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took a stab at unions on International Workers’ Day, the average Florida teacher pay is next to dead last in the whole country, a ‘teen takeover’ at Icon Park ended in multiple arrests, and other news you may have missed last week.
BY MCKENNA SCHUELER, MIA SCHAEPERKOETTER, JAY WAAGMEESTER/FLORIDA PHOENIX, CHRISTINE SEXTON AND LIV CAPUTO/FLORIDA PHOENIX, GRAY ROHRER/NSF
» ‘Teen takeover’ at Icon Park ended in multiple arrests, hospitalized cops Multiple people were arrested at Icon Park a couple of weekends ago after several hundred teens stormed the park in a “Teen Takeover.” Orange County Sheriff’s Office said more than 1,000 teens were in the park running and fighting at about 7:30 p.m. The flood of pubescents could reportedly be seen swarming the Orlando Eye from nearby high-rises, and 50 deputies were needed to break up fights and direct passers-by to safety. Among the teens who crowded the park, nine individuals 13 to 16 years old were arrested for battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting an officer with violence, resisting an officer without violence, affray, or trespass after warning. Orange County Sheriff John Mina said that the “takeover” had been advertised across social media and the sheriff’s office was aware of the plan. The sheriff’s office says it’s aware of a similar “takeover” being planned on social media, set for Saturday at an unspecified location. Deputies say that they will be prepared to have a large presence and make arrests.
» Florida House Speaker killed DeSantis’ AI regulation, vaccine repeal bills
Bucking Gov. Ron DeSantis, Republican state House Speaker Daniel Perez declared last Tuesday morning — on the first day of a special legislative session — that Florida lawmakers wouldn’t be striking vaccine mandates for kids or creating new guardrails on artificial intelligence. Instead the state Legislature focused solely on redistricting during the two-day special session, a similarly heated and controversial subject. This was only the latest break between DeSantis and Perez, two powerhouse Florida Republicans. The two have feuded since Perez took over the lower chamber last year, insisting on asserting the House’s independence from the executive branch. For much of the previous six years, the House mostly gave the governor anything he asked for. Restricting vaccines and AI are top priorities for the governor, and he has promised to continue to push for new laws doing that before he is term-limited out of office in January.
» DeSantis signs new GOP-favoring congressional district map, immediately drawing lawsuit
Speaking of redistricting, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Monday a new congressional map — creatively delineated by his staff and passed by the Legislature last week — that could help Republicans retain the U.S. House. The new map makes significant changes to 21 of Florida’s 28 congressional districts, a shift that could flip four seats from Democrats to Republicans. Republicans currently hold a 217-212 advantage, with one independent member and five vacant seats. President Donald Trump last year urged GOP-led states to redraw their maps to favor Republicans and give them a better chance of keeping hold of the U.S. House. Texas was the first state to do so, but Democratic-led states like California responded, sparking a tit-for-tat redistricting battle ahead of the midterms. Democrats have decried the move, saying it’s a blatantly illegal power grab and clearly in violation of the state’s anti-gerrymandering Fair Districts laws. Voting rights groups have pledged to quickly file legal challenges to block the new maps from taking effect, but there’s little time for the courts to intervene. Qualifying for the U.S. House races starts June 8 at noon and ends June 12 at noon.
» DeSantis signed anti-union bill into law on International Workers’ Day
As an extra gut-punch to state and local government workers on International Workers’ Day, Gov. DeSantis chose May 1 to sign into law a controversial bill opposed by many Republican public sector workers, as well as union leaders. The bill, a follow-up to a 2023 anti-union law, changes union election rules to make it harder for most public employee unions to form, recertify (as needed) or even decertify a union. The bill — targeting one of DeSantis’ biggest political enemies, teachers unions — exempts unions representing cops and firefighters, which generally endorse Republicans for elected office. The 2023 anti-union law (SB 256) has already resulted in the dissolution of more than 120 unions across the state, largely affecting state government employees, adjunct faculty and blue-collar workers like janitors and public utility workers. It didn’t get rid of any of the state’s K-12 unions, however, leading union leaders to guess that DeSantis (and his anti-union allies) came up with this new law to try and deliver a kill shot. Some union leaders, however, have vowed to continue to fight and to organize for unions’ survival.
» Florida average teacher pay remains near dead-last nationally, a new report found
Notably, the aforementioned anti-union bill doesn’t do anything to materially affect Florida’s average teacher pay, which ranks near dead last in a new report released by the National Education Association, a national teachers union. While NEA’s annual rankings for teacher pay put Florida’s average starting salary of $49,435 at 19th in the nation, Florida’s overall average teacher salary of $56,663 ranks 50th among the 50 states and Washington, D.C. Average teacher pay rose by 3.3 percent between the 2024-2025 school year and the 2025-2026 school year, according to NEA data. Mississippi was the only state with a worse average teacher salary in the most recent NEA report. “When public dollars are diverted away from public schools, and teachers can’t afford to stay in the profession, it’s students who lose,” said Andrew Spar, president of the Florida Education Association, a state affiliate of the NEA and American Federation of Teachers. “Public schools have been forced to cut essential services, lay off teachers and staff, and increase class sizes, all of which put students last.” The NEA report also shows that Florida experienced among the biggest drops in public school enrollment between 2024 and 2025, more than doubling the national decrease in enrollment rate. The FEA said the Legislature’s failure to pass a budget before the regular legislative session last year and this new law is “adding to the financial instability facing our schools and the teacher and staff layoffs seen across the state.”
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A ‘COMPREHENSIVE CONTINUUM OF CARE’
Orange County expands free healthcare services in Bithlo’s Transformation Village
BY MCKENNA SCHUELER
Seventeen years ago, the community day center Transformation Village was launched with a mission to improve the quality of life for residents of Bithlo, a rural, historically underserved part of east Orange County where 26 percent of the population lives in poverty. Described by historians as the “Gateway to Orange County,” locals have grimly referred to it as the “Nightmare Before Christmas” — a reference to the village of Christmas located just a few miles east.
Initially, Bithlo’s Transformation Village received little government support. But founder Tim McKinney, a community advocate, told Orlando Weekly that the government’s cold shoulder toward them has changed. “I would
say that we have basically universal support from all levels of government — federal, state and local,” he said.
He added that it’s a welcome change.
“Literally, we were fighting like hell to raise awareness to this community that had been ignored and overlooked for decades.”
Located about a half-hour east of downtown Orlando, Transformation Village serves as the most comprehensive resource hub for Bithlo’s homeless population, many of whom camp out in the woods, outside of the public eye.
Founded in 1912, the town of Bithlo “flourished in its early days,” according to historians, but by 1926, its prosperity “began to take a downward spiral.” In 1977, the state legislature
It’s a meaningful effort in a community with few resources to address a deadly surge in local opioid overdose deaths, a struggle that’s hit many communities across the U.S. over the last couple of decades.
Dr. Thomas Hall, a substance abuse specialist and director of the Orange County Drug-Free Coalition, said that although drug overdose deaths have been declining over the last couple of years — after spiking during the COVID-19 pandemic — that dropoff hasn’t been as prominent in lower-income communities like Bithlo.
“If we want to save people’s lives, you know, this is where you do it,” Hall told Orlando Weekly in an interview.
According to the county, data from Transformation Village show that more than 1,000 east Orange County residents are facing housing instability or “limited access to essential care.” Studies have found that homeless people who use drugs are up to nine times more likely to overdose compared to people with secure housing, underscoring the need to fill gaps in access to resources.
Research has found that medication-assisted treatment — utilizing methadone or buprenorphine — can cut the risk of death overdose in half, in part by reducing drug cravings and helping people with addiction manage highly uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms that might otherwise lead them to relapse.
revoked its charter, leaving it an unincorporated part of Orange County.
“There is relatively little there today as far as businesses are concerned,” historians Tana Mosier Porter and Cassandra Fyotek wrote about the community in 2009, “and Bithlo is just another small community that has been swallowed up by the ever-widening Orlando metropolitan area.”
But McKinney and others haven’t allowed the community to remain neglected. Today, the Transformation Village campus features a primary school for children, a playground, a community garden and a home-style cooling center — based out of a small, red residential building — stocked with snacks, coffee, computers and a relaxed setting to sit down and escape Florida’s stifling heat. Through a partnership with the nonprofit SALT, the campus also offers free laundry services and mobile showers five days a week.
“I think we’ve created the most comprehensive continuum of care anywhere in Central Florida, out here in Bithlo, serving all of East Orange County and even parts of Seminole,” McKinney said.
