, a stronger sense of community and more solid finances? Consider saying hi to your neighbors. While that may come across as a sales gimmick, it’s actually true. A 2023 study…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (362+ words) There’s a new farmers market in town. The College Park Farmers Market, hosted by The Local Habit will be held weekly on Sundays at the Great Southern Box Company Food Hall & Bar starting Sept. 6. The event will run from 10 a.m....

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (415+ words) Construction on the first major downtown Orlando street to convert to two-way traffic is complete. Work on Magnolia Avenue, from South Street to Livingston Avenue, started in February and wrapped up in August. The Magnolia Avenue and Washington Street intersection…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (216+ words) In honor of International Coastal Cleanup month, Keep Orlando Beautiful is hosting five lake cleanups across the city this September. Saturday, Sept. 5, 9 u2013 11 a.m. at George Barker Park/Clear Lake Park, 1820 W. Gore St. Tuesday, Sept. 15, 5:30 u2013 7:30 p.m. at the Lake Sunset neighborhood, 2000 Jacobs Place....

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (407+ words) “Well, that was hard.” That was pretty much the extent of my inner monologue as I crossed the finish line at Track Shack’s Celebration of Running 5K in mid-August. I have been running for 13 years, so I didn’t really think I…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (400+ words) In the summer of 2025, then-high school junior Boey Cho launched her passion project, Go With The Flo Orlando, a nonprofit aiming to address disparities in women’s health care and access to menstrual products. She set up a series of “period…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (448+ words) Children have curious minds, don’t they? Every time you turn around, they’re asking, “But why?” And that’s the question, isn’t it? As humans, we want to know the “why” behind everything. Well, science can explain it all. Here’s why integrating…...