At the May 5 ribbon-cutting of Leesburg’s Turnpike Wastewater Treatment Facility, located at 1600 CR 470, Okahumpka, the $20 million project was celebrated with a public ceremony attended by City Manager Al Minner, Leesburg Mayor Mike Pederson, Public Works Director Cliff Kelsey and Pam Jone…
Attorney General Ashley Moody is warning Floridians about texting scams that entice victims with suggestive messages. The scam is commonly referred to as the wrong number text scam. Floridians being targeted by a version of the scam in Charlotte County are calling it the awkward text scam, a…
Howey-in-the-Hills – June 11, the Howey-in-the-Hills Friends of the Library, a 501(c)3 organization, is hosting its first Masquerade Ball to raise funds for the Marianne Beck Memorial Library, a member of the Lake County Library System. The black-tie charity gala will take place at Mission I…
Memorial Day is a bittersweet day on the calendar. Memorial Day is a day to pay homage to the brave men and women who lost their lives defending the United States. However, over time, Memorial Day has evolved into the unofficial beginning of summer.
Housing vacancy rates – both for homeowner and rental housing – are at or near historic lows, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s recently released Housing Vacancy Survey (HVS).
ORLANDO, Fla. (May 3, 2022) – Two out of five college students drop out of school for financial reasons. With this and other reasons in mind, Goodwill Industries of Central Florida recently announced a prepaid tuition program that will cover the cost of college or vocational school for its e…
Lakeisha Hood has been appointed state director for USDA Rural Development in Florida and U.S. Virgin Islands, along with seven USDA regional leadership positions.
Orlando, FL – The Florida Small Business Development Center at University of Central Florida (FSBDC at UCF) recenlty announced that it has named Jose Molfino as area manager of the FSBDC at UCF’s office in Lake County. He will oversee the FSBDC’s client service activities across the county a…
Graduation is a momentous occasion for students that marks an end to many years of dedication to studies. Most people look back fondly on the day they received their degrees and diplomas. But often what is remembered most when a person graduates is the party that commemorated the event.
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During the months between graduating high school and beginning college, or between getting a university degree and entering the workforce, graduates may want to explore the personal growth that comes from volunteerism.
Pastfinders of South Lake County Genealogical Society has an upcoming conference, and it’s themed “Gen Sox Record Hop: Dancing Through the Documents.”
Friday, May 13, BJ’s Wholesale Club had its grand opening at its new location at 13469 US 441 in Lady Lake. Staff including cashier Diane T., shown here, were on hand to welcome guests.
Cozemul is a beautiful 7 year old female. She is a sweet girl ready to find her furever home. Cozemul is waiting to meet you at our off-site adoption site at PetSense in Mt. Dora. Please give them a call for her availability 352-602-7532.
Heat waves are an inevitable part of summer in many places across the globe. While humans can escape indoors to air conditioned rooms when heat waves hit full swing, flowers planted around a property have no such luxury, putting their survival in jeopardy whenever the mercury rises to especi…
Bill Bean sent in this stunning photo taken on Dead River Road in front of the subdivision where he lives in Tavares.
Bumpy the sulcata tortoise has had quite an adventurous spring this year, with two escapes from his Mount Dora home. His latest jaunt lasted almost three weeks, according to his owner, Logan Heinze.
Every spring, a nationwide high school art competition sponsored by members of the U.S. House of Representatives gives kids a chance to share their artwork through displays in representative offices.
Realizing that a passion for dance and a desire to teach could be fulfilled together, Jolene Coates established Dance Depot USA, INC in August of 2001. Originally from Clearwater, Florida she moved to Lake County in 1994 after graduating from Florida State University with a degree in Element…
Today, most lawns are planted with just one variety of a given turfgrass species, but that genetic uniformity makes them more vulnerable to pests and disease.
SUMTER COUNTY — David Dunn-Rankin is mixing the old and new in Sumter County. The D-R Media and Investments founder just added the Sumter County Times to the company portfolio.
Throughout the summer, Mount Dora Christian Academy will feature a wide variety of camps, from sports-oriented programs to “Readers’ Theater,” “Growing with God” and “Fun on the Farm.”
Various organisms can transmit harmful bacteria. That includes ticks, which are tiny parasites that feed on blood.
Age certainly hasn’t mellowed the Kids in the Hall. The freewheeling Canadian comedy geniuses are as fearless and shameless as ever in the eight new episodes of their self-titled sketch comedy series. Why did it take more than a quarter-century to get a sixth season of The Kids in the Hall?
General Hospital has filmed its 15,000th episode, making it TV’s longest-running scripted drama currently in production. To commemorate the massive milestone, the General Hospital cast and crew celebrated with a cake-cutting ceremony on the Prospect Studios lot in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 12.
This week, A Forever Home Animal Rescue is featuring a sweet Muffin.