As of the last year or so, the campus also houses a small treatment clinic for people with opioid addiction, offering medication-assisted treatment — the most effective treatment for the condition — two days a week, on Wednesdays and Thursdays, free of charge.
Meeting people where they’re at Hall and other local nonprofit leaders spoke to Orlando Weekly at Transformation Village, boosting a new investment from Orange County that will allow the day center to expand its medication-assisted treatment offerings from two days to four days a week.
On Mondays and Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., this will be offered through a county-operated mobile treatment clinic, dubbed Better Access to Treatment, or the “BATmobile.”
It’s funded by money the county has received through national settlements with opioid distributors and manufacturers to address the opioid overdose crisis, including treatment and prevention projects. The county expects to receive $50 to $60 million in funds through 2040. A sliver of that first began pouring in in 2023. Hall, a treatment provider of more than 20 years, is leading the newly expanded BATmobile initiative at Transformation Village, in partnership with the nonprofit STEPS, which will also offer mental health counseling, health screenings and free HIV/hepatitis testing through its own mobile clinic onsite.
“It’s the very simple concept of meeting people where they are at, right?” said Cheryl Bello, CEO of STEPS. “We know that our citizens are wary, so we will make every effort to meet people where they are at and go to them and educate them as to the services that are available.”
That includes joining local peer outreach specialists like Kala Bruning who go into Bithlo’s
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woods to connect local homeless folks with resources, including free doses of naloxone (a life-saving medicine capable of reversing an opioid overdose).
Bruning, 22, is the young mother of a 5-yearold son and 10-month-old child. Although she hasn’t experienced substance abuse herself, her mom is now three years sober after battling addiction. So is her brother. A native Floridian, Bruning met McKinney at the memorial of her older son’s father, who died of a fentanyl overdose five years ago when their baby was just seven months old. She was just 17 herself at the time.
Giving an Orlando Weekly reporter a tour of the campus Monday, Bruning admitted that the work she does at Transformation Village wears on her sometimes — it’s a lot of emotional labor — but she ultimately finds it rewarding. “I’m so glad to be a part of this,” she said.
McKinney, for his part, is hopeful that this latest investment from the county will help save lives by allowing more people wrestling opioid dependence to get help for their struggles sooner.
“I don’t know if you’ve ever known anybody that’s been addicted to opioids — in particular fentanyl — but when you’re dopesick and you’re ready to make a decision, to make a change and get on medication, you need to do it then, you know? You can’t just wait till Wednesday, because then life happens and you might use again and you might die in the meantime,” he explained.
Opioid use disorder, also known as opioid addiction, affects millions of people in the U.S., according to federal survey data — yet only a fraction (17 percent) report receiving medication-assisted treatment. Since 1999, more than 1 million people in the U.S. have died of a drug overdose, and rural communities have been disproportionately affected.
Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid about 50 times more powerful than heroin, has been driving the surge in overdose deaths in recent years. The overdose crisis hasn’t just affected people with drug addiction, but also people — including teenagers — using illicit drugs recreationally. Fentanyl has been found laced into drugs such as cocaine and meth, and in counterfeit pills sold by drug dealers as prescription drugs like Xanax or Vicodin.
And if you don’t have tolerance built up for opioids, even a small amount of fentanyl — as little as a couple of milligrams — can be deadly.
Bruning, the peer outreach specialist, said she wonders today if her son’s father would still be alive if he’d been able to access the resources that Transformation Village has now five years ago.
In addition to connecting locals with treatment and signing them up for insurance coverage, the community campus also has a couple of storage buildings. This allows people who are homeless to safely store their belongings while they seek intensive treatment for a drug or mental health issue elsewhere.
“What I love is that the more people are involved, the more people are out there meeting
other people in the community where they are, they have so much more of an opportunity to see what’s next in store for them in their life,” said Stephanie Bowman, founder of the College Park food pantry One Heart for Women and Children. Bowman was homeless herself nearly 30 years ago, and credits STEPS with helping her find a new direction in life.
“It’s just people helping people,”said Bowman, who understands the feeling that all doors have been closed, and no one’s coming to actually help.“People say that they’re gonna come, some do come, but then they never come back,” she recalls hearing from people on the street.
Orange County’s BATmobile, in partnership with STEPS and Bowman’s organization, have conducted outreach and provided free mobile medical services at local parks in an effort to reach those most unlikely to access those services otherwise.
All three — Hall, Bowman and Bello — recalled one homeless man they met during one of these outreach events who was initially wary of the group. “He was very guarded and resistant,” said Bello, explaining it takes time to build the necessary rapport to earn a person’s trust. “One of the things he said, he said, ‘You can’t help us,’” Bowman recalled.
People say they’ll help, he’d told them, but they don’t come back. One thing the man needed that day, according to Bello, was a cell phone, something that STEPS was quickly able to provide.
It wasn’t a home. It wasn’t a $1,000 check to pay for food, some clean clothes or a hotel room. But it did save his life.
“Unknowingly, he had an underlying medical condition,” Bello said. “Three days later, he had a heart attack, and he called us to let us know that because of that cell phone, even though he was transient in a park, he was able to call 911. 911 was able to transport him to the emergency room, where he received medical care. And I think that was the moment that he needed to see that community support really was working.”
Hall reassured that Orange County is working to “stretch every dollar” they receive through the national opioid legal settlements. They’ve established a program to provide medication-assisted treatment, referrals and case management — including health and career support — to Orange County residents free of charge, with a focus on people coming out of the local jail or hospital emergency rooms who are at higher risk of drug overdose.
They’re also using funds to try and help address other underlying health and housing issues, too, in partnership with nonprofits like STEPS in the private sector. Bello, of STEPS, estimates they’ve saved the county hundreds of thousands of dollars by diverting people from jail and hospital ERs, and by preventing NICU stays for babies born to women with opioid use disorder — a target population for her organization’s partially county-funded residential treatment program.
“Everybody is a piece of the puzzle,” Bello said. mschueler@orlandoweekly.com
READY, SET, ACTION
Orange County opens applications for film incentive program
BY MCKENNA SCHUELER
Qualified TV commercial and filmmakers can now apply to receive a partial rebate on productions filmed in Orange County — home to the so-called “Most Magical Place on Earth” — by applying for a new film incentive program launched by the county last week.
The local program, a five-year pilot initiative approved by county commissioners last fall, was designed by a working group of film industry professionals, including union representatives. The goal is to attract film and TV commercial projects to Central Florida, support industry jobs, and help graduates of local film programs through schools like UCF and Full Sail University find gainful employment locally.
Currently, it’s more common for actors and other film industry professionals to have to travel outside of Florida for work, due to more established (and attractive) incentive programs offered in states such as Georgia and Louisiana. Rosann Harrington, chief of staff for Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings, previously said the county is losing half of the roughly 3,000 people who graduate from local film programs each year.
“This is a way to provide enough work so that people can make a living, so it’s not like,‘Oh, I get one project every three months,’” Harrington
SLOW BURN
Florida Rep. Anna
told Orlando Weekly in an interview last year.
“We’re trying to bring film back, to create that ecosystem so somebody can continue to work.”
Similar to incentive programs offered on a local and state level elsewhere, Orange County’s will offer limited tax rebates for qualified productions. This rebate will range from up to 10 percent for TV commercials, capped at $50,000 per project, to 20 percent for film productions in Orange County, capped at $1 million per project.
To qualify, commercial productions must spend at least $250,000 locally on hotels, labor, and other goods and services, while film productions must spend at least $400,000. The program, overseen by a county film incentive administrator in coordination with the Orlando Economic Partnership, is capped at $5 million in funding for these rebates annually.
“Between our competitive incentive offering, diverse filming locations, experienced local workforce and world-class infrastructure, we have everything a production needs to succeed — and we look forward to proving it,” program administrator Jenn Pennypacker, a former business development director for the Metro Orlando Film & Television Commission, said in a statement.
Notably, the program is performance-based, meaning no rebate will be provided by the
Eskamani
urges state AG to launch criminal probe into Sloth World
BY MCKENNA SCHUELER
Florida Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, is calling for a criminal investigation into the operators of Sloth World following the deaths of more than two dozen sloths that had been in their care. Eskamani, a term-limited state representative now running for Orlando mayor, sent a letter to State Attorney General James Uthmeier last Wednesday, urging his office to investigate all individuals and entities involved with the I-Drive attraction that has doomed itself ahead of its now-canceled grand opening.
