Navigating through rough waters
Recession tempers Mayor Crotty’s annual EOCC visit
Community News
When Orange County Mayor Rich Crotty made his annual pilgrimage to the East Orlando Chamber luncheon last month, his message was familiar, but oh so different, from speeches of years past.
From FIRE to ASHES to... Eco-friendly home
estroyed residence given new life as ‘green’ showpie
Business
It was in the darkness, an hour before sunrise on April 9 of last year, when Jim Spence was awakened by loud bursts out in his garage. At first, he thought his cat had knocked something over. “Then there was a screaming neighbor at the front window,” Spence recalled. “He’s a World War II veteran and he thought he heard gunfire.
The professional philanthropist
Nonprofit founder honors mother by feeding and clothing the poor
Lifestyle
Adriana de Pietrucci was starving. Her father was killed in a plane accident during World War II, leaving her family poor and homeless.
Deep cuts instill deeper fears
Students, officials say proposed elimination of UCF programs ...
Education
Kirsten Krenzan wanted to join the University of Central Florida cardiopulmonary program after her mother had open heart surgery three years ago. A respiratory therapist at the hospital had walked her family through the procedure beforehand to ease their concerns.
