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Camping World Stadium revealed its $400M glow-up plans; Florida’s deportation orders surged; Tesla robotaxis gummed up Orlando roads; Fishback acted fishy, and other news you may have missed last week.
BY PAIGE BRIGHT, MCKENNA FIORINO, CHLOE GREENBERG, MCKENNA SCHUELER, LIV CAPUTO AND CHRISTINE SEXTON/FLORIDA PHOENIX, AND ANA GOÑI-LESSAN/NSF
» Camping World Stadium’s makeover plans were unveiled
Camping World Stadium revealed a first peek into the venue’s $400 million makeover, funded by Orange County’s Tourist Development Tax (the 6 percent fee on all Orange County hotel stays and lodgings). The stadium is expected to introduce a new North Endzone Tower, as well as improve and increase concessions, accessibility features and audiovisual devices. Planned additions also include hurricane bracing and a retractable stage pocket to accommodate large bands. Renovations were first proposed in 2023 and met with skepticism from Orange County commissioners, who questioned the community benefits of the high-priced project. They weren’t approved the first time around, but eventually got the go-ahead in late 2024.
» Tesla Robotaxis started roaming the roads in Orlando Tesla Robotaxis are now active in parts of Orlando, one of just six cities chosen to host the rollout. The driverless vehicles use cameras and AI-based software to navigate roads. According to an X post from Tesla, the vehicles are currently operating in a 25- to 45-square-mile zone around the Semoran Boulevard and Lee Vista region near Orlando International Airport. The service cannot yet drop off riders directly at MCO terminals, theme parks or the downtown Orlando area. Rides start at $3.25 plus about $1 per mile. Robotaxis launched in Orlando and Tampa at the same time, joining Miami as the only Florida cities offering the service. One day after launch, a robotaxi was seen going the wrong way down a one-way street in Tampa. The only other state hosting the vehicles is Texas, with ride options in Houston, Dallas and Austin, where the service launched last June.
» Florida deportation orders surged in June
Since March, deportations ordered by immigration judges in Florida have increased 18%, according to recently released data. In June, judges issued 5,415 removal orders, a 17.6% increase compared to March’s 4,605 removal orders, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse. Florida follows a national trend of an increase in deportation orders, which hit an all-time high of 79,000 in June, the most orders issued in a month so far in President Donald Trump’s second term. Even though Florida remains one of the top states for overall deportations, it lagged behind an average national surge of 30%, as other states saw steeper climbs in the number of people ordered to be deported to their country of origin between the months of March to June. For example, Illinois saw a 120% increase in removal orders, from 3,228 to 7,087 over the four-month period. In June, removal orders were the most likely outcome in immigration court proceedings across the country, with 78% of the court cases resulting in deportation orders. Out of the 99,441 cases heard, 1,883 immigrants were allowed to remain in the country.
» Florida Republicans worked to block heat protections for workers
Florida Republican Byron Donalds (the presumed frontrunner in the race for Florida governor this year) has quietly co-sponsored a bill — along with seven other Florida Republicans — that seeks to block heat safety protections for U.S. workers. The bill would prevent the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration from finalizing or enforcing a heat safety standard proposed under the Biden administration — or any “substantially similar” standard — that seeks to establish basic requirements to protect workers: rest breaks, access to shade and clean drinking water when temperatures exceed 80 degrees. The Biden-era rule, introduced in 2024, is intended to prevent heat-related illness, injury and death on the job. It has faced backlash from the business community, however, including some of the most powerful lobbying forces in the country, with critics arguing that it’s a “one-size-fits-all” mandate. The bill passed its first and only hearing in the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee last week along party lines. The only two Florida committee members (GOP Rep. Randy Fine and Democrat Rep. Frederica Wilson) were absent for the vote.
» Fewer Floridians found to be receiving SNAP
The number of Florida residents who receive federal food assistance dropped by 23% during the past year, state data published this month show. There were 2,285,099 residents enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in June, down from the 2,970,283 in June 2025,
representing a 23% reduction. SNAP enrollment dropped steadily in each of the past 12 months. Enrollment in social services programs such as SNAP is countercyclical, meaning it increases as the economy worsens. But the drop-off in SNAP enrollment occurred even as the state’s unemployment rate increased during the year, U.S. Bureau and Labor Statistics data show. The number of enrollees in SNAP was dipping before the July 2025 enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act but increased as the law took effect. The law slashes spending on the food security program by $187 billion over a decade.
» James Fishback admitted to voting in D.C, dished out threats to stay on Florida ballot
During a Leon County hearing to decide whether far-right gubernatorial candidate James Fishback should be booted from the ballot, Fishback threatened to imprison the lieutenant governor’s senior adviser, one of his supporters challenged the staffer to a courthouse fight, and Fishback acknowledged voting and buying a home in Washington, D.C. It was a theatrical, nearly eight-hour hearing before Circuit Judge David Frank to decide whether Fishback had maintained a primary residence outside Florida during the past seven years — violating the Florida Constitution for a gubernatorial candidate — and whether that should disqualify him from the race. It was an unusual hearing representative of an odd GOP primary — one that includes accusations that Fishback’s running mate killed a dog and shoved an elderly woman; allegations from the governor’s office that Lt. Gov. Jay Collins’ wife employed social media bots to attack DeSantis for not endorsing her husband; AI ad wars between candidates calling for AI regulations — and still no candidate coming close to the dominating lead held by Trump-endorsed U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds.
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Why do so few farms participate in the Fair Food Program, even though experts say it could prevent farmworker abuse?
BY MAX BLAU, PROPUBLICA
When Jon Esformes was in his 20s, farmworkers staged protests outside one of his family’s tomato farms, in California’s Central Valley, calling out the fact they were paid less than 50 cents for each bucket of produce they picked. The summer of 1989 was particularly memorable: The demonstrations were tense — strikers warned that anyone who crossed the picket line would “pay with your blood” — and then turned violent. Someone threw a rock at Esformes’ head, leaving him with a scar.
By the time Esformes became a vice president of Pacific Tomato Growers in 2008, the family’s relationship with workers hadn’t changed much. Pay had barely increased. He and the rest of Pacific’s leadership still considered outside efforts to improve working conditions in the fields to be a threat to the business. “When we heard ‘worker organization,’ the initial response was to put on the flak jacket and get ready for war,” Esformes recalled during a panel in 2018. Many of the issues that workers had been protesting still persist at farms nationwide,
fueled by the constant pressure for cheap produce and the high demand among foreign workers for U.S. jobs. But Pacific, one of America’s largest tomato growers, is a rare outlier. The company changed course by adopting reforms that many farms across America have resisted, starting with the daunting task of getting rid of the labor-market middlemen who are instrumental in recruiting foreign farmworkers — and are largely responsible for the abuse and exploitation of those workers.
Pacific, with its 2,500 workers at farms and packing houses in four states, was able to show that it could adopt such reforms at scale without disrupting the profits it draws from over $90 million in annual revenue. Those reforms were possible in part through the company’s participation in the Fair Food Program, an initiative that launched in 2010 with the goal of preventing farmworkers from being harmed in the fields. By the end of Pacific’s first year in the program, other major tomato growers followed its lead, in hopes of not losing customers because of their labor practices.
a potential solution to decades of shrinking governmental oversight coupled with insufficient state and federal protections. They say the lax regulatory environment has led to the widespread abuse of farmworkers — including threats of violence, stolen wages, forced labor and deaths in the fields. It also has led to criminal charges and convictions against people who abused and exploited workers. In 2021, Operation Blooming Onion, one of largest investigations into the trafficking of seasonal guest workers, revealed that thousands of them had been illegally charged millions of dollars to work on Georgia’s farms. Some were forced to pick crops for little to no pay in what prosecutors described as a form of modern-day slavery. The very worst of those abuses included the repeated rape and kidnapping of a foreign farmworker, which was at the center of a recent ProPublica investigation.
There had been a similar probe in Florida during the 2000s. Prosecutors indicted multiple labor contractors who had forced workers to pick crops and chained them inside a truck at night. Following the indictments, Publix grocery stores suspended orders from growers with ties to the case. Pacific was one of them. (The contractors later pleaded guilty to forced labor and trafficking charges and were sentenced to prison.)
“We needed to see the world as it was,” said Esformes, who is now CEO and operating partner for Pacific. “Not how we wanted it to be.”
The reason more farms haven’t signed on to these reforms over the past 15 years is complicated. Some growers have said they are concerned about the potential up-front costs to implement those kinds of changes, especially in an era when wages are soaring and margins are shrinking. Others say they’re hesitant to sign on until more big grocers and other buyers commit to purchasing their produce through the program. Many more have historically been quiet on the topic.
ProPublica reached out to more than two dozen farm trade groups and produce growers associations in an attempt to gain a deeper understanding of why so few of their farms participate in the program. Most of them didn’t answer our questions. Some of them have opposed recent efforts by government officials to enact protections similar to ones that the program requires. They have warned that such changes could have a “detrimental impact” that would “burden the whole industry for a few bad apples” who had disregarded the rights of farmworkers.
Brian Reeves, a fourth-generation farmer in upstate New York who is president of the state’s vegetable growers association, told ProPublica that many farmers just want to focus on farming itself without the extra burden of compliance, such as filling out paperwork and submitting to audits.
“There’s a little bit of: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” Reeves added. “A lot of farmers are just afraid that it’s going to be more of a headache than it’s worth.”
Labor experts say that the program is
Even before Publix paused its orders, Pacific had started implementing changes. Then public outcry over Pacific’s past ties to those labor contractors prompted Whole Foods to stop buying from the company. One of the driving forces behind the pressure on Whole Foods was the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a human rights advocacy group that had been organizing widespread protests and threatening boycotts of fast food chains until they forced suppliers to improve working conditions.
The coalition had recently announced an ambitious new initiative, soon to be called the Fair Food Program. It was built around the premise that consumers wanted their produce to be ethically sourced. To facilitate that, the coalition aimed to enlist both farms that are willing to improve working conditions and big buyers, like Whole Foods, that were willing to pay those farms’ workers more for their produce they picked.
Over the next decade and a half, the program would help protect the rights of hundreds of thousands of farmworkers. It would also resolve thousands of the workers’ complaints. But its protections would only reach a tiny fraction of the country’s farms. * * *
In the mid-2000s, well before the first farmer signed up for the Fair Food Program, trade groups tried to stop it from getting off the ground. The Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association tried to undercut support for the program by creating a worker safety initiative of its own, with fewer protections and no pay increase. And the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange went
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so far as to prohibit any farmer from collaborating with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. Anyone who tried to would be fined $100,000.
The exchange later dropped its threat after one of its member farms departed because it wanted to win the business of big buyers like McDonald’s and Taco Bell; both had committed to source tomatoes from farms willing to join the program. Eventually, Esformes reached out directly to the coalition’s leaders and agreed to meet at their offices in September 2010. Sitting at their long, shabby conference room table, he and the staff discussed the problems plaguing farmworkers and how to address them. In the weeks ahead, he’d learn more about the group’s new initiative.
The buyers participating in the Fair Food Program would pay farmers a premium of a penny per pound, most of which would be passed along to workers. That small boost from the buyers’ side could make a big difference in workers’ pay — a potential increase of more than 20%. The year the program launched, the average minimum wage for a seasonal foreign farmworker was roughly $10 an hour.
The farmers themselves would agree to routine audits to scrutinize their books, inspect their fields and interview their workers. If major problems were found, they would be investigated further. If farmers didn’t address violations of the program’s rules, buyers would suspend orders from those farms.
Esformes believed that Pacific could deliver on those promises. The following month, he became the first farmer to sign up for the program.
One of the most significant requirements for farmers who join the Fair Food program is to stop using third-party labor contractors. Farmers have long relied on contractors, who in some ways are well-equipped to source and manage farmworkers. Many workers come to the U.S. on seasonal H-2A visas. Labor contractors often speak Spanish and know where in Mexico, Guatemala and other Central American countries to recruit applicants. Contractors help them navigate the visa application process. And contractors often manage the workers once they arrive, arranging for their travel and housing, overseeing their work in the field and distributing their pay.
But all that outsourcing makes it hard for growers to know how the workers are being treated — and easy for them to ignore when workers are treated badly. “If you’re using labor contractors, you have zero visibility,” Esformes said. In fact, labor contractors were responsible for much of the abuses of workers that federal investigators had discovered over the years. Contractors were found to have enriched themselves by charging workers illegal fees to get a visa, stealing wages from their work in the fields and crowding them into substandard housing. Those abuses continually revealed the need for more state and federal oversight, which seldom materialized.
Pacific had already phased out contractors after the Florida indictments, but Esformes committed to make the change permanent for as long as the company was in the program.
“All of these things that are illegal were going on under the labor contractor system on every farm, including ours,” Esformes said. “I’m not sitting here with my head in the sand saying we were squeaky clean before. We knew there were problems. We wanted them fixed.”