“The loss of dozens of animals under preventable conditions demands accountability,” said Eskamani, who was stuck in Tallahassee last week to handle another dumpster fire, Florida’s GOPmotivated redistricting effort. Eskamani’s letter raises concerns of potential violations of Florida law, including animal cruelty and “unlawful acts
county until after production is completed and documentation is provided to demonstrate the project’s local economic impact. To help promote accountability, all qualified applicants must sign a funding agreement, subject to approval by the board of county commissioners.
“The Film Incentive Program reflects Orange County’s commitment to growing our creative economy and positioning our region as a premier destination for the entertainment industry,” said outgoing Mayor Demings, who’s term-limited from seeking reelection this year, in a statement. “We look forward to welcoming productions that will showcase everything Orange County has to offer.”
Local actor and acting coach Chris Greene — known for roles in TV shows like Atlanta and Queen of the South — told Orlando Weekly he thinks the program “is a step in the right direction,”but admitted he has concerns. The program, for instance, requires qualifying productions to use at least five students or graduates from local film schools on the crew side — but there is no such stipulation for hiring local actors.
“Speaking as an actor, you know, a union actor, these incentives benefit actors in zero way,” Greene, a member of SAG-AFTRA and founder of the local acting studio Life of an Actor, argued candidly, referring specifically to Orlando-based actors like himself. Because the program requires a minimum spend on local hotels, he said the program effectively encourages productions to bring actors from out of state.
“It doesn’t say anywhere where there’s a must guarantee, like it is for crew, that they have to hire local cast,”he explained. The program requires productions to make “best efforts” to hire local talent, but Greene said this could be demonstrated by something as simple as putting out a casting call,
inspectors found the devices reportedly failed after tripping electrical circuits.“At least one night in December 2024, the agency said, the sloths were left alone in the cold warehouse without heat,” Inside Climate News reported.
Sloth World imported another 10 wild sloths from Peru in February 2025 for its attraction, but two were reportedly dead on arrival and the rest arrived at the warehouse facility “emaciated.”
but then subsequently flying in a non-local actor from Los Angeles or New York with the same“look.”
Separately, pointing to programs elsewhere that don’t have caps on rebates, or that offer tax incentives upfront instead of providing a rebate post-production, Greene also worries the funding committed to the initiative by the county won’t be competitive enough.
Orange County has committed $25 million over the next five years in tourist tax development funds to fund the new incentive program, or $5 million in TDT funds annually. The TDT, also known as the hotel tax, generates hundreds of millions of dollars for the county each year, collected through a 6 percent tax levied on hotel stays and short-term lodging.
“I just think that they structured it more in mind based on commercials,” Greene said of the program, arguing that the rebate for commercial productions will be much more attractive than the rebate offered for films.
Once dubbed “Hollywood East,” Florida used to have a statewide film incentive program, but the right-wing, Koch-founded lobbying group Americans for Prosperity successfully worked to kill that program a decade ago, arguing it was a waste of taxpayer money.
Since then, at least five other Florida counties — Broward, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Palm Beach and Duval — have established their own local incentive programs, competing for productions that want to showcase Florida’s beaches or other cultural landmarks “in the flesh,” rather than recreating an imitation on a set in another state. Each program differs in its funding commitment, how the program is funded, and other eligibility requirements for qualified productions.
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lethargy, dehydration, nutritional imbalances and gastrointestinal complications.
involving captive wildlife.” She also questioned the state’s regulatory oversight — describing the situation as a failure of government.
Inspectors from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission had first discovered the deaths of 31 sloths in August 2025, according to a Captive Wildlife Report. Yet, the agency had only issued a “verbal warning”to Sanctuary World Imports, the operator of the warehouse, in response.
An initial 21 sloths, originally imported from Guyana, had died at the Orlando warehouse facility between December 2024 and February 2025, according to the report. The deaths were attributed to a “cold stun”due to lack of consistent heating in the warehouse during one of Florida’s coldest winters in 15 years.
Space heaters had been acquired for the warehouse, to help keep the animals warm, but
None survived.
An FWC report from March stated that the warehousing operation continued across multiple facilities after the initial findings of sloth deaths. Inspectors found “ongoing deficiencies in recordkeeping, continued reliance on temporary or substandard enclosures, and incomplete documentation related to the sourcing and mortality of animals,” according to Eskamani’s letter.
Thirteen rescued sloths were donated to the Central Florida Zoo in Sanford and subsequently placed under a 30-day quarantine for close assessment and monitoring. Although all animals survived the first two nights, one of the sloths — Bandit — then passed away after arriving at the zoo in poor condition. According to a news release, Bandit had been in critical condition since his arrival at Central Florida Zoo, with signs of severe
Eskamani is calling on Uthmeier’s office to investigate Benjamin Agresta and Sloth World in coordination with the FWC, the state Department of Law Enforcement, and any relevant federal agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. She also requested the office evaluate whether criminal charges are warranted and provide transparency to the public regarding investigative activities and enforcement actions.
Uthmeier responded to Eskamani via a letter posted to social media, stating that one of his office’s statewide prosecutors will be assisting Orlando-area State Attorney Monique Worrell in a criminal investigation, as requested.“Our office is unwavering in its commitment to pursuing justice on behalf of those who are unable to protect themselves,” Uthmeier’s letter reads. We will ensure accountability wherever the evidence requires.”
Editor’s note: As we were going to press, the Central Florida Zoo team announced the death of Habanero, another of the rescued sloths. Sloths are known to mask symptoms of illness until conditions become severe, making early detection and intervention especially challenging.
Nearly a year after the grand opening of Epic Universe, the impact of Universal’s newest gate continues to echo through the attractions industry. This was evidenced by the four trophies picked up by the park during last weekend’s Themed Entertainment Association THEA Awards — aka the amusement biz’s answer to the Oscars — which were held here in Orlando for the first time in their 32-year history. But prior to Saturday’s sequinedtie gala honoring past achievements, I got a glimpse of the future from Friday’s TEA State of the Industry panel, where moderator Shawn McCoy guided representatives from Disney, Universal, Falcon’s Beyond, Herschend Creative Studios and Lionsgate through a refreshingly frank conversation covering everything from geopolitics to artificial intelligence. Here are some highlighted insights from the two heaviest hitters: Page Thompson: President, New Ventures, Universal Destinations & Experiences
“The rising costs of construction and operations are a continual challenge for all of us. … I think it’s really important for us to look at ways we can make [attractions] more affordable, whether it’s annual passes or discounts or bundling, and it’s something that we talk about absolutely every day. One of the big trends in the industry that I think is most interesting is trying to have more immersive experiences, where people can talk to the characters and interact with them. I think that some of those experiences can be produced for less cost than building an enormous building, and have equal impact on the guests. They really enjoy talking to somebody who’s in character and living out that dream of interacting with those people.”
“We really have three ways of growing. The first one is to grow our existing businesses, and the second one is to find new locations to create
resorts like that. The third is to develop new concepts for new audiences and new locations. So what we’re doing with our kids park [opening soon in Texas] is trying to reach an audience. Historically, our big parks are really designed for tweens and up. There’s a 3- to 8-year-old audience that we’re developing this specific experience for. … There are very low restrictions on who can ride the rides, if any, and we’re training our staff in a different way to really serve kids. We’re going to be an autism-certified park with least 80 percent of our staff trained in autism awareness.”
“I think one of the biggest uses of AI is not a creative use, perhaps, but it’s just on the engineering [and] technical services side of maintaining rides, looking for abnormal patterns and things like that.”
“I don’t think there’s any substitute for human interaction. With all screens and the doom-scrolling that’s going on now, especially among parents, there’s likely to be a counter-reaction to that in the coming years. People are going to want to get out of the house and interact with other people. I think robotics are great [when] robotics can do something that human beings can’t, I think it’s fantastic, but there’s no substitute for human interaction.”
Ali Rubinstein: SVP Executive Global Management Creative Development, Walt Disney Imagineering
“The technological tools that are now presented to us, that we have access to and we can utilize, is I think what’s most exciting; it’s also what’s most challenging. Imagineering does not move at the speed of technology, so it takes us a lot longer to advance an attraction or part of a land than the technology that we’re bringing along with it. So there’s a little bit of misalignment there, but we’re working on that.”
“I often get questions about, are you going to do more original IP [intellectual property]? … That vast library of [Disney-owned] IP, much
of it has not even been seen in the parks yet. We have so much new IP coming on board that we can tap into that we own, that we’re just starting to bring to life. … So I think that the variety of what we’re seeing coming into the parks from an IP standpoint remains, even if we’re not doing unique and original stories or brand-new stories.”
