The W.T. Bland Public Library has reopened and will have the following hours in July: Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Curbside pickups will continue, as well. Call 352-735-7180, option 5, or email library@CityofMountDora.com with your requests.
Families spend a lot of quality time together. While there are many ways to fill that time, sometimes the best activities are those that inspire a bit of nostalgia.
Times are turbulent for job-seekers. While unemployment reports have eased from the peaks of late April, we’re still living in an economy where one in ten Americans is searching for work.
The USTA Florida Section recently announced resumption of Sectional tennis events in August for competitive juniors and USTA Florida adult league players. The returning events will be held at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, in accordance with the National Campus guidelines, USTA Florida…
According to AdventHealth, one of the best ways we can minimize the spread of COVID-19 in our community is to wear face masks in public – and how you wear it makes all the difference. Currently, Orange and Osceola counties are under Emergency Executive Orders requiring the use of face coveri…
In preparation for students’ return to school in the fall, Lake County Schools is offering parents three options for how their children will resume their education: traditional in-school learning, full-time online learning through Lake County Virtual School, or modified-day learning, a combi…
Any time is a great time to get in shape. People with more time on their hands due to stay-at-home restrictions may want to begin an exercise regimen right away.
“The name is Bond…James Bond, and I am at Petco in Clermont patiently awaiting my next important assignment. I have many skills that make me an ideal agent. Like the original Bond 007 from the movies, I can be sneaky stealthy and pounce on a toy mouse, and I can woo all the ladies with my ch…
Dominique Ward, assistant principal at Lake Hills School, has been named principal at Rimes Early Learning and Literacy Center. She replaces Gregg Dudley, who was recently names principal of The Villages Elementary of Lady Lake.
At a national virtual meeting presented by the Community Oncology Alliance, Lucio Gordan, MD, Florida Cancer Specialists Research & Institute president, will lead an educational session on operational and economic issues relating to cancer treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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CareerSource Central Florida has created a podcast series, Job LaunchPad, aimed at anyone interested in the overall workforce landscape.
Whenever our great country seems in a moment of crisis, I like to reread a short speech by Abraham Lincoln. Each crisis feels like our country is struggling once again with equality, or worried about our freedom, or fretting about our nation’s economic future, or all three put together.
Raymond “Ray” Ordell Halverson (1934-2020) went home to be with the Lord on Jan. 22, 2020 at the age of 85 after a short but rough battle with cancer. The funeral service will be held at Trinity Evangelical Free Church, 890 Abrams Road, Eustis, Florida at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28. It will al…