It wasn’t as hard for Pacific to abandon labor contractors as it was for some growers; given the company’s size, it already had a human resources department that it could expand. But for smaller farms, labor brokers can be essential to operations, especially if the owner doesn’t speak Spanish.
To help make the program more accessible, the council that oversees the Fair Food Program works with Mexico’s national employment service to directly recruit workers for farmers, bypassing unvetted recruiters who sometimes illegally charge workers for a visa. The council also consults with farmers to help them transition to hiring and managing workers themselves.
After Pacific joined the Fair Food Program, Esformes urged any employee to leave if they didn’t buy into the program’s reforms. He even had to fire several employees who wouldn’t quit. After that first year passed, about a tenth of his managers were gone. “Some of them were longtime employees,” he said. “I didn’t care.”
At first, Esformes was chiefly concerned with doing right by his workers. But after a few seasons there were unexpected benefits.
At a time when many farmers haven’t been able to find enough workers, Pacific largely stopped experiencing labor shortages. Over time, as Esformes’ fields became safer and the number of injuries declined, so did the risks of workers’ compensation claims. The programs’ mandatory rest breaks — 10 minutes every two hours during the summer — did not lessen productivity. Those breaks ended up having the opposite effect: The workers had more energy to pick faster, compared to when they were getting exhausted and less efficient at the end of each day. When workers returned home, they chatted about life on Esformes’ farms. The pickers wanted to come back the next season. Before long, their friends and family members back home started asking for jobs too.
mornings, they boarded a white school bus bound for tomato fields along the Florida border. But today, each worker was getting paid to learn about their rights. Over the next hour, the coalition’s staffers educated them about the kinds of protections they should expect — mandatory breaks from extreme heat, access to clean water, safe transportation — and how to call a 24-hour hotline staffed by the council that oversees the Fair Food Program. “You can have the opportunity to speak up without fear,” one staffer explained. “You can make a complaint without thinking, ‘Oh, we’re going to get fired.’” Esformes sat behind them in a folding chair, his presence meant to be a reminder that the rights the coalition’s staffers described had the full support of Pacific. *
The Fair Food Program’s protections currently extend to more than 20,000 farmworkers in nearly half of all states. It has led to workers getting paid more than $50 million in premiums. It is embraced by federal officials. But so far, it only includes 50 or so farmers who oversee a tiny fraction of the country’s nearly 2 million farms. The participants include other large tomato growers in Florida, corn harvesters in Colorado and sweet potato farmers in North Carolina.
Jennifer Bair, a professor of sociology at the University of Virginia, said that farmers are often wary of additional expenses associated with the program, given the growing costs of business and the rising number of bankruptcies. Until there is pressure from more buyers, the program may continue to only attract a small number of farmers, such as those who feel ethically obligated to protect their workers, experts told ProPublica.
What was good for Esformes’ workers ended up being good for his business.
“Why are there not more growers? The buyers,” said Susan Marquis, a professor with Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs. She said that more farmers will join if more buyers “hold their suppliers accountable, signing on to the Fair Food Program and saying, ‘We will not buy these items from someone who’s not in the program.’”
even after 15 years of success, there’s still reluctance on the demand side.”
Some of America’s largest produce buyers have not participated in the program, stating that it’s the responsibility of the farms to ensure that their workers are treated fairly. In some cases, buyers have created social responsibility guidelines for farmers to follow. But supply chain experts have described those nonbinding guidelines as a form of “cosmetic compliance” that can fail to hold farmers accountable if their workers are harmed.
That’s in large part why the coalition’s members have continued to pressure buyers to join the Fair Food Program. In recent years, the program’s supporters have marched roughly 50 miles to protest outside the mansion of Wendy’s board chair and asked Kroger shareholders to support a proposal that would urge the company to do more to protect the farmworkers who pick the produce sold in their aisles. Neither of the companies joined the program following those actions.
Kroger and Wendy’s did not respond to ProPublica’s questions about the Fair Food Program. Wendy’s previously has stated that its suppliers must adhere to its own code of conduct and undergo a “rigorous certification process.” Kroger stated in its latest annual report that it encourages suppliers to engage in “responsible labor practices.”
Nearly all the buyers in the program limit their participation to a small number of crops. ProPublica reached out to more than 30 of America’s largest grocery and fast food chains to ask why they haven’t joined the program or expanded their participation. ProPublica also requested interviews with representatives of those companies to see how they examine supply chains to ensure that their produce had no ties to the 2021 federal indictment in Georgia that revealed extensive abuses of farmworkers. Only two of those companies — Target and Walgreens — responded to say that their suppliers didn’t have ties to the more than two dozen people indicted in the Blooming Onion case. None of the companies’ spokespeople agreed to an interview or answered questions about the Fair Food Program.
What was good for his workers ended up being good for his business.
This past spring, as the sun rose over southwest Georgia, Esformes steered his pickup past the low-slung barracks where a couple dozen farmworkers from Mexico were staying. Most
Greg Asbed, a co-founder of the coalition that helped launch the Fair Food Program, said that farmers have been opposed to industry-wide changes in the past. He compared current hesitation to the era when farmers were resistant to safety protocols to prevent the spread of foodborne outbreaks. It was only after Americans demanded it — and buyers listened to their customers — that farmers got on board.
“We have a vaccine,” Asbed said.“We’ve tested it, it actually stops it, and people don’t suffer anymore. And yet, even after the proof of concept,
Nearly everywhere Esformes goes, from high-profile panels to private conversations with farmers, he speaks about how the program is benefiting his business. In the early 2010s, after Esformes joined the program and complied with its requirements, Whole Foods gave Pacific another shot. The company’s transformed tomato operation now fits in line with Whole Foods’ socially conscious brand. These days, the produce section is full of tomatoes with a green Fair Food sticker featuring a female worker holding a tomato bucket on her shoulder.
But look beyond the tomatoes, toward the other fruit and vegetables, and that sticker is rarely found.
This story was originally published on ProPublica.com.
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Original dinner theater production Beam Me Up, Babe! blends sci-fi, Westerns and fine dining at Maxine’s on Shine
BY ASA CARVAJAL
When Roxanne LeBlanc, founder of Vaudeville Entertainment, sat down to write Beam Me Up, Babe!, she wasn’t trying to fit neatly into one genre. She leaned into the unexpected, combining vintage Westerns, science fiction B-movies and romantic comedies all into an original immersive dinner theater experience.
“I think that the idea of just blending worlds that don’t belong together but work really well together and mixing those classic Westerns with campy science fiction, it sounds ridiculous, but in like the best possible way,” LeBlanc tells Orlando Weekly LeBlanc’s original production follows a cowboy drifter, an alien princess, a sarcastic cyborg and a quick-witted saloon owner through a story filled with romance, comedy and adventure.
After years performing in Orlando’s tourist-driven dinner theater scene at familiar venues like Pirate’s Dinner Adventure and Medieval Times,
LeBlanc wanted to create something entirely her own, supporting the talent more than ever before.
“There’s a lot of theater in Orlando that caters to the tourist demographic, which I love about our creative city. But beyond Fringe, I don’t feel like there’s that many opportunities for original immersive theater,” LeBlanc says. “So just getting to create something from the ground up — it’s just been really incredibly rewarding.”
LeBlanc founded Vaudeville Entertainment to produce immersive experiences ranging from dinner theater to corporate galas and festivals. While the company offers a variety of productions, dinner theater remains her primary focus.
“Yes, I’m a playwright and I am a producer and director or performer. I founded Vaudeville and I feel like, yes, we provide incredible immersive entertainment experiences,” LeBlanc says.“But the dinner theater is what really has my heart.”
The show’s inspiration came partly from the
venue, Maxine’s on Shine, whose owners are big fans of sci-fi and Westerns, and this prompted LeBlanc to pitch the unlikely crossover.
“I’ve done a lot of dinner theater shows there. I did a Moulin Rouge-themed show, we do murder mystery shows, a Christmas cabaret. And he [Kirt Earhart, Maxine’s co-owner] was like, ‘I’d really love to do a sci-fi,’ and I’m like, ‘Well, what about a sci-fi Western’?” LeBlanc adds, “I love romance, so we do a romantic spin, and you mix that with comedy, and it’s just a dinner theater spectacular.”
The cast includes Shelby Randle as Nova, Joshua Trevilcock as Jack, Jonathan Green as Vex and LeBlanc as Annie, the formidable sidekick.
For LeBlanc, the dinner is just as important as the performance. A foodie at heart, she designed the experience to eliminate the common dilemma of squeezing in a meal before a show or settling for fast food afterward.
“For me, it’s combining my passion for an
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Epicurean experience with my passion for theatrical, immersive experiences,” LeBlanc explains. She kept audiences in mind while conceiving this production, structuring the performance around the meal. Scenes pause as each course is served, allowing guests to enjoy both without feeling rushed.
“Our shows complement the dinner; they don’t compete with it — each menu is curated for that. We never do the same menu for each show,” she says.
The Michelin-recommended Maxine’s on Shine will prepare a unique themed three-course menu for the production, with vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free options available.
LeBlanc believes that intimate dinner theater creates a connection between performer and audience in ways that traditional theater often cannot. With an intimate audience capacity of just 50 seats, attendees become part of the action.
“It’s not like a proscenium or a theater in the round where you’re 50 feet away from the stage.” LeBlanc says. “You’re a part of it. It’s interacting with you. It’s taking you on that adventure with us.”
That closeness reflects a larger purpose behind LeBlanc’s entertainment company: bringing people together.
“I guess it’s worthy of note that people are lonelier now than ever. We’re all overdue for digital detoxes,” LeBlanc says. “I think that we’re all craving those experiences right now where you can just be fully present.”
The venue makes the production all the more immersive. Originally a 1950s neighborhood bodega and now a fan-favorite restaurant, Maxine’s provides a nostalgic backdrop that complements the show’s retro themes.
Each ticket includes pre-show cocktails on the garden patio, local artwork, tarot readings and postshow mingling. The Friday, July 31, performance will feature Keepsake Experiences’ photobooth and Polaroid portraits, while Panther’s Gallery will showcase jewelry and artwork inspired by the production.
LeBlanc hopes for Beam Me Up, Babe! to be more than “just” a show.
“I have this vision where you leave the show, and it’s beyond just like, ‘Oh wow, that was really great,’” LeBlanc says. “I want it to evoke that inner child, where it’s like I remember what it feels like to have a dream and then bring it to life, despite the circumstances. That’s how I want guests to feel when they leave this show.”
Beam Me Up, Babe! runs for four performances on July 31 and Aug. 5. arts@orlandoweekly.com
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If you’re longing for an intimate, communitydriven fan convention, look no further than the local House of Mouse Expo coming to Disney Springs’ Wyndham Lake Buena Vista
Last weekend, all eyes in sci-fi and fantasy fandom were firmly focused on San Diego Comic Con, and next month they’ll turn toward Anaheim’s D23 Ultimate Disney Fan event, in order to learn late-breaking updates about upcoming comic book films and theme park attractions. But anyone who has been to these massive conventions in recent years — or attended Orlando’s own MegaCon — knows they’ve evolved into expensive tools of corporate communication where fans wait hours in line and pay hundreds of dollars in admission fees, only to spend more time and money on assembly-line autograph sessions offering a split-second of face time with an exhausted A-lister. If you’re longing instead for an intimate, community-driven fan convention, look no further than the House of Mouse Expo (houseofmouseexpo.com), which is coming to Disney Springs’ Wyndham Lake Buena Vista Friday and Saturday, July 31-Aug. 1. Founded in 2021 by Scott and Michele Atwood, the House of Mouse Expo emerged from their website MainStreetMouse.com, which has been covering theme park news since 2009. But when their journey to become professional parkgoers began, not only were they not living in Florida, but Scott admits he wasn’t even a Disney superfan growing up, until he met Michele, now his wife.
He recalls, “She kind of held my hand and pulled me into the whole atmosphere of Disney, and then when Star Wars and Marvel came on, it was very easy for me to follow suit because those were my fandoms of choice.” The couple were living in Michigan at the time, with day jobs in finance and IT; but after being downsized they
had severance pay. “We decided in 2014 we were going to make the leap of faith, and we moved to Central Florida,” he says.
Since 2017, the Atwoods have been invited guests at Disney’s media events, and although they’ve observed the explosion of “content creators” and influencers in the theme park space, they continue to consider themselves journalists, focusing on their self-built website to share their original reporting and opinions, rather than social media.
“I’ve always been one who doesn’t want to depend on somebody else’s platform to share our messages,” says Scott. “Once we got that invite, we just went in there [and] we stayed ourselves … and Disney, from the get-go, said, ‘We like how you do it, we like that you’re honest.’ … They always have encouraged us to be very open about how we feel about everything, and we’ve always wanted to be true to our listeners.”
Although they are professionally immersed in Disney’s films and parks, the pair have a diverse array of talents and interests — they design their own label of Lularoe-like leggings, and Michele has authored four books — so (like me) Scott bristles a bit when the mainstream media uses “Disney Adults” as a pejorative.