“What we pay close attention to at Disney is the interpersonal relationship between our operators, our hosts, our entertainers. I think that those provide for those smaller personal experiences [like the new animatronic Olaf in Hong Kong Disneyland]. Within the big picture, we are creating more and more of these truly personalized moments, and we’re going to be seeing more of that as we bring more of these kinds of characters to life.”
“When we went into China and Shanghai, we over-indexed a little bit into what we thought the region was going to want. People have heard about our approach to Shanghai, ‘authentically Disney, distinctly Chinese.’ We over-indexed a little bit into the Chinese and they kind of said, ‘No no, we don’t want a big, fancy Chinese restaurant. We want more turkey legs.’ Now we’ve announced that we’re going into Abu Dhabi, and that’s going to be another experiment for us. It’s a whole new culture for us. … When we go into a region, we are extremely culturally sensitive. We want to make sure that we are listening and adopting, but we also are bringing our authentic Disney brand, so finding that balance is critical.”
“We certainly use [generative AI] in the creative space, but it’s never, ever — I hope not — going to be a replacement for humans. I talk to my teams a lot who get nervous about the fact that we’re bringing AI into the workplace. I say, ‘This is not about replacing you. This is about you being able to get your work done faster, so your 60-hour work week turns into a 40-hour week, and you actually get a lunch break.’” skubersky@orlandoweekly.com
The titans of themed entertainment gathered in Orlando last week for panels and an awards show
ALI RUBINSTEIN SPEAKS AT THE TEA ‘STATE OF THE INDUSTRY’ PANEL (PHOTO BY SETH KUBERSKY)
CRUNCH TIME
Yumee Katsu wows Orlando with its menu of deep-fried panko-breaded cutlets
BY FAIYAZ KARA
Our obsession with breaded cutlets goes back about 900 years when a monk in the Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio in Milan presented lombolos cum panitio in a banquet for the Benedictines. In the times since that crumbed loin was set before the robed monastics, cooks have formulated such instant classics as veal Milanese, wiener schnitzel and chicken-fried steak. East African beef cutless happen to be a personal fave of mine, but I, like many others in Orlando, have grown particularly fond of katsu. Recent indulgences at Chidon Katsu Palace inside H Mart and Cowboy Curry inside Mills Market have firmly placed the deep-fried, panko-coated wonders on my frequently ordered list. I also make it at home — quite often, in fact — but it never really turns out restaurant quality. So it’s a good thing we have a restaurant devoted solely to katsu. It’s called Yumee Katsu, according to the marquee; though it’s also called Yumikatsu, according to their website. No matter how you spell it, yummy it is, as evidenced by the Korean chain’s 100-plus locations in the homeland, Australia, California, Arizona, Georgia and, now, Florida.
Naturally, it made sense to order the king don katsu ($19), the Korean variant of Japanese katsu one that bears similarity to traditional Viennese schnitzel. The pork is pounded really thin before being breaded and fried, resulting in a circumference as large as my face. Which is where it eventually ended up, though with great effort, seeing as the katsu is big enough for two and is served in the teishoku (or “set menu”) style with a demi-glace-ish dipping sauce, miso soup, cabbage, kimchi, pickled daikon, and rice sprinkled with sesame and salty seaweed. Most impressive, however, was how juicy this thin cutlet remained, and how copious the amount of fallen panko I managed to scatter all over myself. On a return visit, I did the same but with the chicken curry katsu ($19), which came sliced on a plate along with a very balanced curry. My better half opted for the fish katsu ($17), featuring that oft-used whitefish, swai. Both encompassed the comforting qualities that make katsu such a universal draw. Well, near-universal — vegetarians don’t have any options here, though they can select from a number of other Korean dishes offered under
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the “Robot Lounge” sub-brand, like vegetable tofu soondubu ($16) and its liquid fire gurgling in a stone cauldron. It comes with an egg you break into the soup, and, like the katsus, is served with rice (not flecked with sesame and seaweed, for some reason) and assorted banchan. There’s also udon noodles ($13) served in a slightly soupy, slightly spicy broth with fried tofu, scallions, panko and shredded nori.
The “Robot” may refer to the kiosk near the entrance where all orders are placed before being picked up at the counter when your number is called. It’s efficient, though on one occasion, my order of Thai tea ($7) was completely forgotten. Won’t stop me from going back, that’s for sure. In fact, I’m hoping they expand their menu to offer the tomahawk cutlet they do at their Korean locations.
Speaking of location, Yumee Katsu sits next to the Woo Sung Oriental Food Mart in the Northgate Plaza on Edgewater Drive, just north of Lee Road. The parking lot has been mostly empty on all my visits, but I don’t expect that to last much longer now that the katsu’s out of the bag.
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OPENINGS & CLOSINGS:
Mochiry, offering mochi donuts, Korean hot dogs, ramen, waffles and boba, has opened in the former Downtown Pourhouse space at 20 N. Orange Ave. … Q Sushi, an omakase bar, has soft-opened in the old Pom Pom’s space at 67 N. Bumby Ave. in the Milk District. During the soft opening, they’ll offer a special menu featuring small bites along with omakase-style nigiri and sashimi. Q will introduce their full omakase menu in July … Noods, specializing in the sort of “Thai noodle soul” found in the back alleys of Bangkok, has opened in the old China Grill space at 6433 Raleigh St. in MetroWest. Aromatic Thai boat noodles (kuay teow reua) are a signature offering, as is khao soi and blood-thickened nam tok noodles … KPC Urban Korean Food, “inspired by the bustling night markets of Myeongdong and the trendy food scene of Hongdae,” will open near Celebration at 6083 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway offering such dishes as Korean carbonara tater tots, “K-Bomb” fried chicken, bibimbap and Korean-style burgers. No opening date has been announced … Mordisco Steakhouse, the Venezuelan-Caribbean restaurant with a location in Doral, has strutted its way into the old Applebee’s at 11030 International Drive. The concept is by César González, one of the most influential Latin chefs on Instagram with 3 million followers, and offers everything from wood-fired ribeye on a stick to cobia ceviches and griddled arepas.
NEWS & EVENTS:
Malubianbian Hot Pot, by Slap Hand-Rippled Noodles’ Eric Yang, has gone AYCE. The cost is $40 and includes unlimited amounts of such cuts as USDA Prime Angus beef, pork belly and New Zealand grass-fed lamb as well as sides, sodas and barbecue lamb skewers. Malubianbian is located at 5062 W. Colonial Drive … La Femme du Fromage and chef Jose Baranenko will present a three-course paella dinner from 6-10 p.m. Friday, May 8, in the courtyard at East End Market. Cost is $75 and includes pintxos, cheeses, dessert and sangria. Visit @lafemmedufromage for more … Chef BJ Wright and SwagyuBoss Steve Brown will present an exclusive 10-course wagyu tasting dinner 6 p.m. Saturday, May 9, at Palm Beach Meats. Cost is $229. Visit palmbeachmeats.com for more info … The Mills Night Market returns May 21 from 5:30-9:30 p.m. at Mills Market, featuring unlimited Asian street food and drinks, live DJs, guest chefs and vendors spotlighting AAPI talent from Orlando and beyond as well as limited-edition merch, giveaways and more. Tickets are $50. Visit mills-market.com to learn more.
