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Darling dinner and drink deals for Valentine's Day in Orlando

Orlando Weekly 2/3 2:34A Chloe Greenberg

Valentine's Day: a big day for those in love and those who love candlelit deals. Orlando has no shortage of dining spots to set the mood, but if you're on a budget or just love the thrill of a themed...

Florida moves one step closer to getting recreational marijuana

Orlando Weekly 2/2 9:42A Dara Kam, NSF

Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational use of marijuana have passed a preliminary hurdle to get on the 2024 ballot, submitting more than enough petition...

FAMU Law Fellows Support Eatonville Families with Heirs’ Property Issues

West Orlando News 2/2 7:50A Staff

FAMU Law students to provide free legal services to families in Eatonville that are experiencing heirs’ property issues. The post FAMU Law Fellows Support Eatonville Families...

Mayor Demings: Orange County Exceeded Goal of Housing Homeless Individuals

West Orlando News 2/2 7:30A Staff

Partnerships with HUD and others helped Orange County assist homeless individuals over an 18-month period, Mayor Jerry Demings said. The post Mayor Demings: Orange County...

The Courtyards at Waterstone Offers New Homes in Palm Bay

West Orlando News 2/2 7:20A Staff

Landsea Homes recently announced that new model homes are available to tour in the second phase of The Courtyards at Waterstone in Palm Bay, Florida. The post The Courtyards...

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Exclusive: What Orlando sports legend Pat Williams has to say on local pro baseball efforts

Orlando Biz Journal 2/3 5:02A Richard Bilbao

It's been more than three years since Williams revealed his plans at the Dubsdread Golf Course ... so what has happened since then?

Exclusive: Mason's Famous Lobster Rolls to move into downtown Orlando corner restaurant space

Orlando Biz Journal 2/3 4:15A Steven Ryzewski

Because of their prominence, the corner retail spaces along Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando can be looked upon as a bellwether of the submarket's health.

Waterfront mansion fetches $5.5M in historic Brevard County sale (PHOTOS)

Orlando Biz Journal 2/3 4:05A Alex Soderstrom

This Merritt Island mansion just sold in a historic deal for the Space Coast market.

Update: What's happening with Red Robin Gourmet Burgers & Brews' lawsuit against Winter Garden...

Orlando Biz Journal 2/3 3:25A Steven Ryzewski

Here's the latest on the litigation between Red Robin and DDR Winter Garden LLC.

Osceola school district to build new campus in Sunbridge

Orlando Biz Journal 2/3 3:13A Ryan Lynch

The district bought the land from an entity connected to Tavistock Development Co., the developer of the 27,000-acre Sunbridge community.

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Thai Basil

Scott Joseph Orlando 2/2 7:58A scott@scottjosephorlando.com (Sc

I hadn’t been to Thai Basil in more than 17 years. When the restaurant opened, in 2004, near the corner of Tuskawilla and Red Bug Lake Roads, that area wasn’t known for much beyond chain restaurants....

Tell Scott where to go...and go with him!

Scott Joseph Orlando 2/2 6:10A scott@scottjosephorlando.com (Sc

Rome at sunset. I’m once again partnering with Art In Voyage, the Orlando and Cape Town travel agency that specializes in food and wine journeys, to host several trips later this year and in 2024....

Local Flavor: A grad student-style quick and easy chicken rice casserole

Scott Joseph Orlando 2/1 8:21A scott@scottjosephorlando.com (Sc

Local Flavor is a montly collaboration between Scott Joseph's Orlando Restaurant Guide and The Community Paper. I keep a list of recipes I refer to as my graduate student dishes because they’re quick,...

Newsy Nuggets: SeaWorld Festival, expensive shark bites, Yelp's 100, Hen & Hog

Scott Joseph Orlando 1/31 6:49A scott@scottjosephorlando.com (Sc

SeaWorld Orlando’s annual Seven Seas Food Festival kicks off this weekend and continues Thursdays through Sundays until May 7. That’s enough time for you to sample all seven seas. SeaWorld’s promoters...

Art In Voyage expands on its food-focused journeys. Where would you like to go?

Scott Joseph Orlando 1/30 8:57A scott@scottjosephorlando.com (Sc

When Mikael Audebert founded Art In Voyage , in 2011, he meant for it to be a conventional travel agency – putting together vacations, booking flights and securing hotels – albeit an agency that...

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Valentine Outfit Ideas

Central Florida Chic 1/30 10:53A Danielle

Over the year, Valentine’s Day has become one of my favorite holidays to dress up for. There’s so many ways to incorporate pink and red into your outfits that it’s hard not to be festive all month...

Sailing and Pedaling

Green Fashionista 1/24 10:30P noreply@blogger.com (Kate at Gre

I am still talking about how we all lucked out with the perfect day over the weekend for a Pedal Pub Cruise with Sail Cocoa Beach . I was excited to break out my new twist front bodysuit (it's...

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UCF starting football player arrested on armed home invasion charge

Knights News 1/30 12:27P Staff

Written by: Mark Grant Justin Hodges was a successful UCF football player, until his recent arrest on charges of home invasion robbery with a firearm that police say he took...