“It’s almost like they’re saying you can’t be a fan if you’re over this certain age,” he says. “The world is so bad and so chaotic, and there’s so much bad going on around us, that if you take joy in going into that park where there’s that castle and you can forget about the outside world for a couple hours, I don’t see the harm in it.”
Before the first House of Mouse Expo, Scott had attended larger fan conventions and was inspired to create something smaller centered around the Disney fans, and “bring the actors [and] Imagineers or the animators they’ve grown up watching [to] meet them and actually talk to them.” It wasn’t until after COVID that he decided: “Life’s too short, and I need to at least try it one time. I need to take the chance. I need to see if it can work.” They held their first event over Thanksgiving weekend 2021, attracting over 500 fans. “Everybody had a great time, they
loved it. I think we only had like 40 vendors, but it was fun.” Thanks to contacts Michele had made doing interviews, notable guests at that first expo included Larry Bagby, Tobias Jelinek and Doug Jones from Hocus Pocus, along with Margaret Kerry, the recently deceased live model for Tinker Bell.“When I got there and I saw these people there, I’m like, ‘How did I pull this off?” recalls Scott. “It just blew me away, and we’ve just gotten bigger and bigger since then. Now the agents reach out to me.”
Fast-forward to five years later, and House of Mouse is expecting up to 1,800 attendees for its fourth edition, its first on Disney property. “I think that puts us a little more credibility behind what we’re doing here. Disney knows all about it; we’ve had talks with our PR representatives and legal [and] they’ve given us their blessing.” This year’s guest lineup is headlined by brothers Joey, Matthew and Andrew Lawrence, along with local celebrities like DJ Elliot Hansen and Ron “Dreamfinder” Schneider. Other highlights include former Muppeteer Steve Whitmire; Star Wars actors Emily Swallow, Chris Bartlett and Daniel Logan; a 1990s Mickey Mouse Club reunion; and Noel McNeil from millennial childhood favorite Bear in the Big Blue House, who Scott says “keeps a box of Kleenex on the table, because he said too many people tear up when they’re with him.”
Meeting these famous folks will be far more accessible and affordable at House of Mouse than at a major con, with daily admission as low as $10 for theme park employees and all signings well under $100.“I would rather [attendees] have a little bit of money to be able to go either meet that celebrity or shop the vendor floor, so we’re trying to keep it affordable as much as we can for everybody who comes out,” says Scott, sharing that even the guest stars appreciate that his expo ensures enough time for a few minutes of interaction of with each autograph seeker instead of rushing them along. “We’ve always said that if we get larger, we don’t ever want to lose that feel [and start] disconnecting from the fans.” skubersky@orlandoweekly.com
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SODO POP
Bánh Mì Go isn’t located in Orlando’s unofficial bánh mì district, but its sandwiches are shut-your-mouth great
BY MICHAEL MURPHY
Mills 50 has been home for several months. I can roll out of bed and into Bánh Mì Boy, Bamita or Paris Bánh Mì. Poke a stick in the ground and fish sauce oozes like crude; shake a tree and get showered with summer rolls. So getting in the car to hunt for Vietnamese sandwiches south of downtown felt like leaving Las Vegas to play blackjack in Biloxi. No, Bánh Mì Go is not the Boomtown Casino, even if it is in boomtown SoDo and felt a bit of a gamble. Combo meal deals, pan-Asian nibbles and a too-warm room? Odds decreasing. ABBA on the stereo, a sandwich-toting cartoon cat of a logo and smiling diners buried in beautifully browned baguettes? Odds increasing. It was the sandwiches tempting us from neighboring tables we were after at this lowkey strip-maller, but we ran a gauntlet of assorted eats first. Summer rolls (two for $6) plumped with shrimp arrived a touch too tacky, heavy on shredded lettuce and light on herbs but squarely on the OK spectrum, as were Chinese munchies shumai ($6) and shrimp har gow ($5). Less OK were lifeless veggie egg rolls (two for $5) that
seemed to have long since met their maker. An ill-starred start.
Bigger bites like a triple meat rice plate ($15.55) and beef brisket pho ($14) were better received. The plate, served with a side of vegetable soup, was basic, hearty and leaned on feature proteins for tasty oomph: lemongrass chicken, delicious pork meatball and crackly pork belly. And the perfumed, flat-noodled pho was both well-balanced and refreshingly medicinal — the type of slurp your body soaks up and thanks you for. Overall, though, our first wave of eats was garden-variety fare you’d be happy to stumble on but reluctant to seek out. All of this to say? Read the signs. The one hanging above the door and on the wall inside. Bánh Mì Go would be better named “Go Bánh Mì!,” because ordering its namesake sandwich is an imperative. Food wow is most effectively measured by its ability to interrupt conversation. Pre-sandwich, we rattled on like Ritalin tweens, mouths full of rice noodles and nonsense. But when the bánh mì hit the table, so did a silence only deepened by first bites of wonderfully crisp, warm
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baguettes with a thin layer of airy crumb, not a hint dry and simply lovely. We devoured three — roasted pork belly ($10), stir-fry beef ($10.55) and grilled lemongrass chicken ($8.55) — each equipped with the usual suspect ingredients: pork pâté, mayo, cucumber, pickled carrot, cilantro and hot chili. This — this song of a sandwich — is why you come to the show. The pop hit you’d sing along to if you weren’t so busy chewing.
And to wash it down? Well, it’s 2026 in Orlando so: purple and green drinks. Taro and matcha. Boba. Foam. To appease the au courant gods, we ordered a pleasingly creamy, earthy matcha salt cloud ($7.55) as well as a traditional Go! Viet coffee ($6) — a sweet jolt of condensed-milk goodness.
The caffeine brought clarity. This is simple, budget-friendly grub in an easy, convenient space reliant on a single specialty draw. If you stripped the bánh mì from Bánh Mì Go we might still go, but not go out of our way; while I won’t go as far as to suggest these southside sammies rival the best of Mills 50, I’ll happily venture from the bánh mì a go-go of my current home to enjoy them at Bánh Mì Go in SoDo. dining@orlandoweekly.com
OPENINGS:
The facade of the commercial strip of businesses anchored by Bb.q Chicken along East Colonial Drive in Mills 50 is getting a proper facelift and with it, some new culinary destinations. Wavy Baby, offering Filipinoinspired breakfast and lunch sandwiches, a pastry program and non-alcoholic beverages, will open in late 2026/early 2027 in the old LA Boiling Seafood Crab & Crawfish space at 1242 E. Colonial Drive. (There are some big names behind the project, which we’ll reveal in the coming weeks.) In addition, Nomori, a new concept by Akasaka/Tapanomi chef-owner Dong Shin, will open in the old Saigon Market space at 1232 E. Colonial Drive. The restaurant will either serve Japanese cuisine or Korean tapas. A cultural space with retail and a café will sandwich the two food concepts … Just a few doors down, Sonny Nguyen — the man behind Domu, Tori Tori, Gyukatsu Rose and Rion’s Ocean Room — will open Udon Fifty, an udon noodle shop, in the old Dochi space at 1222 E. Colonial Drive. No more details as yet … Nazih Sebaali, the man behind Grazie Modern Italian Kitchen in Audubon Park and Meza Mediterranean Grill in Baldwin Park, has opened Greek concept Olea Taverna in the former Local Bar & Grill space at 3231 Edgewater Drive in College Park … Swanky cocktail bar Rews on Mills will open at 1322 N. Mills Ave. early next year. The space, designed by GDP Design Build, is inspired by the playful geometry of 1960s architecture … Green Papaya, the Jacksonville-based Thai and sushi restaurant with a location in Altamonte Springs, will open in the former Black Rock Bar & Grill space in the Shoppes of Windermere at 8695 Conroy-Windermere Road … Asian fusion restaurant Red Bowl Asian Bistro, serving Chinese, Japanese and Thai dishes including hibachi items, has opened in the old Twisted Root Burger Co. space at 4270 Aloma Ave. in Winter Park … Charcoal Zyka at 10249 S. John Young Parkway has rebranded as Beef Bae, serving barbecue, Portuguese peri peri chicken, burgers and hot chicken sandwiches.
CLOSINGS:
Plantees, the plant-based burger concept in Mills 50, has been sold by TMG and will move to Arizona. In its place, TMG will open Jay Lucy’s, a grass-fed burger joint offering tallow fries and “fun” shakes, this August … Fires have forced the temporary closures of Garp & Fuss in Winter Park and Bourbon Steak, Michael Mina’s pricey house of protein inside the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel.
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COUCHSURFING
Streaming premieres you won’t want to miss this week.
BY STEVE SCHNEIDER
Streaming Wednesday:
Diarra From Detroit — She’s already solved a kidnapping and blown the lid off the Motor City’s seedy underworld. Now in Season 2, schoolteacher Diarra Brickland (Diarra Kilpatrick) is confronted with a new mystery that upends her plans to have a hot girl summer. Hey, there’s always time for an explosive diarrhea fall. (Paramount+)
Final Project — A Mexican teen is subjected to relentless bullying from an anonymous online account that seems determined to ruin her chances of having a happy social life. Honestly, ever since that Nancy Mace lost her gig, she’s been absolutely insufferable. (Netflix)
The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare — Documentary legend Joe Berlinger brings us new, never-before-seen information in the case of four students who were viciously slaughtered in 2022 at the University of Idaho. I don’t know about you, but I’m starting to wonder about all these cops and courts who seem to be holding onto crucial evidence until filmmakers come asking for it. Who’s giving them career counseling, Maggie Haberman? (Netflix)
Wrath — A Brazilian fighter rises to the top of MMA despite suffering from amnesia that’s robbed him of any recollection of his history and background. As they say in both MMA
Streaming Thursday:
The Bombing of Pan Am 103 — The infamous Lockerbie tragedy is revisited in a docuseries that probes deeply into both the incident itself and the sweeping manhunt the Scottish police and the FBI conducted in its aftermath. Because that’s how we thought you had to respond to a terrorist attack before we knew you could just cancel the midterms. (Netflix)
Streaming Friday:
Batman: Caped Crusader — The unexpectedly great animated reimagining of Batsy’s early days goes to a second season, with more inventive race and gender swapping to piss off the review bombers. This time, it’s Mad Hatter who’s a chick, and can you believe there are people who are actually upset about that? I mean, it’s not like they’re trying to pretend Alfred wasn’t Greek or something. (Prime Video)
Nightborn — Finnish horror director Hanna Bergholm (Hatching) makes her Englishlanguage debut with a story about a new mom who begins to fear that her infant is an inhuman monster. The father is played by
Rupert Grint, who has a certain amount of experience in helping bring things into the world that seemed innocent but turn out to be vessels of degradation and despair. (Shudder)
Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy — The doghouse that has gone to the Moon and back gets lost in a yard sale, sending Charlie Brown and his worried pooch hither and yon to retrieve it. In an amusing bit of comic relief, Snoopy bites Lucy’s face off for persisting in calling him “homeless” instead of “unhoused.” (Apple TV)
Streaming Sunday:
Lioness — Having rescued a U.S. representative from a south-of-the-border drug cartel, the CIA program for female undercover agents faces another difficult assignment in Season 3. This time, they have to help convince the world every member of Congress is still alive. (Paramount+)
Streaming Tuesday:
Futurama — The (can you believe it?) 14th season explores such plotlines as the re-emergence of Zoidberg’s long-lost love. It was touch and go for a while there: We thought we’d never be seeing her again when it looked like Red Lobster was going belly-up. (Hulu)
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HEARTWORN HIGHWAYS
Tele & the Ghost of our Lord rambles down the road — and through downtown Orlando — for Sweethearts of the Swamp tour
BY HOUDA ELETR
There is a swamp siren sporting yellow glasses named Matt Kamm, and he’s the Orlando-based, bog-bred mind behind the chameleonic Tele & the Ghost of Our Lord. He’s asking you to square-dance your way through possibly the most Orlando-inspired set you’ll ever experience Saturday at CityArts.
Besides its “day job” as a busy gallery space, CityArts has long served as a sometimes stage for adventurous music, hosting intimate listening room-style shows that allow artists and locals to coexist with downtown organically.
Kamm says it’s his favorite way to perform, blending his sounds with the bustle of downtown life — much like the two sides of Tele & the Ghost of Our Lord.
Kamm received a guitar for his birthday from his musically inclined father on his 12th birthday. That, and his adolescence in swampy Florida, shaped the identity of the sound he continues to summon today.
“It was the first time I was like,‘Oh, I’m actually good at something,’” Kamm tells Orlando Weekly.
Taking the usual path that young musicians do, Kamm started out in punk rock and strummed his way into a shell that made sense for him to curl up in.
Kamm released his first record as Tele & the Ghost of Our Lord in 2007 before exploring various other side projects and aliases. He ultimately returned to the nom-de-rock with the release of the seven-inch single “Dwell/Black Balloons” in 2017. To Kamm, the alias Tele & the Ghost of Our Lord was a calling of sorts.