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MOON WOK KITCHEN & LOUNGE
Cantonese classics including wok-fired noodles and barbecue lure folks into the fetching digs of this I-Drive restaurant. Jerry and Jackie Lau, the venerated couple of Kai Kai BBQ, are a force in the kitchen. A full bar keeps guests slaked. Open daily. (reviewed April 29) 11701 International Drive, 407778-1700, moonwokkitchen.com, $$$
ROMA’S
BISTRO
Honduran and Mexican staples cooked to order make the Marathon gas station in Casselberry worth a pit stop. Of note: Honduran baleadas, Honduran tacos (that look more like taquitos) and Honduran enchiladas (which resemble tostadas) are all cheap and delicioso. Closed Sunday. (reviewed April 22) 815 FL-436, Casselberry, 407775-5077, instagram.com/romas_bistro, $
KAPPO TSAN
Norigami’s David Tsan brings his unique Taiwanese-Japanese concept to the chain-riddled environs of O-Town West. Tasting menus are offered, as are à la carte options, of which the Taiwanese cabbage, shiitake mushrooms cooked in butter, and charcoal-kissed meats and veg are highlights. So are the nigiri and sashimi tastings, but regulars to Norigami already know that. Closed Tuesdays. (reviewed April 15) 11815 Glass House Lane, 407-778-1050, kappotsan.com, $$$$
THE GOODWAY CAFE
French flavors seep into chef Amandine Vibert’s plant-based dishes, notably in the galette bretonne, her soups du jour and baguette sandwiches. Cold-pressed juices, smoothies, teas and coffees are offered as well as vegan pastries like croissants and muffins. Open Monday-Saturday at 8 a.m. (reviewed April 8) 111 W. Magnolia Ave., Longwood, 703-372-0821, goodwaycafe.com, $$$
GUNTUR KITCHEN
The fiery fare of Andhra Pradesh is what’s fired out of this humble little kitchen in Longwood. Stuffed mirchi bhajji, ghee karam idli, deep-fried punugulu and chicken dum biryani are all worth the order, as is puri with potatoes. Red sugarcane juice proves palliating, as does gulab jamun. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. (reviewed April 1) 525 S. Ronald Reagan Blvd., Longwood, 407-260-1502, $$
SEEMO’S SHAWARMA
The Palestinian-style chicken and beef shawarma being served out of this fire engine-red trailer in Azalea Park is of the highest order, but the falafel
may very well be the finest in the city. Don’t overlook the smashburgers or the deep-fried Cajun corn. Open Saturday and Sunday. (reviewed March 25) 866 S. Goldenrod Road, 407-733-6626, instagram.com/seemosshawarma, $$
THE BAKER’S SON
Fresh-baked breads, pastries and desserts with Pinoy leanings are the draw to this Kissimmee bakeshop, but a roster of savory items, from lumpia and empanadas to longanisa and popcorn chicken, are just as noteworthy. Open daily. (reviewed March 18) 4797 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee, 689-610-1965, thebakersonusa.com, $$
CAFÉ DE WAN
Sisters Habibe and Esra plate Turkish breakfasts, baked goods and some mighty fine borek in their charming Casselberry restaurant. Open daily. (reviewed March 11) 1015 FL-436, Casselberry, 651802-2835, instagram.com/cafedewan_, $$
LEIAH
High-quality dishes go into Leiah’s four-, six- and eight-course tasting menus, but those concerned with affordability can order à la carte — the wagyu pastrami sandwich, burger, rock shrimp ceviche and potato foam are all worthy. The three-course lunch menu for $34 presents one of the best value meals you’ll find in the city. Closed Sunday. (reviewed Feb. 25) 409 N. Magnolia Ave., 321-2475578, leiahrestaurant.com, $$$$
JJ’S SCRATCH COCINA
JJ’s full-service concept serves an impressive mix of dishes inspired by the flavors of the Mediterranean and the Americas, from a knockout halibut ceviche to a bright and vibrant plate of tabbouleh, beet-infused hummus, falafel and pita. The fast-casual side of the business still operates as a ghost/takeout operation. Open daily. (reviewed Feb. 11) 2950 Curry Ford Road, 407900-0375, jjsscratchcocina.com, $$
OSTERIA ESTER
Osprey chef-partner Michael Cooper spins refined staples of Italian-American classics in Thornton Park. Pasta dishes like lasagna rotolo, braised beef tortelloni and gnocchi sardo are can’t-miss. Veal chop parmigiana offers a more substantial option, but don’t pass on the carpaccio piemontese, burrata or butterscotch budino. Wine and cocktails kick the bibulous with a taste of The Boot. Closed Mondays. (reviewed Feb. 4) 629 E. Central Blvd., 407-203-3577, osteriaester.com, $$$
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Premieres Wednesday:
Citadel — Matt Berry of What We Do in the Shadows is just one of six new cast members featured in the second season of this espionage series set within a mysterious spy agency. Then again, given that it’s been three years since Season 1, they could tell us Berry is replacing Dick York and we’d probably believe it. (Prime Video)
Countdown: Rousey vs. Carano — Go into the locker room with Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano as they prepare for their headline MMA bout next week. And when I say “go into the locker room,” of course I’m speaking metaphorically. I mean, who do you think you are — the president? (Netflix)
Worst Ex Ever Season 2 — Four new case studies expose more of history’s most horrific relationship fails, including one involving former 90 Day Fiancé contestant Geoffrey Paschel. See, Taylor Frankie Paul? This is the kind of immortality you could be enjoying right now if your agent stopped holding
out for Svedka in the green room. (Netflix)
Premieres Thursday:
The Chestnut Man — We might have some sort of a record here: There was a five-year gap between the first two seasons of this Danish crime thriller, which is finally back with a new story about a series of killings that are linked by a children’s rhyme. Good on them for keeping things going, because we all thought the series was over once they unmasked the first season’s villain as Dick Sargent. (Netflix)
Legends — The true history of Britain in the ’90s is the underpinning of a crime series about regular, everyday civilians who are conscripted to help infiltrate the country’s drug trade. Wow, sounds like we owe the Gallagher brothers a big-ass apology. (Netflix)
M.I.A. — We all know Florida’s film incentives are lousy, which makes it all the more cause for celebration that this crime series was actually produced on location in Miami. And as part of our state’s reintroduction to
from backwater burgs like New York and L.A. (Paramount+)
Thank You, Next — Season 3 finds Turkish lawyer Leyla determined to play the game of love by her own rules. See, I keep telling my therapist that’s what I’m doing too, but she’s adamant it’s not the same thing as refusing to leave your house. (Netflix)
Premieres Monday:
Pop Culture Jeopardy — Colin Jost returns to host this offshoot of the eternally popular game show, which focuses on the effluvia of modern-day celebrity and entertainment. Its second season sees the show moving over from Prime Video to Netflix, with a 20-episode order that’s only half of what it had in Season 1. Guess Michael Che couldn’t come up with enough answers about K-pop and raisins. (Netflix)
The Puzzle Room With David Kwong — Illusionist and crossword master Kwong has cooked up a bunch of brain-teasers for celebrities to solve in this video podcast. Remember, Lana Del Rey, it’s socks on first! (Netflix)
the national entertainment stage, the show rewrites the image of South Florida by painting it as … a bastion of drug activity. Oh well. Baby snorts. (Peacock)
My Dearest Assassin — A Thai assassin takes it upon himself to protect a Vietnamese woman whose rare blood type makes her an irresistible target for kidnappers. But can you blame them? If we could all get our hands on some of that stuff, anemia-related deaths might drop by 600 percent. (Netflix)
The Terror: Devil in Silver — The third season of the horror anthology series focuses on a moving man who’s wrongly consigned to a mental institution, where he has to battle a shadowy force that may be satanic in nature. Yeah, yeah. You know what’s really evil? How badly those guys can dent a credenza. (Shudder and AMC+)
Premieres Friday:
Remarkably Bright Creatures — Sally Field stars in an adaptation of the Shelby Van Pelt novel, playing a widowed aquarium worker who teams up with a giant octopus (voice of Alfred Molina) to solve a mystery. Makes you wonder what Guillermo del Toro could have done with Sloth World if those people had kept their head on straight. (Netflix)
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 11 and All Stars Untucked Season 8 — With Orlando girl Myki Meeks freshly crowned the winner of Season 18, hometown interest in the Drag Race franchise is at a fever pitch. There are no locals returning to compete in the new season of All Stars, though, so we’ll just have to root for some of the lesser competitors
The Roast of Kevin Hart — Log in at 8 p.m. EST to see a panel of his peers rake Mr. Ride Along over the coals, live from L.A. This will easily be the most hilarious thing to happen to a Mark Twain Prize winner until next month, when Bill Maher picks up his own award. (I’m not expecting Bill to say anything funny; I’m just talking about the idea of him actually accepting.) (Netflix)
Premieres Tuesday:
Devil May Cry Season 2 — The animated adaptation of the Capcom videogame series raises the stakes in Season 2, with demon hunter Dante having to go up against his estranged twin brother. I mean, there are worse things. Ever have to spend eight 30-minute sessions with a brother you acknowledge? (Netflix)
Marty, Life Is Short — Two and a half years after Slate declared him painfully annoying, Martin Short is the subject of a documentary that covers his actually quite impressive résumé of professional and personal accomplishments. I hope they had time to incorporate an extensive segment about his daughter’s recent suicide, so the Slate editorial board has to spend the rest of the month disguising themselves as David Remnick just to go for groceries. (Netflix)
Zatima — The Tyler Perry comedy-drama moves from BET+ to Paramount+ for the back end of Season 4, with new episodes that depict the titular couple of Zac and Fatima experiencing fresh strains on their relationship. I mean, that’s in addition to the usual strain of everyone always asking how they’re related to Madea. (Paramount+)
REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES (PHOTO COURTESY OF NETFLIX)
ROLLIN’ IN STYLE
Music festival Rolling Loud is poised to make a big impact in Orlando this weekend
BY SARAH KINBAR
This weekend, music festival Rolling Loud makes its Orlando debut at Camping World Stadium, with a week of related events already underway across downtown and beyond, for a citywide event dubbed RL Week.