Each year, United Way of Lake and Sumter Counties designates Hometown Heroes for each of the counties it serves. April 29, two Sumter County and two Lake County local heroes were named – and celebrated – at the Hometown Hero Hoedown at Far Reach Ranch in Tavares.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The pandemic left a stain on the college experience for students.
At a recent dinner, the Eustis Moose Valued Veterans No. 874 invited Cubs/Scouts 767 to the lodge to serve its members and their guests.
While visiting relatives who live in Grand Island, Blesson Memana Abraham took this beautiful picture in Ferran Park near Lake Eustis.
May 12, the Florida Department of Transportation is hosting a public meeting regarding plans for two projects on State Road 19 from north of Stevens Avenue to County Road 452 in Eustis. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Eustis Community Center, 601 Northshore Dr.
Individuals who are superstitious may keep careful eyes on the calendar so they know just when the thirteenth day of the month lands on a Friday. In 2022, May is the only month with a Friday the 13th. There won’t be another Friday the 13th until January 2023.
Last week, Lake County announced Office of Housing and Community Services will assist eligible households with past due mortgage payments through the Lake County Coronavirus (CV-1) Mortgage Assistance Program.
Mike Lane has been named Eustis director of development services department and is responsible for all activities related to the city’s building, planning, development and comprehensive plan. He has over 30 years of planning and development services experience, 22 years of that spent in the …
Imagine a guest walking into your home or a customer into your place of business and a unique scent making them stop and remember the moment. Scent is so powerful and we can use it to relax or energize our guests, spark some inspiration and collaboration, or leave a mark that is remembered.
Tavares, FL (May 6, 2022) – The City of Tavares 14th Annual PLANES, TUNES & BBQ will be held Friday and Saturday, May 13 & 14 in Wooton Park, Tavares. The family-friendly event features live music, a twilight airshow, seaplane competitions, BBQ, vendors, a family fun zone and more! A…
When Evan Minnis heard about a national entrepreneurship program that was launching at Tavares High School and Eustis High School last fall, he knew he wanted to be part of it.
Mark your calendars for a special concert of Music of the Church hosted by the First Presbyterian Church of Mount Dora.
Members of the Ocklawaha Chapter, Daughter of the American Revolution attended an afternoon tea at The Women’s Club in Eustis on May 1.
The home of Steve and Susan Guch at 933 North Alexander Street in Mount Dora was chosen by the Lakes and Hills Garden Club for May’s Garden of the Month.
Eustis Panther and Umatilla Bulldog football alumni gathered at the Mason Jar restaurant in Dona Vista April 16 to pay homage to Coach Tom Comer Sr., the championship trophy-collecting phenom they shared during the 1960s and 1970s.
Are some of the insects in your garden bugging your plants?
Warm weather means more time to relax outdoors. For those homeowners lucky enough to have entertaining spaces outside, spring and summer provides plenty of opportunities to enjoy fresh air under the sun or stars.
April 29, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned the public to not use counterfeit versions of these two at-home over-the-counter COVID-19 diagnostic tests: counterfeit Flowflex COVID-19 Test Kits and counterfeit iHealth COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test Kits.
The more things change, the more they thankfully don’t in the world of Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver), the steely L.A. crime-stopper who may have turned in his badge but hasn’t lost his zeal for justice. In Bosch: Legacy, a spinoff of the long-running Prime Video series based on Michael Connel…
Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that affects melanocytes, or the cells that produce the skin pigment melanin. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that the sun’s UVB rays stimulate melanocytes, and more than 90 percent of melanomas are thought to be caused by ultraviole…
This week, A Forever Home Animal Rescue is featuring bonded buddies Blondie and Scrappy.
Tending to a lawn and garden can be a great way to spend time in the great outdoors. It’s also an enjoyable way to improve a home’s curb appeal.
Mary E. “Lib” McCormick French, 92, of Mount Dora, FL, passed away on January 14, 2022. She was born on September 2, 1929, to Oscar and Nora Walker in Walland, TN.
Salley Clare (Pagenkemper) Baumann was born October 22, 1946, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania to Arthur and Doris (Braun) Pagenkemper. Sallye Baumann died on December 7, 2021, at the age of 75 in Tavares, Florida.
Editor’s note: David Dunn-Rankin, who many readers know through his weekly column, is CEO of this newspaper’s parent company and the son of Betty Dunn-Rankin. The following originally ran in the Venice Gondolier.
Loving caretaker and father, William Robert “Bob” Friedman, 78 of D’Iberville, MS, passed away on November 5th, 2021, in his home.
Frances “Patsy” Teuton, age 79, passed away September 22, 2021, at home with loved ones by her side. Ms. Teuton was born in Jacksonville, FL. on May 2, 1942, to Herbert & Gladys (Evans) Sumner.
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…