“It’s about following instincts — the inklings that don’t always make sense but feel grounded in becoming oneself and answering the call,” he says. “I was living in an abandoned, foreclosed house that I was sure was haunted when I made that first full-length in 2007. There certainly was a presence, and I named it the Ghost of Our Lord.”
Like many longtime Florida residents, Kamm always had a friend, or a friend of a friend, who could get him and the fam into Disney parks growing up.
“My family — let’s just say — we didn’t have a lot of money, but we were resourceful,” he says.
Kamm became utterly infatuated with the animatronics at Disney World as a child, especially the Country Bear Jamboree at the Magic Kingdom’s Frontierland.
“I don’t think I realized it until much later on in my life, how heavily that had influenced the art that I made,” Kamm says.
TELE & THE GHOST OF OUR LORD with Jordan Burchel, Jonas Van den
7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1 CityArts, 39 S. Magnolia Ave. downtownartsdistrict.com/cityarts $16
slogging through the murky waters of a crumbling economy and an ever-deepening debt bog, has been searching for a way to stay afloat. Through sound, Kamm wades between those worlds, stirring together Orlando’s concrete sprawl and the swamp’s slow pulse into something that can be survived and heard.
Beyond the folk- and country-heavy sound he most recently conjures, Kamm has always been drawn to keyboards and synthesizers. Building warm vistas of sound with analog equipment is one of his favorite creative pursuits.
“Synthesizers are so environment-building. I’m trying to push this old-world aesthetic,” Kamm says. “Think of that saloon world but hyper-contextualizing it in a modern sense.”
Kamm found that meshing these two soundworlds would prove to be his life’s purpose, bridging completely different traditions while giving them a modern voice. He spends most of his time sharpening his sound-engineering chops through hours of experimentation and sonic landscape-building.
“Tele & the Ghost of Our Lord is my personal exploration device,” Kamm says. “It’s just a way for me to find my voice and spend whatever amount of time trying to create the place that feels like home to me.”
Kamm recognized the subconscious pull of those influences after people began comparing his music to Disney stars like Thurl Ravenscroft (also the voice of Tony the Tiger), The Aristocats soundtrack and “The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room,” the first song that was written for a Disney audio-animatronics attraction.
Around that same formative time, Kamm grew up visiting ShowBiz Pizza and was similarly enamored with its Orlando-born eccentric animatronic band, The Rock-afire Explosion.
Recently, Kamm tipped his cowboy hat to that influence, playing with the animatronic band in Illinois at the Volo Museum. One can only imagine Kamm’s excitement in reliving that childhood memory, but better.
Drawing from that Floridian childhood whimsy, Kamm channels those memories into his music, creating songs that embrace both the South’s beauty and its many contradictions.
“There’s also a very strange culture to all of that, when it comes to American ideals and the decay of them,” Kamm says. “It’s kind of maybe my way of coping, to work with these things, surrealism and psychedelia, in balloon form. It seems very American to me.”
Kamm, like many middle-class Orlandoans
It took time before Kamm discovered a sound that resonated with him completely, to find something that felt familiar. The soundscapes Kamm builds now with this outsider country music are very close to the hum of his soul.
“It’s one of those worlds where you have to keep going, you have to keep this endless wonder,” Kamm says. “There’s this beautiful Miles Davis quote and I’m going to get it wrong: ‘It takes the longest to sound like yourself.’”
Davis’actual quote — “Man, sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself”— captures a struggle familiar to artists everywhere: the lifelong pursuit of an authentic and creative identity. It is extremely alive in the weirdest byways of Orlando, where artists like Kamm embark on endless pursuits of sundazed self-reinvention.
“Continuing to do it even when it’s very difficult,” Kamm affirms.
Now, Kamm is taking his ever-evolving sound all over Florida. He’d be much obliged if you join him and Gainesville’s dreamy indie-folk crooner Jordan Burchel for a musical walk back (and forward) in time Saturday at CityArts. The night also features an acoustic set by Jonas Van den Bossche and Bryan Sherbrook’s keening bluegrass melodies.
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Bossche, Bryan Sherbrook
PHOTO BY MADDEN COTTRELL.
LOCAL RELEASES
Though impressive, being prolific comes at a cost. Everything requires its own cooking time and a day’s hours are finite. The number of projects taken on and the attention available for each are inversely related. The math is inevitable. Something will give.
In the famously sprawling creative family surrounding Orlando musician Dee Crittenden, the runt has long been Doxy. Compared to other Crittenden-associated acts like Alien Witch and The San Francisco Renaissance, Doxy was always the straggler. But not anymore.
After three years of workshopping, the quartet of Crittenden (guitar, vocals), Hazel Nutt (drums), Ocean (bass, vocals) and Alex (lead guitar) have finally clicked on their latest album. The new eight-song Death of a Doxy LP is simultaneously an evolution and a departure. No longer under the strict spell of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Doxy here moves away from the psych rock that was the original foundation of the band and the muse that’s permeated nearly all of Crittenden’s work of the past several years across multiple acts.
Instead, Death of a Doxy is a rock descent into noisier, more shadowy depths. The sound here braids together digging basslines, moaning vocals and buzzsaw distortion. It’s a darkly alluring swirl of post-punk and shoegaze that channels the trinity of Chameleons, Killing Joke and The Jesus & Mary Chain into a heady singularity.
Death of a Doxy is the band’s crystallization into a vision both more distinct and distinctive. At their peak on tracks like the burning “Aces” and “Fuckin’ A,” they thrill like a Killing Joke raised on Psychocandy. With this album, Doxy can at last stand on their own without condition,
Death of a Doxy is a rock descent into noisier depths. The sound here braids together digging basslines, moaning vocals and buzzsaw distortion in a swirl of post-punk and shoegaze
question or argument. Death of a Doxy now streams everywhere.
CONCERT PICKS THIS WEEK
L’Eclair, Charlie Chimi, Quick Band: Few acts blend electronic and rock with as much style and seamlessness as Swiss band L’Eclair. Recently signed to the tastemaking Innovative Leisure label, their sleek groove surveys a landscape of electronica, disco and funk with inspired live rock electricity. Bringing the spice will be the Latin future funk of Brooklyn opener Charlie Chimi and Orlando’s Quick Band, which features members of Fast Preacher. Come through, get down. (8 p.m. Thursday, July 30, Will’s Pub, $18-$20)
The Briefs, The Sleeveens, Vicious Dreams, Sick Dogs: Punk has gotten so serious
around here lately. There’s more to life than hardcore, guys. Thankfully, here come The Briefs to make punk fun again. The Seattle band used to frequent Orlando back in the 2000s with legendary shows at the original Will’s Pub, where they whipped up a fervent local following with a high-voltage blend of punk rock, new wave and power pop. They’ve regrouped in recent years and are at last back to get wired and weird. This time, they’re bringing excellent tourmates The Sleeveens, a Nashville group who pack their own party with blue-collar anthems of burly, punk-hearted rock & roll. Notable Orlando openers will be melody punks Vicious Dreams and street punks Sick Dogs. (7 p.m. Friday, July 31, Will’s Pub, $22-$25)
DJ BMF & the Phat-N-Jazzy Allstars: In the 1990s when beats ruled the local scene, acid jazz night Phat-N-Jazzy blazed a trail into the books as one of the brightest, most legit chapters in Orlando music history. Under star resident DJ BMF, still one of Orlando’s most iconic turntablists, PNJ became a pacesetting institution that made our city simultaneously funkier and smarter. Earlier this year, the return of DJ BMF & the Phat-N-Jazzy Allstars was a sell-out smash at Judson’s Live. Now, they’re back by dope demand, this time for a loaded two-night, four-show stand of their storied live extravaganza that’ll feature DJ BMF flanked by Gerry Williams (vocals, keys), Christian Ryan (saxophone, flute), Clay Watson (trombone) and Ceelos Congas (percussion). It’ll be a lush portal to a golden age in both rap and Orlando club lore when hip-hop, jazz, funk and soul flowed together like hot butter. (7 & 9:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, July 31-Aug. 1, Judson’s Live, $23.31-$41.01) music@orlandoweekly.com
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 29
Rolling Quartz
With brightly hued hair and a classic rock feel, Rolling Quartz is bringing new (and old) sounds of Korean rock to the Abbey with their My Turn tour. Their 1980s glam rock-inspired music has taken a step further with their newest album, Roll the Dice. Audiences can expect to hear some familiar songs — as about half of the band’s set are covers from artists ranging from Paramore to Motley Crue — but with the shot in the arm of a K-rock twist. 7 p.m., The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive, abbeyorlando.com, $36.29-$246.41. — McKenna Fiorino
THURSDAY, JULY 30
Melanie Martinez
With religious iconography that can only be described as blasphemously fun, Melanie Martinez comes to the Kia Center behind her new album Hades: The Sacrifice. Taking on yet another new persona and aesthetic, Martinez sheds the old her with an album that updates the pastel pinks of previous work with a darkly theatrical touch. To set the stage, touring openers Haute & Freddy start the night with a mix of ’80s synth-pop, clowns and camp. Martinez’s performance includes no songs from previous albums, choosing instead to fully immerse audiences in the surreal and dystopian world of her new work. Coupled with bold sets, costumes and choreography, she invites audiences to take a trip to the dark side. 8 p.m., Kia Center, 400 W. Church St., kiacenter. com, $43.70-$575. — MF
FRIDAY, JULY 31
Freestyle Explosion
Some musical nostalgia we can really get behind is a longing for the carefree club sound of ’80s freestyle: pumping, synthesized and incredibly
poppy dance music mostly crafted by young Latin musicians — many based in South Florida — that took dancefloors and airwaves by storm with still-futuristic anthems like “Because I Love You,” “Head to Toe” and “Show Me.” Performing Friday night are Stevie B, Lisa Lisa, TKA, The Cover Girls, Judy Torres, George Lamond, Lisette Melendez, 69 Boyz (outlier! But we’ll allow it) and J.J. Fad. Kick up your heels fully, if only for a night. 7:30 p.m., Kia Center, 400 W. Church St., kiacenter.com, $47$164. — Matthew Moyer
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 31-AUG. 2
Into the Woods
Tony Award-winning musical Into the Woods comes to Steinmetz Hall this week, starring Jodi Benson — best known as the voice of Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid — as the Witch, alongside a cast of Orlando talent. Though Benson was proclaimed a “Disney Legend” in 2011, her theater career, including roles in Welcome to the Club, Smile and a Tony nomination for her performance in 1992’s Crazy for You, is formidable. This deconstruction of the Grimm brothers’ fairy tales, one of Stephen Sondheim’s most acclaimed works, is the first professional show self-produced by the Dr. Phillips Center and there’s a magical level of anticipation. Various times, Steinmetz Hall at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave., drphillipscenter.org, $77-$200.90. — Asa Carvajal
SATURDAY, AUG. 1
Dxrkknght
LA trap goth darkwave artist Dxrkknght is playing some Florida shows with Orlando alt-rockers Margo Maybach, including locally with the impressive Central Florida support of Cozy in the Black’s Afro-futurist punk and Mother Becky’s emo-indie rock. Dxrkknght blends gothic melodies with pulsating rhythms and rhymes, creating
Thursday: Melanie Martinez at the Kia Center
PHOTO BY CHO GISEOK
an otherworldly atmosphere to bring it all together. This all-POC lineup will show you just how fun a genre-curious show can be. 7 p.m., Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave., willspub.org, $27.68. — AC
SATURDAY, AUG. 1
Create Your Own Whimsical Fairy Door Workshop
The miniature outdoors treasure hunt that is Enchanted Fairy Doors has been in full bloom at Harry P. Leu Gardens all summer. The lore: A group of actual mystical fairies vacation at Leu for the season, and visitors are invited to go on a search for the entrances to their beyond-tiny homes. The doors are scattered throughout the 50 acres of gardens, each one distinct and playful. This weekend you have the chance to create your own door to add to the menagerie with this DIY crafts class, using “natural elements, tiny windows, and a mushroom made from a champagne cork.” 10 a.m., Harry P. Leu Gardens, 1920 N. Forest Ave., leugardens.org, $44.52-$49.87. — MM
SATURDAY, AUG. 1
Phillip Doc Martin
South Floridian native and saxophonist Philip “Doc” Martin returns to the town where he studied music in earnest — at UCF, natch! — and played alongside free-jazz legend and Orlando resident Sam Rivers. Martin is back on familiar musical turf for a limited engagement at the Blue Bamboo in Winter Park. After moving to the D.C. area years back, Martin made the fateful decision to supplement his musical income by becoming a dentist (hence the “Doc” moniker). Martin headlines the ’boo’s Smooth Sessions, crafting a program of velvety and silky jazz sounds for an audience eager to welcome him home. 7 p.m., Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 460 E. New England Ave., Winter Park, bluebambooartcenter. com, $39-$55. — MM
Friday-Sunday:
Into the Woods at Steinmetz Hall
CONCERTS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29
Hard Swingin’ Country Soiree with Decker & Dimitrov 7 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave., free.