Rolling Loud started as a single-day fest in Miami and has grown into a globally known brand reaching as far as Sydney and Thailand, but its foundation was built here in Central Florida, according to Darren Wilson, better known as DJ Five Venoms.
Wilson has been along for the ride since the beginning. As Rolling Loud’s official DJ since its first year in 2015, he knew founders Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif through Dope ENT, an outfit that booked regional hip-hop shows and built audiences across Orlando, Tampa and Miami.
Wilson met Zingler and Cherif years earlier while DJing for Orlando artist Wes Fif, and ultimately DJed all of Dope ENT’s shows for four years. He helped craft what would become Rolling Loud.
“A lot of the culture that’s now core to Rolling Loud started in Orlando with those early Dope ENT shows,”he tells Orlando Weekly. In some ways, the 2026 festival feels like a homecoming, he says.
What to expect at Rolling Loud
“It’s like a carnival that just so happens to have your favorite artists performing,” Wilson says.
Inside the grounds, there are multiple stages running at once, along with activations, vendors and DJs set up throughout the site. The experience is one of constant movement, with attendees choosing between sets and navigating a large crowd.
“We have barber shops, tattoo shops,”he says, “[and] there’s Bunny’s Bae Bar, a VIP glam experience.”
For people who have been before, scale is the first thing that stands out.
James Cole, an Orlando nightlife OG who goes by City the Host, went to the festival in Miami and describes it as dazzling.
“It was wild. It was crazy … but it ran smoothly,” he says.
“When I first walked in, I was taken aback by the number of people, the space and the lights,” he adds. “I also noticed how tight security was, and that the registration and entry process were very orderly.”
Cole expects much the same this year.
An Orlando property manager speaking on condition of anonymity tells OW the Orange County Sheriff’s Office will deploy drones from rooftops around the city — including a building he manages — to surveil the scene, helping maintain safety.
Johnny “DJ Nasty” Mollings, a Grammywinning producer who lives in Orlando and has
performed at Rolling Loud, says 2026 attendees can expect a tone in many ways consistent with years past.
“It’s the energy. Straight energy,” he says.
Though he’s heard some rumblings over safety concerns, Mollings pushes back on the idea that the hip-hop festival’s energy leads to problems.
“It’s very safe,” he says.
Crowd and lineup
This year’s Orlando edition is expected to skew younger than previous years, says Mollings.
The lineup reflects that shift, with a mix of major headliners like Playboi Carti, NBA YoungBoy and Don Toliver, and newer artists who have built audiences online.
“Rolling Loud is giving more shine to the newer stars that are super popping,” he says.
Among them are Nettspend, Xaviersobased, OsamaSon, PlaqueBoyMax, Skaiwater, Prettifun, Karrahbooo, UntilJapan, Chow Lee and Molly Santana.
Meanwhile, one of the most hotly anticipated features of the festival is the special guests, previously unannounced and brought on stage by headliners and major acts. In the past that’s included Kanye West, Drake, Nicki Minaj and Travis Scott.
Orlando Weekly asked some of Orlando’s hiphop music tastemakers to weigh in with their guesses for this year’s special guests. Here they are:
— City the Host:
Who: Kanye West, Travis Scott, Tyler, the Creator
Why: The scale of this festival is so huge that big moment artists are most likely. “They always bring somebody crazy out.”
— DJ Nasty:
Who: Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert
Why: “I could see Lil Uzi Vert popping out,”
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because Playboi Carti and Uzi have a long-standing relationship and a shared fanbase.
— Ayo the Producer:
Who: Lil Baby, Future, DJ Khaled
Why: “This is the music business. It’s all about relationships and being in the right place at the right time. When you’re around that kind of environment, anything can happen.”
Local artists and local stakes
For Orlando artists, the festival carries weight beyond the weekend, says Orlando’s Austin “Ayo the Producer” Owens, a Grammy-winning producer.
“Orlando’s always had this rich music history. To see it here, front and center on stage, is insane,” he says.
The lineup includes local names like Hotboii and Goldenboy Countup, though according to Owens, for artists in the city, proximity matters whether they are performing or not. Being able to see the scale up close, to connect with people passing through, or simply to be present in that environment has a practical effect.
“There’s something special about being able to feel, see, touch it,” Owens says.
Beyond the stadium
Rolling Loud extends into the city through RL Week events at downtown venues.
“They went downtown and got almost every club,” Cole says.
Participating venues include Wall Street Plaza, The Vanguard, Fixtion, Knight Library, McQueen’s Social Lounge, Eden Lounge, Sessions, The Robinson Room, Say Less, Mathers Social Gathering, Parlay Orlando and Euphoria Orlando.
The footprint is broad enough to reshape the city’s nightlife for the week, and venues have broadcast their Rolling Loud-related events via social media.
Further, local hotels are seeing a surge in bookings. Sunny Tsehaye of the Grand Bohemian Orlando says the hotel is sold out for the weekend, a spike comparable to what the property sees during Electric Daisy Carnival.
This year’s Rolling Loud tests a market that has proven it can handle major festivals, especially given EDC’s ever-growing success here over the past 15 years. EDC Orlando won a 2024 Golden Brick Award from the Downtown Orlando Partnership in the entertainment & special events category, recognizing the festival’s massive economic impact with over $110 million generated annually for the local economy.
Soon, the numbers will be in and we’ll know if Rolling Loud reaches similar heights.
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MOVEMENT MUSIC
Congressman Maxwell Frost uses ‘90 free minutes’ to revisit his love for salsa music
BY IDA V. ESKAMANI
“Ijust love salsa music so much. I always say it’s movement music. And I don’t mean movement as in dancing, that’s obvious, but in social movements. It’s about ‘out of many, one.’”
Orlando Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost is dealing with a dystopian hellscape in the U.S. Congress — endless wars, the Epstein files, defunding healthcare, ICE — and despite it all, he’s starting a salsa band back home.
La Orquesta Yeya is a 10-piece salsa band of high school friends: Frost, Niyah Lowell, Alex Bodytko, Shawn Villanueva, Ivan Garcia, Sam Silva, Danny Carrion, Linette Perez Heredia, Jose Rojas and Daniel Chico. Frost plays the timbales, joined by bandmates on cuatro guitar, violin, congas, trombone and flute.
“It’s nine working musicians and a congressman,” he jokes. “So thank you, Doodle free trial [time management software] for helping us find, like, the 90 minutes everyone can get together.”
But this isn’t Frost’s first salsa stint: “Well, it
really starts back when I was 14 years old, and I had a salsa band in high school.”
Frost and his friends got hooked on salsa via their high-school jazz class, and started a band, Seguro Que Si. Many of La Orquesta Yeya’s members were part of this band too. They played all over Central Florida, and even made history with a gig at President Barack Obama’s first inauguration. “We became the first salsa band ever to perform in an inaugural parade.” (Frost applied for the band to perform representing Florida, and won.)
La Orquesta Yeya is named after Frost’s late grandmother, Yeye.“All my friends from my original salsa band knew her,” shares Frost. “We’re practicing, it’s not sounding great at first and we’re figuring it out. Most people probably go to their room and shut the door, but my grandma would literally pull up her rocking chair and just sit there and watch us the whole time.”
In addition to inspirations from the past, Frost credits current salsa acts for providing
crucial pointers and sparks.“This band was really inspired by another band I saw live when I was in New York called Los Hacheros,” says Frost. “I was like, ‘This is what I want to do.’ They play very traditional Afro-Cuban salsa music. We’re going to play some newer stuff, but we’re really trying to take it back a bit.”
Throughout our conversation, Frost dives deep into salsa music history and styles. “Everything I know about Caribbean music really came from my dad, because he plays the steel pans,” says Frost. “I grew up seeing West Indian guys come to my house and play with my dad and learning about those flavors.”
