West Orlando News
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE Commissioner Tiffany Moore Russell and Senator Gary Siplin will host a Community Clean-Up in Pine Hills with the Robinswood Community Improvement Association. This event is being held on Saturday, May 17th, 2008, from 8:00 a.m. – 12 noon. The event host site is St. Andrews Catholic Church at 801 Hastings […]
Pine Hills: A White Perspective by Lisa Parani I recently wrote a paper that evaluated the community where I lived from the age of seven until I was nineteen, and graduated from high school, Pine Hills. Pine Hills is a small community that is just outside of central Orlando. My mother chose to move […]
from (l.) to (r.): Gillian Nanton, CEO, The Advisory Group, Candidate Jerry Demings, and Wesley Kirton Jerry Demings, one of the candidates in the race for Orange County Sheriff met with the Caribbean business Community, on 10th April 2008. For 90 minutes Mr. Demings sat with a group of about 20 businessmen and women, […]
The Black Partnership of Florida Moves Forward Over 150 Central Florida business executives and professionals attended the Black Partnership of Florida Transportation Industry Power Lunch held April 15, 2008 at the Lexington Hotel in Downtown Orlando. The Power Lunch, the third in a series focusing on contracting opportunities for minorities was held in partnership with […]
Decembre Claims Bill Moves Forward State Representative Geraldine Thompson (D-Orlando)has presented, the Daniel Decembre Claims bill, to the Schools and Learning Council. It can be viewed at www.myfloridahouse.gov. On March 4, 2003, Daniel Decembre, a then 3rd grader at Ridgewood Park Elementary was attacked when a 50 pound pit bull bolted through the […]
Daisy W. Lynum, Mayor Pro Tem and Orlando City Commissioner, District 5, will host a free education workshop on Foreclosure Prevention and Predatory Lending on Saturday, May 3, 2008, from 9:00 am. to 1:00 pm. at the Northwest Community Center, 3955 W.D. Judge Drive, Orlando. For the past three years, Commissioner Lynum has taken […]
Family Services of Metro Orlando (FSMO), the lead agency for Community-Based Care in Orange and Osceola counties, is joining forces with the Florida Coalition for Children and other social service organizations across the state in an effort to bring awareness to the community of the impact of the proposed budget cuts to Florida’s children and […]
The Orlando Carnival Association will be hosting the 21st annual 2008 Orlando Carnival from May 23rd – May 25th 2008. Now in its 21st year, the theme of this year’s Carnival is “Caribbean Unity”. This Caribbean-style Mardi-Gras will be held downtown Orlando at the Orlando Sports Campus. Carnival is a Caribbean-style “Mardi Gras” that is […]
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