Lord Huron 7:30 pm; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $69.50-$155.50; 407-351-7625.
Pablo Aragona Quintet 10 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave., free.
Riley!, Kerosene Heights, Bugsy, 0 Miles Per Hour 6 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $28.43.
Rolling Quartz 7 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $36.29-$246.41; 407-7046103.
Bryan Adams: Aug. 5, Kia Center
Corbyn Besson: Aug. 8, House of Blues
Mon Laferte: Aug. 9, Hard Rock Live
i-dle: Aug. 11, Kia Center
Jordan Foley: Aug. 14, Will’s Pub
Poppy: Aug. 15, Hard Rock Live
Kill Bill: Aug. 22, Conduit
K92 All-Star Jam: Aug. 23, Addition Financial Arena
Sincere Engineer: Aug. 25, Will’s Pub
Metamorphosis Music & Arts Project: Aug. 28-29, Orlando Amphitheater
Devo: Aug. 30, Hard Rock Live
Marky Ramone: Sept. 3, Plaza Live
Spike Hellis: Sept. 11, Iron Cow
THURSDAY, JULY 30
Hannah Stokes 6 pm; Tuffy’s Music Box, 200 Myrtle Ave., Sanford; free.
Internal Suffering 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $26.91.
The JK Organ Trio 10 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.
L’Eclair, Charlie Chimi, Quick Band 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $24.74.
Melanie Martinez 8 pm; Kia Center, 400 W. Church St.; $41-$257; 407-440-7900
Nate Band 10 pm; Celine Orlando, 22 S. Magnolia Ave.; $28.79; 407-801-7005.
Stellus, The Streetlights, Adolescence, Squidsacks 7 pm;
My Sister’s House at Boardwalk Bowl, 10749 E Colonial Drive; $10-$15.
Thomas Milovac’s Lustre Trio 9 pm; The Falcon, 819 E. Washington St.; free.
FRIDAY, JULY 31
The Briefs, The Sleevens, Vicious Dreams, Sick Dogs 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $29.71.
DJ BMF & The Phat N Jazzy AllStars 7 & 9:30 pm; Judson’s Live, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $23.31-$41.01; 407-358-6603.
Freestyle Explosion 7:30 pm; Kia Center, 400 W. Church St.; $58.25$96.35; 407-440-7900.
The Longshot 8 pm; Tuffy’s Music Box, 200 Myrtle Ave.; free.
No Cure 6:30 pm; The Abbey, 100 S.
Jordan Foley: Aug. 14, Will’s Pub
Ken Carson: Sept. 12, Orlando Amphitheater
Buzz Kull, Kontravoid: Sept. 16, Will’s Pub
Gorillaz: Sept. 17, Kia Center
Modest Mouse: Sept. 18, House of Blues
Wu-Tang Clan: Sept. 22, Kia Center
Bonnie “Prince” Billy: Sept. 26, Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater, Dr. Phillips Center
Suki Waterhouse: Sept. 30, House of Blues
Le Sserafim: Sept. 30, Kia Center
Eola Drive; $27.27; 407-704-6103.
Red NOT Chili Peppers 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $29-$87.
Royal Hearts 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $19.90.
SATURDAY, AUG. 1
Carnival Celebration 8 pm; Tuffy’s Music Box, 200 Myrtle Ave., Sanford; $15.29.
The Carnations, Wadeview, All Things Rot, Saints Asleep, Quartz 7 pm; My Sister’s House at Boardwalk Bowl, 10749 E. Colonial Drive; $12-$15.
Digna Ojito, The Chemtrails 8 pm; Bynx Orlando, 420 E. Church St.; $10.00; 407-440-3030.
Dxrkknght, Cozy in the Black,
Teddy Swims: Oct. 18, Kia Center
Hulaween: Oct. 22-25, Suwannee Music Park
Sombr: Oct. 25, Kia Center
Electric Daisy Carnival: Nov. 6-8, Tinker Field
The Neighbourhood: Nov. 11, Kia Center
Black Violin: Oct. 9, Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center
Weezer, The Shins, Silversun Pickups: Oct. 11, Kia Center
Freya Skye: Oct. 13, House of Blues
Knocked Loose, Denzel Curry: Oct. 16, Orlando Amphitheater
Snail Mail, Soccer Mommy: Oct. 16, The Beacham
The Toadies: Oct. 16, House of Blues
Ceremony: Oct. 17, The Social
Margo Maybach, Mother Becky 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $27.68.
Inity Rebel Music 7 pm; Grape and the Grain Wine Bar, 1110 Virginia Drive; $10.00; 407-674-6156.
Jeffrey Nothing, October Noir 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $39.25
LiveKill, MRSA, Ashes Reign, Open Nerve 6 pm; West End Trading Co., 202 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; $18.65; 407-322-7475
Phillip “Doc” Martin 7 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 460 E. New England Ave., Winter Park; $39.19-$55.20; 407-636-9951.
SUNDAY, AUG. 2
Allyson Briggs and Dan Gabel 3 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 460 E New England Ave. Winter Park; $37-$48; 407-636-9951
Rejuvenation Orchestra 7:30 pm; Timucua Arts Foundation, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave.; free; 407-279-0902.
Tommy Oeffling 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $20.22
The Ukulaliens Summer Uke Jam 2 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; free.
MONDAY, AUG. 3
BBMak: Nov. 11, Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center
Deer Tick: Nov. 14, The Social
Doja Cat: Nov. 14, Kia Center
OAR: Nov. 16, Hard Rock Live
Jack White: Nov. 16, Hard Rock Live
Red Leather: Nov. 18, Conduit
Olivia Rodrigo: Nov. 19-20, Kia Center
Public Image Ltd.: March 12, 2027, Plaza Live
Convicted To Die, Scorched Remains, Katana, Arsene, In Remembrance 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $14.98.
Diggy Graves 6 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $33.53-$117.88.
76th Street 7 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; $25-$115; 407-839-1847
TUESDAY, AUG. 4
Dream October, Shepherd, Luci Lind, No Outlet 7 pm; My Sister’s House at Boardwalk Bowl, 10749 E. Colonial Drive; $12.
Hannah McGinley Lemasters 7 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; price TBA; 407-358-6603.
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Legal, Public Notices
Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the locations and times indicated on August 7th, 2026: 11971 Lake Underhill Road Orlando, FL 32825 (407) 516-7913 at 11:00AM-Monica Lopez-Household items, Gabriel AguayoBikes, Darrenn Cadet- house hold items, Joshua Green- household items. 11071 University Blvd Orlando, FL 32817 (321) 320-4055 at 12:00PM-Zachary Sales: totes, sports, clothes, toys, bedding, pressure washer; Ross Williams: Clothing, wall art, household items, boxes electronics, office equipment; Tasha Cooper: clothing, wall art, house hold, boxes; Fedeline Pierre: Toys, electronics, household, office equipment; Mariguel Delgado Diaz: toys, electronics, sport & outdoors, boxes; Marquise Williamson: sports & outdoors, clothing, boxes. 11583 University Blvd Orlando, FL 32817 (407) 777-2278 at 1:30PM-Leon Johnson-Household items. 2650 N Powers Dr. Orlando, FL 32818 (407) 982-1032 at 1:00PM-James Lumas-Household goods, Jamie Williams-Household goods, Jonah Peter-Household Goods, Devyn Clark-Enhance Carpet Cleaning LLC-Cleaning equipment. 7244 Overland Rd. Orlando, FL 32810 (407) 794-7457 at 11:30AM-Clyff Harrigan-Household items, DeJuan Jackson-Household items, Mike Channel-Household items. 9001 Eastmar Commons Blvd Orlando, FL 32825 (407) 901-6180 at 1:00PM-Brandon FuerstCouch; S.bailey Vice-household items; Lucero Cuevas Rivas-household items; Joan Agosto-Household goods; Vilma Urbina- Boxes; Kim Lundy (Creative Global School): Desks chairs; Ricardo Boaretto-Tools. 12280 E. Colonial Dr. Orlando, FL 32826 (321) 286-7324 at 12:00PM-Christopher Mullins-Household items. 14916 Old Cheney Hwy Orlando, FL 32828 (407) 917-9151 at 11:30AM-Daniel Souza-Boxes, tools. Peter Stephens-Household items. Karina Flores-Household items. 3364 W State Rd 426 Oviedo, FL 32765 (407) 9304293 at 12:00PM-Angel Graham-Household Goods, Furniture. Ashante Johnson-Household Goods, Boxes. 3416 Aloma Ave Winter Park, FL 32792 (321) 274-8075 at 11:00AM-David Price-Household items.
10959 Lake Underhill Rd. Orlando, FL 32825 (407) 502-0120 at 1:30PM-Angel TorresHousehold items, Elga Cadet- Household items, Terra Mehaffey- Household items, Youdeline Moncion- Household items 12709 E. Colonial Dr. Orlando, FL 32826 (407) 634-3990 at 12:30PM-Debra Sikalis-drums,mattress. Jessica N. Rosa-furniture,boxes. Janiah Mccray-chairs,stroller. 15551 Golden Isle Blvd. Orlando, FL 32828 (407) 710-1020 at 2:30PM-Carleen Moses-Household items. 1001 Lee Rd Orlando Fl 32810 (407) 489-3742 at 12:30PM-Thomas Mcdonald-household items, Astria White-Household items, Shaquielle Robinson-clothing & shoes, Ranessa Lane-clothing & shoes, Tara Ingram- household items, Kymani Hamilton-clothing & shoes. 342 Woodland Lake Dr Orlando, FL 32828 (321) 800-4793 at 11:30AM-Trina Van Till Trott-household items; Andrew Morgenthal-Clothes, personal items; Andrew Morgenthal-Household items; Trina Van Till Trott-household items; Owen Brown-Boxes, bins; Kurtis Porter-Room/bathroom; Andrew Morgenthal-Boxes, Household items; Christine Barnett-decorations, party supplies. The auction(s) will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those listed below at the location indicated: Extra Space Storage #8558, 610 Rinehart Rd. Lake Mary, FL 32746 (407) 333-4355 On August 18th, 2026 at 12:00 PM Paul SpeedCouch Sofa Dresser, Scott Buchanan- appliance , Phillip Torres- Household goods and boxes., Antonio Chandler-household good. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.Storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location and times indicated: August 18th, 2026 at 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage, Store #6309, 292 W Central Pkwy, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714 (407) 378-6671. Alexandrina King:household items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belongings to those individuals listed below at the location indicated August 7th, 2026 at the times and location listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage #1633 831 N. Park Ave Apopka Florida 32712. France Toussaint
- Assorted items. Brittany Galvez - Disney books, CD’s. Jerrie Safford - Treadmill, clothes. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: August 20th, 2026, at the times and locations listed below: The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:00AM Extra Space Storage, 6068 Wooden Pine Drive. Orlando, Florida 32829 407.974.5165: Daniel Lockhart- Boxes & Personal Items: Daniel Lockhart- Boxes: Hasia YancyFurniture and Home Goods: Laume Osei Bonsu- Households & HomeGoods. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:15AM Extra Space Storage, 1305 Crawford Ave. St. Cloud FL 34769, 407.504.0833: Luis Carillo- Mattress, boxes, tools. David Brana- Household furniture, boxes, tires. Richard Sanchez- Antique car (not included), old antique items, boxes. Melissa Somers- Boxes, old furniture. Richard Sanchez- Lawn mower, boxes, safe The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:30AM Extra Space Storage, 2855 E Osceola Pkwy Kissimmee FL. 34743, 689.223.6810: Malik Smith-clothes The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage, 14800 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando, FL 32832 407.987.4115: Silkia Rivera-Household goods The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage, 12915 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando, FL 32832 407.501.5799: Eva Barrera- Household items, Melissa Cascino- household furniture, Sarah Abdalla (Fountain Life) Medical Supplies, Sarah Abdalla (Fountain Life) Pallets of boxes. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 1:15PM Extra Space Storage, 11261 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando FL 32832, 407.280.7355: Kimberly Smith- Boxes The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:45 PM Extra Space Storage, 9847 Curry Ford Rd Orlando, FL 32825, 407.495.9612: Donisha Dowlen- Event Planning Equipment; Juana WatkinsMisc. household goods; Shandrica BoydBoxes, Furniture, TV and appliances. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:30 AM Extra Space Storage, 13597 S Orange Ave, Orlando, Florida 32824 407.910.2087: Javier Chavez - couch bed dresser. Jayla Maxwell - Bed, dresser, Tv, couch, coffee table. Marius Neal - Queen size bed and frame Gym equipment Massage equipment Clothing, shoes. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 01:30 PM Extra Space Storage, 13450 Landstar Blvd, Orlando, Florida 32824 407.917.8672: Kevin Anabelson – household goods, lucy maury perez de castro – household goods, Anishka Thwaites – household items, Gustavo R bolivar – house items, Keyla Biggs –household items. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 01:00 PM Extra Space Storage, 7627 Narcoossee Rd, Orlando, Florida 32822 689.278.1735: Michael Hidalgo- Household Goods. Lizmary Lopez- clothes boxes. Brenda Alcantar- Boxes, Camping Gear and Plumber Material. Melvin Arias- King size