During the week of Orlando Weekly’s interview with Frost, the Supreme Court eviscerated the 1965 Voting Rights Act, one of the most successful civil rights measures in history. And our own state of Florida steamrolled newly gerrymandered congressional maps, designed to tip the scales in favor of Republicans loyal to Donald Trump’s right-wing agenda.
The deeper you go into salsa music history, the more clear the origins of present-day tragedies become. But so does the incredible power of people and music.
“It’s about ‘out of many, one,’” Frost emphasizes. “When they come together, it creates this sound that first came from Africa, traveled from Africa via African Black slaves to Cuba, brought part of their cultural heritage there, mixed with a type of music called son. All these different
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flavors came together, went to New York, added horns, and now you have salsa music. And it’s just crazy.”
“It’s really movement music, so it’s sick. And a lot of salsa music tells the history of social movements, of Black people,” he adds. “So I’m just so into salsa, man, and it’s just fire. It’s fire music.”
Their debut show is this weekend, at a brunch in support of Frost’s reelection campaign. They’ll have just one practice under their belts, a few days prior. “It’s kind of like an experiment. We want to see how people like it, how we sound together.” Their goal is to eventually book gigs, specifically to support fundraising efforts for community organizations.
For bookings, you can directly message Frost. “Yeah, people should just DM me. Bro, I’m the band manager. Hit me up at @maxwellfrostfl if you want to book us.”
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LOCAL RELEASES
Being loud is one way to get noticed. But if that’s all there is, it becomes white noise, which ultimately lulls more than it impresses. Take this loud world we’re living in. Everything’s at maximum all the goddamn time, yet we live in a state of obliviousness that’s never been deeper. Orlando electronic artist Soul Cleanser, however, takes the reverse tack.“Some time ago, I went out to dinner with some friends and somebody said that they needed some water to cleanse their palate,”he says.“And in that moment, I thought to myself,‘Wow. Imagine that but for your soul.’ And that’s how Soul Cleanser was born.”
Although not even a year old, this prolific project has already been featured at Circuit Church and amassed a catalog of three fulllength albums, two EPs and more than a dozen singles. Counter to the sturm und drang of the world around us, Soul Cleanser’s sound is an immediate relief and refuge. Tranquil though it is, the music isn’t just background atmosphere. His latest album, The Source, is a nine-track sanctuary of distilled work that occupies a stylishly liminal space in electronic music. It’s too chill to be dance but too evocative to be ambient, all the while wielding the virtues of both.
the album occupies a tastefully insular zone that’s supremely comfortable in its restraint.
“I wanted to create music that allows you to have a moment and enter your inner world and be at peace within yourself,” says Soul Cleanser. “This world that we’re living in — with all this overstimulation and hyper productivity and civil unrest — has kept people away [from] looking inward and valuing the magic and the beauty in and around them that they’ve been forced to ignore in favor of the empty promises of our society.”
Against the numbing blizzard of modern life, the concentrated serenity of The Source is a jolt of pure, crystal clarity. It now streams exclusively on Bandcamp.
CONCERT PICKS THIS WEEK
Deadguy, Brujeria, Novely, Movingdiggingteeth, Concealer: This concert’s already jacked with value and punch. But with the return of Deadguy at the top of the bill, it’s a certified historical happening. After a brief but seminal career in the 1990s, the New Jersey band left a metalcore legacy that just kept growing with time. After recently reuniting, they signed with tastemaker heavy label Relapse Records in 2025 and released their first new studio album, Near-Death Travel Services, in 35 years. Now, they come to town for an overdue hero’s welcome. Flanking them will be a murderers’ row featuring the narco-metal of L.A. icons Brujeria, the bludgeoning hardcore of local brutes Movingdiggingteeth and screamo from Tampa’s Novely and Orlando’s Concealer. This one will be savage. (7 p.m. Saturday, May 9, Conduit, $20)
Counter to the sturm und drang of the world around us, Soul Cleanser’s sound is an immediate relief and refuge. His latest, The Source, is too chill to be dance but too evocative to be ambient, while wielding the virtues of both
The Source drifts fluidly between Berlin Schoolstyle electronica, synthwave and downtempo. It sometimes verges on microhouse (“World Collapsing”), though always leans more toward the lounge than the dance floor. Sometimes airy (“I Would Prefer Not To”), sometimes dramatic (“The Old Gods”), but always sleekly minimal,
White Reaper, Drug Church, Spy, Public Opinion: The crossover between punk and rock is a precarious one. But Kentucky breakouts White Reaper have made a career of threading the needle between the two by nailing both equally with precision and aptitude. The result is an unlikely but triumphant convergence of garage-punk guts and arena-rock glory. The stacked lineup also includes the anthemic post-hardcore of New York’s Drug Church, the excellently nasty hardcore of California brawlers Spy and the punk-hearted rock of Denver’s Public Opinion. (6 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, The Abbey, $25)
Beer, TVA, Über Crunch, Fogsmoke: Mox!e Booking’s latest showcase is both a deserved spotlight for South Carolina egg punks Beer and a fresh sampling of homegrown underground talent. Beer are young champs of punk’s oblique side whose squiggly songs are lo-fi, pogo-ready romps. The equally left-field native sounds will include the melodic garage punk of Gainesville’s TVA, the twee punk of Orlando’s Über Crunch and the kaleidoscopic punk pop of Orlando’s Fogsmoke. It’s gonna be a weirdo party. (9 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, The Falcon, $10-$15) music@orlandoweekly.com
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6
Trash 2 Trends
Local artists are transforming unconventional materials into upcycled couture. The designs will be presented at the Orlando Science Center for the 11th annual Trash 2 Trends fashion show. The event highlights handmade garments crafted from discarded and recycled materials in the Science Center’s Dino Digs wing. Alongside the eco-conscious runway, the show features dinner catered by 4 Rivers Smokehouse. Hosted by Keep Orlando Beautiful, the event proceeds from ticket sales will be used to support litter cleanups, education programs and recycling collection events across the city. Trash 2 Trends counters the ever-accelerating trend cycle, complete with overflowing landfills of discarded garments and sundry fast fashion. The event highlights Orlandobased designers with a passion for challenging the norms of capitalist consumption. 6 p.m., Orlando Science Center, 777 E. Princeton St., osc. org, $53. — Mia Schaeperkoetter
THURSDAY, MAY 7
Curren$y
Laid-back rapper Curren$y is on a victory lap as he brings “The Winners Circle Tour” to Orlando. The New Orleans native gained notoriety for being incredibly chill for a Crescent City resident and signing with legendary hip-hop labels No Limit and Cash Money before ultimately deciding to go independent. With this independence, the stoner rap master has established a cult-like following through a consistent release of quality albums over the last decade. Curren$y made waves last week on social media after reuniting with Wiz Khalifa and dropping Roofless Records for Drop Tops: Disc 2, perfectly suited for cruising around in a convertible. “The Winners Circle Tour” features live arrangements from The 747 Band, perfect for getting loose. 6 p.m., The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive, abbeyorlando.com, $41-$550. — MS
THURSDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 7-10
Welcome to Rockville
Hard-rock fest Welcome to Rockville will be back in Daytona this week with a lineup featuring more than 160 bands spread over four days. Rockville’s lineup is full-spectrum heaviness featuring Guns N’ Roses, My Chemical Romance, Foo Fighters, Turnstile, The Offspring, Parkway Drive, Bring Me the Horizon, Breaking Benjamin, Motionless in White, Lamb of God, A Day to Remember, Rise Against and Yellowcard. Not for the faint of eardrum. Daytona International Speedway, 1801 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach, welcometorockville.com, $175-$865. — Matthew Moyer
FRIDAY, MAY 8
Ari Lennox
Relax, there is still some vacancy in the Walt Disney Theater for surging R&B voice Ari Lennox bringing her Vacancy tour to town. With new album Vacancy, Lennox has crafted a suite of thoroughly modern R&B that pulls from neosoul adventurism, lush jazz textures and even a collaboration with Buju Banton, netting deeply satisfying results. This is one of only two Florida shows for this hotly tipped singer-songwriter, so if you like jazz on just the right side of seduction, get to the Phil. 8 p.m., Walt Disney Theater at the Dr. Phillips Center, 45 S. Magnolia Ave., drphillipscenter.org, $46-$453. — MM
SATURDAY, MAY 9
Audubon’s Annual Baby Owl Shower
For local conservationists and cute-animal enthusiasts, the Audubon Center’s annual Baby Owl Shower is a can’t-miss proposition. Donating an item (or two) from the Center’s wishlist for raptor care will net you admission to the soiree, all the
Friday: Ari Lennox at the Dr. Phillips Center
baby owls you can possibly coo (quietly) at and perhaps even consideration to be a godparent. (Joking!) 10 a.m., Audubon Center for Birds of Prey, 1101 Audubon Way, Maitland, cbop.audubon.org, free. — MM
SATURDAY, MAY 9
LuLu’s Birthday Celebration
The friendly Orlando feline and unofficial mayor of Thornton Park celebrates his birthday this week and the neighborhood constituency are dutifully rolling out the red carpet. Starting this weekend, the neighborhood becomes a world of LuLu with the returning LuLu Passport program, with which you can avail yourselves of LuLu bargains and keepsakes through May 23. On Saturday, the area goes LuLu-bonkers — as if catnip-crazed — with a daytime “White Cat Party” reception outdoors hosted by Red Scarlett Salon. There’s also a LuLu-themed wine walk on May 14, a “Black Cat Party” on May 16 after the sun sets at Hyer and Washington, and a feline-themed art show at the Falcon that same night. Better than a ballroom, for sure. 11 a.m., Thornton Park District, Summerlin Avenue and Washington Street, brozanskiforcats. org/lulusbirthday, free. — MM
SATURDAY, MAY 9
Whiskey Riot
Explore the intoxicating world of whiskey at Whiskey Riot, a touring tasting event coming to the Central Florida Fairgrounds Saturday. Featuring hundreds of whiskey samples from around the globe, this immersive experience invites everyone — from curious beginners to seasoned aficionados — to discover new favorites through side-by-side tastings, expert-led seminars, and conversations with distillers and brand founders. Cheers! 4 p.m., Central Florida Fairgrounds, 4603 W. Colonial Drive, whiskeyriot. com/orlando-fl, $75–$120. — Juanita Olarte
WEDNESDAY–TUESDAY, MAY 6-12,
Thornton Park celebrates LuLu all month long COURTESY
Matt Woods 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $13.95.
