The first Mount Dora City Council meeting in August has been rescheduled to Wednesday, Aug. 4 at 5:30 p.m. The change was made so City Council members are able to attend the Police Department’s National Night Out event.
The Florida Department of Health in Lake County, in collaboration with the Lake County School Board, will conduct school immunizations for school-age children Aug. 7 and Aug. 14, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. at three area locations: Clermont Health Center, 875 Oakley Seaver Drive in Clermont; Umatilla Hea…
July 31, Lil’ Bit of Life Farm is hosting a back-to-school farm day celebrating the end of summer, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
The start of the school year can bring uncertainty for many students. They may worry about a new school, new teachers or making new friends. Concerns about COVID-19, in-person classes, and whether to wear a mask certainly can add to any anxiety or stress that children may experience.
Parents are tasked with teaching their children many lessons. Some are more obvious, like how to live safely or how to ride a bike or tie their shoes. Other lessons are more complicated and abstract, especially as they pertain to issues like respect.
Artisans on fifth is now known as simply Artisans. Why? Because the Mount Dora artist co-op has moved from 5th Avenue, where it was located for 12 years, to 4th Avenue.
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In January of 2021, a new healthcare provider opened shop in Umatilla. Colleen Wallace, MSN, NP-C, has a background in emergency care for Or-lando Health, UF Health and Advent Health.
Two weeks ago, I wrote about trying to get information about Mount Dora’s fire department so I could respond to one of our readers, “A.” Spending $37 million on new fire stations did not make sense to “A.” Last week, I wrote from the perspective of a fiscal conservative objecting to such a s…
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Wilson Crandall May 6, 2021 Wilson Trafton Crandall, age 77, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 6, 2021, at the Edgewater Health and Rehabilitation Center in the Waterman Village of Mount Dora, Florida from complications relating to Parkinson’s disease.
Mr. Raymond Lewis Guenther, lifetime resident of Altoona, Florida, died on April 8, 2021, from complications of a stroke. He was 78 years old.
Richard (Rick) Russell Livingston passed away on the afternoon of November 18, 2020 in Anderson, South Carolina at 71 years of age. He was born in Lakeland, Florida on April 29, 1949 as the first born child of Nelda Forehand Livingston and Wiley Richard Livingston, Jr. He served in the Unite…
Millie Rue Romney Dunn age 100 of Mount Dora, Fl, formerly of New Smyrna Beach FL and Westwood, MA, died peacefully on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 joining her pre-deceased husband of 68 years James Owen Dunn Sr. She was born in Salt Lake City, UT on August 11, 1920. She graduated from the Univ…
Eugene John Campbell was born on March 19, 1935 in Nassau, Bahamas Island and passed away in Sumterville, Florida on February 13 2021.
Cameron Lee Cruz, age 43, passed away unexpectedly in Mount Dora, Florida on December 5, 2020. Cameron was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan at Blodgett Memorial Hospital. Cam was beloved at every school he was at, starting at Crestwood Elementary in Rockford, Michigan where he became fast frie…
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…