bed. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:30 PM Extra Space Storage, 35 Goldenrod Rd S, Orlando, Florida 32807 407.487.3270: Frank TorresHousehold Goods; Daniel Rey- Household Goods; Joshua Rivera- Household Goods; Pool Patrol LLc- Josh Alvarz- Household Goods. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:45 AM Extra Space Storage, 6174 S Goldenrod Rd, Orlando, Florida 32822 407.955.4137: Marina Berrios: Furniture, Electronics; Zachary Andre St Fleur: Bins, Motor Parts; Ashley Algarin Lopez: Toys, Bins; Ashley Hines: Bins, Clothing; Maelenis Liz: Furniture The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:15 AM Extra Space Storage, 5753 Hoffner Rd, Orlando, Florida 32822 407.212.5890: NONE The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:45 PM Extra Space Storage, 4650 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando, Florida 32822 407.901.3864: Omar Colon-Clothes, luggage, bins; Heather Roberts-household goods, clothes, shoes, electronics. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 02:00 PM Extra Space Storage, 2334 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando, Florida 32822 407.930.4541: Vince Clement: Tools & Food Vendor Supplies; Lauren Rosales: Furniture, Home goods. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:45 AM Extra Space Storage, 4020 Curry Ford Rd, Orlando, Florida 32806 407.901.0194: Christian Rivera Alicea-Household goods; Katherina Santana- Household goods. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:30 AM Extra Space Storage, 5024 E Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, St Cloud, Florida 34771 321.280.3845: Lane Curcio household furniture. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced fa- cility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
Filing # 250891717 E-Filed 06/22/2026 12:42:33 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA BENFAM HOLDINGS, LLC, Plaintiff, V. BBURGETT LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company; ROBERT BURGETT; and JOHN DOE AND ALL OTHERS IN POSSESSION, Defendants. CIRCUIT CIVIL DIVISION CASE NO.: 2022-CA-007893-0 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 45 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure (Non- Homestead) on remand dated June 22, 2026 and entered in Case no. 2022-CA-007893-0 in the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit in and for Orange County, Florida, wherein BENFAM HOLDINGS LLC, as the Plaintiff, and BBURGETT LLC, et.al., as the Defendants. TIFFANY MOORE RUSSELL, as the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Orange County, Florida, will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash on-line at www. myorangeclerk.realforeclose.com at 11:00 A.M., on August 26, 2026, the following described property as set forth in said Final Judgment of Foreclosure, to-wit: LOT 1, BLOCK B, HIAWASSA HIGHLANDS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK W, PAGE 17, OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA. a/k/a parcel id: 13-22-28-3524-02-010 a/k/a 2229 N Hiawassee Road, Orlando, FL 32818 Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the
property owner as of the date of the Lis Pendens must file a claim in accordance with Florida Statutes, Section 45.031. The court, in its discretion, may enlarge the time of the sale. Notice of the changed time of sale shall be published as provided herein. Dated at Orange County, Florida, this 22nd day of June 2026. LAW OFFICES OF MENDEZ & MENDEZ P.A. 7400 SW 57th Court, Suite 202 South Miami, FL 33143 Phone: (305) 667-0112 By: ☑ /s/ Daniel J. Mendez Sergio L. Mendez, Esq. Florida Bar Number 472761 sergio@mendezandmendezlaw.com Daniel J. Mendez, Esq. Florida Bar Number 112086 daniel@ mendezandmendezlaw.com Daniela C. Pachon, Esq. Florida Bar Number 1050209 dpachon@mendezandmendezlaw.com
Attorneys for Plaintiff If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator, Orange County Courthouse, 425 N. Orange Avenue, Suite 510, Orlando, Florida 32801, (407) 836-2303, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. BILLING NAME: Daniel J. Mendez, Esq. 7400 SW 57th Court, Suite 202 South Miami, FL 33143 MAILING NAME: Daniel J. Mendez, Esq. SAME
FLORIDA DISCOUNT SELF STORAGE
Personal property of the following tenants will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy a rental lien in accordance with Florida Statutes, Sections 83.801 - 83.809. Auctions will be held on the premises at locations and times indicated below. Wednesday August 19, 2026, Thursday August 20, 2026. Contents: Misc. & household goods and vehicles. The viewing is at time of sale only. The owners or their agents reserve the right to bid on any unit, and to refuse any bid. 2580 Michigan Ave Kissimmee,FL 34744 (Wed, August 19 @ 11:30am) 0210-Wanda Rivera, 0406-Jonder Matos 5622 Old Winter Garden Rd Orlando,FL 32811 (Wed, August 19 @ 1:00pm) 0621-Monica Williams, 0716Saneddra Henderson, 1108-Saneddra Henderson 6401 Pinecastle Blvd Orlando,FL 32809 (Wed, August 19 @ 2:30pm) 92-Crystal Valencia, 324-Juan Rodriguez 17420 SR 50 Clermont,FL 34711 (Thurs, August 20 @ 1:00pm) 0347-Tausha Miller 2300 Hartwood Marsh Clermont,FL 34711 (Thurs, August 20 @ 2:00pm) 156-Speed Vending LLC ℅ La Tia Thompson, 641-Jarik Kapyo Johnson, 1413-Ilincaln A. Gutierrez. Run dates 7/29/2026 and 8/5/2026.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION IN RE: ESTATE OF DAVID HARDIN DOYLE Deceased. File No. 2025-CP-003808-O NOTICE TO CREDITORS The Administration of the Estate of David Hardin Doyle, deceased, whose date of death was April 8, 2025, is pending in the Ninth Circuit Court for Orange County Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 N Orange Ave, Orlando, FL 32801 The names and addresses of the Co-Personal Representatives and the Co-Personal Representatives’ Attorneys are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on Whom a copy of this notice if required
to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE DATE OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 20 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with the court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE IF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOTE FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 773.703 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S TIME OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is 7/15/2026. Co-Personal Representatives: Victoria Ashleigh Doyle & Brittney Doyle c/o Law Office of Mandy Pavlakos, P.A. 142 West lakeview Ave., ste 2090 Lake Mary, FL 32746 Attorney for Personal Representatives: Mandy Pavlakos, Esq. Florida Bar Number: 0017376 142 W. Lakeview Ave., Lake Mary, FL 32746 Telephone: (407)688-1301 Fax: (407)2093807 E-mail: Mandy@centralfllaw.com
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION. IN RE: ESTATE OF: PHILIP PETER CARUSO A/K/A PHILIP P. CARUSO, Deceased. File No. 2026-CP-002209-O NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The administration of the estate of PHILIP PETER CARUSO A/K/A PHILIP P. CARUSO, deceased, whose date of death was MAY 7, 2026, is pending in the Circuit Court for Orange County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 NORTH ORANGE AVENUE, ORLANDO, FL 32801. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate, on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served, must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is: 7/22/2026. /s/ CHARLES H. STARK, Attorney for Personal Representative, Florida Bar No. 622680, CHARLES H. STARK, P.A., 941 W. MORSE BLVD., STE 100, WINTER PARK, FL 32789, Telephone: (407) 788-0250, Email: chuck@ attorneystark.com, Secondary Email: lori@attorneystark.com. /s/ PHYLIS P. CARUSO, Personal Representative, 1725 Grand Avenue, Deland, FL 32720
Legal, Public Notices
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY, CASE NO: P18-DP-0005 IN THE INTEREST OF:
A.J.H. DOB: 8/12/2011, MINOR CHILD.
NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, TO: Damian Herring, address unknown. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, has filed a Petition to terminate your parental rights and permanently commit the above referenced child(ren) for adoption. You are hereby commanded to appear on September 1, 2026, at 1:30 PM before the Honorable Judge John Galluzzo at the Seminole County Juvenile Justice Center, 190 Eslinger Way, Courtroom 2 Sanford, FL 32773, for an ADVISORY HEARING.
FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES
CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS OF THIS CHILD (OR CHILDREN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD OR CHILDREN NAMED IN THIS NOTICE. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator, Court Administration, 301 North Park Avenue, Sanford, Florida 32771, telephone number (407) 665-4227 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. WITNESS, my hand as Clerk of said Court and the Seal thereof, this 22nd day of July, 2026. [Grant Maloy] CLERK OF COURT AND COMPTROLLER
By: /s/ Deputy Clerk
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY IN THE INTEREST OF: B.J. DOB: 3/12/2025, MINOR CHILD. CASE NO.DP25-075 NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO: Brittney Augustin, Address Unknown YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, has filed a Petition to terminate your parental rights and permanently commit the above referenced child for adoption. You are hereby commanded to appear on August 20, 2026, at 10:00 AM before the Honorable Alicia L. Latimore, at the Thomas S. Kirk Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street Courtroom 5 Orlando, FL 32806, for an ADVISORY HEARING. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS OF THIS CHILD (OR CHILDREN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD OR CHILDREN NAMED IN THIS NOTICE. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator, Human Resources, Orange County Courthouse, 425 N. Orange Avenue, Suite 510, Orlando, Florida 32801,
(407) 836-2303, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. WITNESS, my hand as Clerk of said Court and the Seal thereof, this 26th day of June, 2026. Clerk of Court By: /s/ As Deputy Clerk.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, CASE NO.: DP24-159 (7) IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD S.W. DOB: 8/16/2022, NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS To:
ANTHONY VALLE Address unknown. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, has filed a petition to terminate your parental rights and permanently commit the above referenced child for adoption. You are hereby commanded to appear on August 27, 2026, at 9:30 AM before the Honorable Heather Pinder Rodriguez at the Thomas S. Kirk Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street Orlando, Florida 32806, for an ADVISORY HEARING. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS OF THIS CHILD (OR CHILDREN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD OR CHILDREN NAMED IN THIS NOTICE. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, telephone (407) 836-2303 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. WITNESS, my hand as Clerk of said Court and the Seal thereof, this 8th day of July, 2026. This summons has been issued at the request of: Yogita Mohan, Esquire FBN: 1042721 yogita.mohan@myflfamilies. com Children’s Legal Services Children’s Legal Services. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk.
MY NEIGHBORHOOD STORAGE CENTERS
Personal property of the following tenants will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy a rental lien in accordance with Florida Statutes, Sections 83.801 - 83.809. The public sale will take place online at www.storagetreasures.com on the dates indicated for each property, respectively. Contents: Misc. & household goods and vehicles. Viewing can begin approximately 2 weeks before the time of sale only. The owners or their agents reserve the right to bid on any unit and also to refuse any bid. 108 E. Colonial Dr Orlando, FL 32801 (Wednesday August 19, 2026 9:30am) 2003-Travis Reed Parrish, 2090-Darrick Hayman, 2127-Nelson Succes, 2127-Pharaohs Cuts LLC, 2166- Kenneth Blount, 2202-Prezshea Baker, 2202-Ihg, 2251-Shiana Copeland, 2278-Kechardae Callins, 2278-Jeffrey Turner Jr, 2347-Eddie Marrero, 2357-Roland Simmons, 3025-Iris Wimbush, 3038-Iris Wimbush, 3205-Jordan Nevilus, 3301-Marissa Rothrock, 3331-Thaddeaus Campbell, 3339-Jeremiah Bradley, 3365-Steve Prevesk 300 W Oak Ridge Rd Orlando, FL 32809 (Wednesday
August 19, 2026 11:30am) 0267- Genesis Sepulveda, 2057-Osee Casting, 2139-Hector Rios 15610 Sweet Grove Lane, Winter Garden, FL 34787 (Wednesday August 19, 2026 2:30pm) 1071-David Schemel, 2012-Humberto Liriano, 2061-Lauren Cantor, 2190-Sylvana Stephen, 2212-Peter Bailey, 2237-David R Ramer, 3097-Humberto Liriano, 3114-Sylvana Stephen, 3214Lindsey Bland.
Notice of Public Auction for monies due on storage units located at U-Haul company facilities. Storage locations are listed below. All goods are household contents or miscellaneous and recovered goods. All auctions are hold to satisfy owner’s lien for rent and fees in accordance with Florida Statutes, Self-Storage Act, Sections 83.806 and 83.807. The auction will start at 8:00 a.m. on August 6th, 2026 and will continue until all locations are done. Auctions will be held online: www.storagetreasures.com. U-Haul Moving & Storage at Maitland Blvd, 7803 N Orange Blossom Trl Orlando, FL 32810; A23 TASHIERA JOHNSON
$377.80, D42 Travares Richardson $484.85, L72 Lajuene Williams $544.85, 0209 KELILE ROBERTS $520.70, 0219 Nartia Hewitt $514.85, O122 KRYSTLE WHILEY $901.70, D03 FLOHANA ALCERO $309.85, 0359 Jayce Thompson $580.70, D06 CEDRIC MILLER $511.70, D27 Rebecca Nelson
$667.60 U-Haul Moving & Storage of Apopka; 1221 E Semoran Blvd Apopka, FL 32703; 1290 PAUL DROZ$1,003.70, 1362 PAUL DROZ $2,411.60, 1316 Anthony Jackson $979.85, 1247 Kamiyah Thomas
$649.85, 1170 Shawnta Jenkins $589.90, 1259 patricia schroder $649.85 U-Haul
Moving & Storage at Semoran Blvd, 2055 State Rd 436 Winter Park, FL 32792; 2101 Melinda Lee $895.60, 1226 Jacquelyn Davis $884.80, 1010 Jacquelyn Davis
$799.85, 1256 jocelyn jusino $439.85, 1452 JOHN HALSTEAD $409.85, 1223
Jacquelyn Davis $799.85, 2062 Paul Griffin
$319.85, 2360 Jonathan Barrera $719.64, 2286 Sheree Clark $589.80, 1551 JUAN
BOYD $334.85, 1104 Pamela BROWN
$466.70, 2501 RUBEN Valdes $445.60, 1056 DEDRA CHILDERS $471.70 U-Haul
Moving & Storage of Longwood; 650 N Ronald Reagan Blvd Longwood, FL 32750; A077 CARLOS SANTIAGO MERCADO
$412.70, D014 PEARL STEPHENS $694.85, B044 Kristian Behel $403.70, E012 LINDA
JOSEPH $331.70, C048 ALEX BURKES
$604.89, B087 John Bram $379.85, E018
ETHAN Kiffmeyer $1,093.40, E047 Anthony Hershey $409.85, E072 Agnes Sabino
$264.13 U-Haul Moving & Storage at Lake Mary Blvd; 3851 S Orlando Dr. Sanford, FL 32773; 1406 TRENICE DAVIS $514.85, 1433 Rebecca Thornton $343.70, 2027 Ryan Cooper $304.85, 1617 GERMAN
ALVAREZ $559.85, 2099 Jacqueline DIAZ
$304.85, 2440 TARREK BUTLER $379.80, 1203 JAQUAISHA MITCHELL $369.90, 5024
CANDACE CARROLL $646.70, 1621 CANDACE CARROLL $610.70, 2071 Christina VELTMAN $304.85, 2504 Matthew Jones
$415.60, 1767 MICHELE BRADLEY $319.85, 1312 Bertha Sein $319.85, 2433 CHATAVIA TROUTMAN $604.85, 1518 christy scott
$619.85 U-Haul Moving & Storage of Sanford; 3101 S Orlando Dr Sanford, FL 32773; 0180McKenzie Silva $696.00, 0230
RAJENDRA RAMKHELAWAN $644.80, 0151 BREANNA MORRIS $694.85, 1939
Kennedy Cummings $469.85, 1777 Steven Baez $364.90, 1410 Roger Cossin $424.80, 1014 AZARIA FLOYD $334.85, 1433 Paul Godbee $456.60, 0168 Michael CHARRON $499.85, 1351 Belinda Ortiz $367.70, 1702 Jonathan CORREA $334.85, 0013 PRE-
CIOUS BROWN $334.85, 1487 KEDRICK BROWN $541.70, 1971 Chris Rubiera
$514.85, 1070 Burgandy Hayden $464.80, 1761 JENNIFER DICKERSON $344.80, 0135
Aubrey billingsley $499.85, 0123 leslin briceno $680.60, 1733 crystal miller $416.60, 1036 Mystery Room $664.80, 1414 Tiffany Handlon $708.60, 0176 THOMAS CABRAL
$644.80, 1327 MARIA RIJOS $344.80, 1280 darious session $514.85, 1540 Niyuana King $424.80, 1473 AKEEM JOHNSON
$514.85 U-Haul Moving & Storage of Sanford on Rinehart Rd; 1811 Rinehart Rd Sanford, FL 32771; 1062JONANTHON HERNANDEZ $439.80, 4067 KIMBERLY HEPPEL $334.85, 3054 Stephen Harvey
$679.85, 3098 SHAWNELLE Risbrook
$451.70, 3121 Mysteri Room $424.85, 2170 Mystery Room $779.80, 2040 Mysteri Room $514.85, 4011 Phillip Johnson
$544.85, 2168 Mystery Room $779.80, 2147 Mystery Room $879.80, 4065 Arceliz Baez
$334.85, 4007 Alexis Mitchelle $574.85, 3026 Brandonns Bryant $334.85, 1016 Zafir garries $319.90, 1033 Crystal Rodriguez
$1,087.35.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION FOR MONIES DUE ON STORAGE LOCKERS LOCATED AT UHAUL COMPANY FACILITIES. STORAGE LOCATIONS AND TIMES ARE LISTED BELOW. ALL GOODS SOLD ARE HOUSEHOLD CONTENTS, MISCELLANEOUS OR RECOVERED GOODS. ALL AUCTIONS ARE HELD TO SATISFY OWNER’S LIEN FOR RENT AND FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES, SELF STORAGE ACT, SECTIONS
83.806 AND 83.807, STARTS AT 8:00am and RUNS CONTINOUSLY. Auction will be held online: www.storagetreasures. com U-Haul Moving and Storage of Haines City, 3307 US Hwy 17-92 W. Haines City, FL 33844 8/4/2026: F0621 Josean Medina, F0650 Jose Romero, A0089 Yessica Castanaza U-Haul Moving and Storage at Kirkman Road, 600 S. Kirkman Rd. Orlando, Fl 32811 8/4/2026: 6051 Darla Branscum, 3106 Latarsha Ingrum, 6040 Bellatalokeia Hall, Alynna Morel, 1054 Jovan Walkes, 1024 Mary Nelson, 2023 Ken Kepler, 2092 Rashid Rondon, 3014-15 Kerry Boisnote, 3077 Jose De Araujo Filho, 1064-65 Avelardo Martinez, 3080 Willie Barnes, 2013 George baker, 2033 Bissoondai Kydd U-Haul Moving and Storage of Clermont, 13650 Granville Ave. Clermont, Fl 34711 8/4/2026: 3128 Lisa Haylock U-Haul Moving and Storage of Ocoee, 11410 W. Colonial Dr. Ocoee, Fl 34761 6/2/2026: 2520-38 Pierson Edouard, 2440 Brian Warren, 1311 Anthony Peterson, 3213 Daniel Torres, 3361 Henry Vernon, 1722 Kevin Victor, 1629 Fedeline Jean, 2328 Micheal Beasley, 1612 Anthony Peterson, 1565-75 Lamario Johnson, 2211 Brian Warren, 3488 Ashnath Perceval, 2545 Tracy Allen, 3102 Jessica Allen, 1607 Orlando Hurtado Ulloa, 1561 Mark Fletcher, 2543 Tracy Allen, 2525-26 Alexander Edouard, 2449 Faith Taylor, 2403 Carlos Gabriel Dos Santos Vieira, 3508-15 Reinaldo Mondestin, 3006 Marrieta Sala, 3518 Rodney Carter U-Haul Moving and Storage of Four Corners, 8546 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy. Kissimmee, Fl 34747 8/4/2026 1215 Noemi Arias, 2214 Lantz Ganno, 2111 Jose Guillermo, 2250 Nikki Cates Miller, 2187 Tierra Mikell, 1649 Christopher Washington, 2188 Mariana Ramos, 2197 Natalie Noboa, 2170 Nancy Hernandez, 2475 Hamilton Mendes.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION FOR MONIES DUE ON STORAGE LOCKERS LOCATED AT UHAUL COMPANY
FACILITIES. STORAGE LOCATIONS AND TIMES ARE LISTED BELOW. ALL GOODS SOLD ARE HOUSEHOLD CONTENTS, MISCELLANEOUS OR RECOVERED GOODS. ALL AUCTIONS ARE HELD TO SATISFY OWNER’S LIEN FOR RENT AND FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES, SELF STORAGE ACT, SECTIONS 83.806 AND 83.807, STARTS AT 8:00am and RUNS CONTINOUSLY. Auction will be held online: www.storagetreasures. com U-Haul Ctr 14651 Gatorland Dr. Orlando Fl. 32837 08/14/2026 08:00am: 332 Alberto Morales, 287 Lynnette Rodriguez, 1223 Syed Tahir Shahzad, 426 David Garcia, 104 Alberto Morales, 726 Noelia Colon, 105 Stephen Mcney, 324 Michael Martolano, 1219 Stephen Mcney, 540 Christine Melillo, 1140 Alberto Morales. U-Haul Ctr 7800 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando Fl. 32822 08/14/2026 08:00am: 2376 John King, 1256 Charles Coy, 1088 Shahriyar Shad S Mowlavie, 1340 Kayla Bullock, 3454 Justin KaiserHill, 3057 Tamika Richards, 1170 John King, 1163 John King, 1200 Erika S Fernandes V, 2062 Ileana Robles, 1264 Assured logistic enterp, 1246 Rhonnii McCullough, 3336 Sonia Ocasio, 2029 Raymond Cole. U-Haul Ctr. 2400 Orange ave Orlando Fl. 32807 08/14/2026 08:00am: 1435 Patton Consulting Service LLC, 2133 Nefertiti Davison, 2301 April Stubbs, 1433 Christopher Wroten, 2308 Menique Hussein-Torres Flor. U-Haul Ctr. 4001 E. Colonial Dr. Orlando Fl. 32803 08/14/2026 08:00am: D152 Davina Fielder. D245 Alphonzo Wheeler, C143 Rafael Reyes, A113 Paul Droz, B205 Curley Ervin. U-Haul Ctr. 508 N. Goldenrod Rd. Orlando Fl. 32807 08/14/2026 08:00am: 723 and 1502 Brenda Perez Hernandez, 536 Samuel Redding, 213 Luis Lebron, 1206 Howard Johnson, 714 Charyan Hance del Valle, 212 Ricky Clark. U-Haul Ctr 13301 S. Orange Blossom Trl. Orlando Fl. 32837 08/14/2026 08:00am: 3626 Jason Cintron, 2337 Micheal Edge, 1507 Erick Tagliafico Mora, 1042 Walky Azema, 1729 Susanne Parziale, 1313-17 Jessica White, 3226 Christian Maldonado, 1076 Kristen Cozzens, 3084 Daniel Ditucci, 2147 Jeniffer Avery. U-Haul Ctr. 3830 S. Goldenrod Rd. Orlando Fl. 32822 08/14/2026 08:00am: 2009 Ashley Davis, 1110 Wendy Rittenhouse, 1215 Jorge Mendez, 3446 Daniel Roller, 2002 Richard Castro, 2259 Axel Rivera Hernandez. U-Haul Ctr. 2629 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee Fl. 34744 08/14/2026 08:00am: 1187 Raul Llach, 2142 Thomas Huey, 1259 Luis Santana Catala, 2240 David Braga, 1078 Karen Rogers, 2262 Lacey Rodriguez, 3037 Deborah Cattei. U-Haul Ctr. 11815 E. Colonial Dr. Orlando Fl. 32826 08/14/2026 08:00am: 1021 and 1009 Walter Adams, 1003 Donald Chester, 1027 Rebecca Marshall, 1413 Waler Adams, 1019 Brandalyn Longsteet.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION FOR MONIES DUE ON STORAGE LOCKERS LOCATED AT UHAUL COMPANY FACILITIES. STORAGE LOCATIONS AND TIMES ARE LISTED BELOW. ALL GOODS SOLD ARE HOUSEHOLD CONTENTS, MISCELLANEOUS OR RECOVERED GOODS. ALL AUCTIONS ARE HELD TO SATISFY OWNER’S LIEN FOR RENT AND FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES, SELF STORAGE ACT, SECTIONS 83.806 AND 83.807, STARTS AT 8:00am and RUNS CONTINOUSLY. Auction will be held online: www.storagetreasures.com
U-Haul Ctr. 3830 S. Goldenrod Rd. Orlando Fl. 32822 08/20/2026 08:00am: 3192-94 and 3348 Ramota Thompson.
Legal, Public Notices
Notice of Public Sale
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures.com ending on August 14th, 2026 at 10:00
AM for units located at: Compass Self Storage 3498 Canoe Creek Rd St. Cloud, FL 34772. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances, unless otherwise noted. Unit # A216 Tracey Copeland Unit # A317 Gerardo Gonzalez Unit # B153 Eliezer Burgos Unit # RV031 Lazaro Morales Unit # RV037 Ylana Martinez. Run dates 7/29/2026 and 8/05/2026.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Extra Space
Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below on August 7th, 2026, at the location indicated: Store 7143: 6035 Sand Lake Vista Dr, Orlando, FL 32819 @ 10:15 AM: Nicholas Carroll – tv, tv stand mattresses, King size boxes; Creative Vision LLC (Al Centurion) - Tools and furniture; Carl Hancock - household items, Jose Alvarez - household items. mesa, chair, 2 camas, 1 tv; Satish PraymanClothes Shoes; John Robin - House hold item. Kitchen ware. Store 1335: 1101 Marshall Farms Rd Ocoee Fl 34761 (407) 516-7221) @ 10:30 AM: Kenneth Nicolas – Garbage Truck – 2008 Kenworth, White, 2NKMHM6X98232132 - : Antiono Davis –many different tools, drywall equipment, painting equipment. Store 1334: 5603 Metrowest Blvd Orlando Fl 32811. (407) 516-7751) @ 10:45 AM : Kayla Heard - tv dresser couch 5 boxes // Shelove Laguerre - boxes of clothes, boxes of home decor // Malik McKenzie - Boxes and furniture // Valberto Melo - Furniture Store 3024: 11955 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando Fl 32837. 407.734.1315 @ 11:00 AM : Skarlet Rangel Marquez - vending machines, dresser, shelves, mattress. Victoria Zenevitch – totes, boxes. Gabriel Marrero – Bike, totes, tool box, fan, ladder, cables, bags, luggage. Reyna Soto – totes, clothing, tables, boxes, luggage, folding wagon. Ryan Oliver – clothes, totes, boxes, drawers, vanity chair, mirror, chair, bags. Store 8931: 3280 Vineland Rd, Kissimmee FL 34746, 407.720.7424 @ 11:30 AM: Gilbert Gee Home goods, Corina bermudez 7 Med Boxes, 2 TV 65 inches, 1 Sofa, Bransen Dye Household items and small appliances, Abderrahim Touansi Suitcase, Kathryn Osborne boxes, household goods and clothes. Store 3502: 1236 S Vineland Rd, Winter Garden Fl 34787, 407.794.6460 @11:45 AM : Christian Duprey- Totes, Boxes, Office records Store 8136: 3501 S. Orange Blossom Trail Orlando FL 32839, 407.488.9093 @ 12:15
PM:Martine Augustin-Boxes,totes,household Items,couch,shoes:Tammy Arthur-Boxes ,Popcorn machine,bags:Lee Thomas-Desk.bags,clothes,shoes:Nathaniel Dewayne Wilson -clothes,shoes,Furniture:Tameka Senior-clothes,bags,luggage,shoes:Hurson
Hardy-Material,clothes,shoes,bags,Personal items:Mable Lawrence-Household Furniture ,luggage:Tionna Maynard-Furniture,Personal items,Boxes Store 7420: 800 Beard Rd, Winter Garden, FL 34787 @ 12:30 PM : Kenneth Williams: Furniture. Store 7557: 11920 W Colonial Dr Ste 10, Ocoee, FL 34761, 407-794-6970 @ 12:45
PM : Hunter Jones- boxes. Store 8778: 3820 S Orange Ave Orlando FL 32806, 321.270.3440 @ 1:00 PM Jonathan Morris house hold items / Sydney Terry Clothes, suitcase, purses, shoes, / Jermanie Thomas Clothes, tv / Sandra Clerizier mannequin tv 3 bin 10 boxes. Store 4107: 9080 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee Fl 34747, 407.238.1799 @ 1:15
PM: Isabella Rodriguez Sanchez - coach coffee table, bed frame, boxes, clothes, shoes, rug, mirror, small tv Sandy Smith Innis – Household Items Zack Smith – furniture, household items Store 7865: 25 E Lester Rd, Apopka, FL 32712, 407-551-5590 @1:30 PM- Ernest Wilson-decor for music festival, tables linens. -Evan Taylor-couch, dresser, entertainment center, clothes, table, chairs. Store 4217: 5698 S Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, Fl 32839, 407-9304463 @1:45 PM : Kathleen Brown furiture, boxes and personnel items / Carmen Vazquez personnel items and boxes / Eve Dudash chairs and bedroom items Store 1317: 5592 L B McLeod Rd Orlando FL 32811. (407) 720-2832) @ 2:00 PM: octayvia wright – Household items, Donovan Hicks – Household/Personal items, Clara Falu – Personal items, Deborah Hudson – Household/Personal items, Christian Bonardd – Household items, Tamara Jones – Household items, Anthony Cornejo – Household/Personal items, 4 vehicle wheels, Gia McQueen – Household items Store 6454: 2312 S. Division Ave. Orlando, FL 32805, 689-303-3205 @ 2:15 PM: Luis Romero; Household goods. Briana Burton-Figueroa; full size mattress set, desk, 5 boxes. Ashley Williams ;furniture - desk, beds, couches, boxes. Katie Cruzado; queen bed set, boxes and small table. Kiarahlys Hernandez; bins, suite cases ,boxes. Store 7590: 7360 Sand Lake Rd, Orlando, FL 32819 407.634.4449 @ 2:30 PM : Dereese Wright- household items; Elijah Metz- desk, totes, crib; Thuy Nguyen- furniture, washer, dryer; Tony Brown- household furniture, electronics. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
Notice of Public Sale is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures.com ending on August 14th, 2026 at 10:00 am for units located at: Compass Self Storage 800 Greenway Professional Ct. Orlando, FL 32824 Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances. 1220 – Steven LaPaix 1230 – Steven LaPaix 1301 –Herbert Cummings 1433 – Hector De Jesus Prieto 1514 – Ruben Montalvo 2007 – Diana Diaz 2033 – Cesar Vanegas 2143
– Karlas Roland 2212 – Celsa Ruiz 2302 –Amanda Santana 2410 – Anique Jordan 2491 – Germania Perez 1718 – Wanderline Louidor. Run dates 7/29/2026 and 8/5/2026.
Notice of Public Sale Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures.com ending on August 14th, 2026 at 10:00 am for units located at: Compass Self Storage 14120 East Colonial Drive Orlando, Fl 32826 Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances. #1012 Rito Decarvalho #1116 Steven Fulladosa #1414 Jeffrey Reese #2002 Danette Ford #2140 Cynthia Diaz #2301 Joshua Cruz #2507 Efrain Rodriguez. Run Dates 7/29/2026 and 8/5/2026.
Notice of Public Sale Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www. storagetreasures.com ending on August 14th, 2026 at 10:00 am for units located at: Compass Self Storage 203 Neighborhood Market Rd. Orlando, FL 32825 Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances. Unless Otherwise noted. 301Anthony Cruz 1014- Branden Richardson 1019 – Elizabeth Maria Alonso Colon 1034 - Danaisia Alston 1134 - Anthony Cruz 2079 - Lintricia Herry 2115 – Marvin Parker 2148 – Abimelec Merced 2162 – Thomas Quinn 2176 – Samuel Ortiz 2190 – Pedro Arismediz 3074 – Nelida Rosado 3076 –James Cunniffe 3085 – Tia Cummings 3151 – David Brandon Hudyma 3166 – Karima Karim. Run dates 7/20/2026 and 8/05/2026.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
Notice is hereby given that Mindful Storage will sell at public auction, to satisfy the lien of the owner, personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the following times and locations: August 19th, 2026, 9:30am Mindful Storage facility: 900 Cypress Pkwy. Kissimmee, FL 34759 (321) 732-6032
The personal goods stored therein by the following: #C148-Households, #1165Boxes, #1106-Furniture, #1036-Furniture, #1026-Furniture, #D255-Furniture, #D201Households, #F222-Boxes, #G222-Boxes, #K226-Furniture, #K205-Households, #I214- Households. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Mindful Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property
described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Site #3102, 2650 w 25th St. Sanford, FL 32771 on 08/18/2026 @ 12:00 pm Lott Cheryl: Clothing, Tv, backpack, bedspring, Raymond Hall: fishing pole, tools, Tv, chair Phylicia Farrell: Tv, appliances, clothing John Sadowski: Speaker, cooler, golfclub, guitar Joseph Williams: Chair, bike, shoes Yara Ortiz Espada Ortiz: Bicycles, clothes Von Eric Small: household goods.The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: #5191 @ 750 Orange Ave, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714 (407) 9076680. August 18th, 2026 at 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage. Amanda Lopez: Electronics, Boxes, Luggage Cheryl Bowman: Boxes, Totes, TV, Bedset, Clothes Jamahl Mitchem: Monitor, Chair, Suitcase. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Site #7058, 1451 Rinehart Rd, Sanford, FL 32771 on 08/18/2026 @ 12:00 pm: Jetta Barthell: Bags & household. DaNiqua Graham: Bags, bikes, outdoor furniture. Luis Gonzalez: Boxes, household, lawn equipment. Laurine Christensen: Totes, Bags, ottoman. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Site #3086, 130 Concord Drive, Casselberry, FL 32707, 08/18/2026, @ 12:00 pm: Dayana Krivac-Bags, totes, toys Ray Jones- furniture, tools, boxes, totes, household goods, bike Eric Sewell- furniture, household goods, toys, tools. The auction will be listed an advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder
takes possession of the personal property.
Notice of Public Sale: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on www.storagetreasures.com ending on August 14th, 2026 at 10:00 am for units located at: Compass Self Storage 2435 W SR 426, Oviedo, FL 32765 Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. Compass Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid. Sale is subject to adjournment. The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes and appliances. #0048 Jose Felix. Run dates 7/29/2026 and 8/5/2026.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold (for certified funds only) by Monster Self Storage, 4989 N. Tanner Road, Orlando FL 32826 to satisfy a lien on Wednesday August 19th, 2026 at approx. 10:00 am at www.storageauctions.com: Alberto Rodriguez (Tools & Equipment), Jennifer Hill (Household Items), Latrice Bilal (Boxes, Household Items).
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold (for certified funds only) by Your Storage Units Kissimmee South 3290 Pleasant Hill Road, Kissimmee Fl 34746 to satisfy a lien on August 19th, 2026 at approx 10:00am at www.storageauctions. com: Grace Martinez, Bryan Hayes, Jose Manuel Diaz, Sabastian Rosado, Jermaine Richards, Desiree Parra, Michael Urrutia, Joshua Marrero, Charlene R Brown, Rebecca Panchoo, Meseret Harrington
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold (for certified funds only) by Your Storage Units 2400 Wiggins Road Apopka, FL 32703 to satisfy a lien on August 19th, 2026, at approx. 10:00am at www.storageauctions.com: Regina Walker, Regina Cindy Walker, Carol Johnson, Carol Ann Johnson, Donald Mchaffie, Donald Hall Jr Mchaffie, Don Mchaffie.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold (for certified funds only) by Your Storage Units St. Cloud 2335 Old Canoe Creek Rd, St Cloud FL 34772 to satisfy a lien on August 19th, 2026 at approx. 10:00am at www.storageauctions.com: Briana Atkin, Household Items; Christopher Azcuy-Gori, household items.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold (for certified funds only) by Your Storage Units Kissimmee, 2965 N. Orange Blossom Trail, Kissimmee, FL 34744 to satisfy a lien on Aug. 19th, 2026 at approx. 10:00am at www.storageauctions.com:Anthony Santiago (Refrigerator, Ladders, Luggage), Charbert Padilla (Canoe & Outdoor Sport), Joshuamilette
Perez (2 Tvs, boxes, totes), John Mora (Umbrella, boxes, matt), Jairo William Rodriguez (Portable Engine hoist, twin mattress, luggage)
Employment
ADI LLC, 4069 S Goldenrod Rd, Orlando, FL 32822 seeks Replenishment Coordinator to coord. inv. Repl./stock control; monitor inv. Levels/records; analyze sales/inv. Reports; prep. Repl. Docs. And Pos; coord. deliveries/track order status; contact suppliers re availability/discrepancies; assist w/ inv. Counts, reconciliations, and adjustments; update inv./procurement records. Req.: HS/GED + 2 yrs. Exp. In purchasing and inv. Coordination in retail, wholesale, or distribution env. Email cv to adi.3llc@gmail.com
Dental Hygienists (Orlando, FL) sought by Orthodontist. Perform periodontal maintenance & deliver preventive clinical care for patients undergoing active orthodontic treatment, & to provide clinical & patient edu services aimed at promoting & maintaining optimal oral & periodontal health, while assisting w/ & supporting orthodontic procedures as directed & supervised by the orthodontist. Position reqs Dental Hygienist License issued by FL Dept of Health Division of Medical QA & HIPAA Awareness for Healthcare Providers Certification. Bach’s deg in Dental Hygiene or Dental Science (or foreign equiv.) No travel or lang. fluency req. Please send resumes postal mail only to: Dr. Naila Ortega, Business Owner & Provider Orthodontists, BellaSmiles Orthodontics P.A., 12001 Avalon Lake Dr., Ste K, Orlando, FL 32828.
FIELD LOGISTICS SPECIALIST in Oviedo, FL. Req. Bachelor’s in Elec. or Electron. Eng. or foreign equiv. Assigmt’s in unanticipated loc’s. w/in Seminole County, FL expt’d. Mail resumes to: North American Signs, Inc., 3601 N Lathrop Street, South Bend, IN 46628.