Nashville Night in Orlando: Monty Criswell, Rodney Clawson 7:30 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $92; 407-358-6603.
Welcome to Rockville Daytona International Speedway, 1801 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach, welcometorockville.com, $175-$865.
FRIDAY, MAY 8
Ari Lennox 8 pm; Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $47-$454; 844-513-2014.
Bleach, John Reuben, Keep Warm, Dirk 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $30-$80.
Blessd 8 pm; Hard Rock Cafe, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $70-$109.50.
Departure: Tribute to Journey 7:30 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $21-$63.
Bloodlines, With Blood Comes Cleansing, What We Seek 6:30 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $26.92.
Nashville Night in Orlando: Monty Criswell, Rodney Clawson 8 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $92; 407-358-6603.
Olivia Rodrigo: Nov. 19-20, Kia Center
Subhumans: June 28, Will’s Pub
Tori Amos: July 9, Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center
Megan Moroney: July 16, Kia Center
Cat Power: July 18, The Beacham
Six Feet Under: July 19, Conduit
Louis Tomlinson: July 23, Addition Financial Arena
Melanie Martinez: July 30, Kia Center
Prince Daddy & The Hyena, Remo Drive, Woolbright and Restraining Order 7 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $30.56.
Rolling Loud Orlando Camping World Stadium, 1 Citrus Bowl Place; SOLD OUT.
Welcome to Rockville Daytona International Speedway, 1801 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach, welcometorockville.com, $175-$865.
World Music Festival: Flamencodanza 7:30 pm; Timucua Arts Foundation, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave.; $10-$30; 407-279-0902.
Bonnie “Prince” Billy: Sept. 26, Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater, Dr. Phillips Center
Weezer: Oct. 11, Kia Center
407-673-2712.
House of Heavy 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $20.
Konpa En Symphony: Arly Lariviere 8 pm; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $282-$656; 407-351-5483.
Nashville Night in Orlando: Monty Criswell, Rodney Clawson 4 & 8 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $92; 407-358-6603.
Rolling Loud Orlando Camping World Stadium, 1 Citrus Bowl Place; SOLD OUT.
Sean Holcomb 8:30 pm; Tuffy’s Music Box & Lounge, 200 Myrtle Ave., Sanford; free.
Welcome to Rockville Daytona International Speedway, 1801 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach, welcometorockville.com, $175-$865.
World Music Festival: Yotam Ishay Quartet 7:30 pm; Timucua Arts Foundation, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave.; $10-$30; 407-279-0902.
White Reaper, Drug Church 6 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $33.53; 407-704-6261.
COMEDY
Danilo Gentili Friday 9 pm; Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $69.88$107.51; plazaliveorlando.org.
Duel of Fools Two teams of professional improvisers compete for your laughs with audience judges selected at the start of the show. Friday-Saturday 7 pm; Sak Comedy Lab, 55 W. Church St.; $20; 407648-0001; sakcomedylab.com.
Heroes Off Duty The Heroes Off Duty Comedy Tour showcases cops, firefighters, doctors, EMTs, nurses, pharmacists, and ex-military who share their wild and funny stories from the line of duty. Saturday 7:30 pm; Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $47; 615-439-1057; plazaliveorlando. org.
King of the Hill
In this knockdown, drag-out comedy battle, seven professional ensemble members compete in a series of improv scenes and games to win your laughter, your applause and the coveted spot atop the hill. FridaySaturday 9 pm; Sak Comedy Lab, 55 W. Church St.; $20; 407-648-0001; sakcomedylab.com.
Zach Rushing
Wednesday 7 pm; Funny Bone Comedy Club, 9101 International Drive; $42; 407-480-5233; orlando. funnybone.com.
THEATER
Birds of North America
John and his daughter Caitlyn share a passion for birding, observing life from their Maryland backyard as years pass. Relationships shift, children grow, and the world changes. Birds of North America explores their evolving father-daughter bond, revealing love, distance, and the struggle to understand each other over a decade. Various times FridaySunday; Theater on the Edge, 5542 Hansel Ave; $22-$34; 407-334-1843; theaterontheedge.org.
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Based on the award-winning children’s book, audiences can now hop on board for an unforgettable ride. 10:30 am & 1:30 pm Saturday; Margeson Theater, Lowndes Shakespeare Center, 812 E. Rollins St.; $20-$40; 407-447-1700; orlandoshakes.org.
Finding Nemo The Pixar story comes to life on stage in this splashy, song-filled adaptation of Finding Nemo. With stunning visuals and brand-new music by award-winning duo Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Frozen, Coco), this musical adventure dives deep into family, friendship, and finding the courage to swim beyond your comfort zone. Various times SaturdaySunday; Orlando Family Stage, 1001 E. Princeton St.; $20-$48; 407-8967365; orlandofamilystage.com.
Hedda Gabler Ibsen’s classic drama in a sleek, sophisticated new adaptation shows a woman’s boredom turned to destruction. Various times Friday-Sunday; Imagine Performing Arts Center, 1220 Oviedo Mall Blvd., Oviedo; $19-$51; 407-986-0494; imagineperformingartscenter.org.
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women
Trying to Keep Him Alive
Seven brilliant women. One catastrophically incompetent President. Absolute chaos. Various times Thursday-Monday; Theater West End, 115 W. First St., Sanford; $28–$52; 407-548-6285; theaterwestend.com.
EVENTS
Audubon’s Annual Baby Owl Shower
Each year the Center invites the public to celebrate spring and baby season with Audubon. Spring season is our busiest time for bird care, when we can treat up to 100 raptor babies needing help. Free admission with a donation from our wish list. Saturday 10 am; Audubon Center for Birds of Prey, 1101 Audubon Way, Maitland; free; 407-644-0190; cbop. audubon.org.
Spring Gala Day Join us for our quarterly Gala Day at Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp. The Information Booth is in front of the Andrew Jackson Davis Educational Building Bookstore, 1112 Stevens St. Saturday 10 am; Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp, Cassadaga Road and Stevens Street, Cassadaga; free; 386-2282880; cassadaga.org.
The Cookie Rumble This is not just a cookie pickup/meetup — this is a cookie experience! For $25 per person, choose eight cookies from our 12 flavor offerings that are all baked by us. We will handle the baking and you just need to bring your sweet tooth. Limited to 50 spots, but we are dreaming and hope to bring our guest count up to even more cookie lovers in the future. Friday 6:30 pm; Winter Park Community Center, 721 W. New England Ave.; $25; thenomhouse.com.
Lulu’s Birthday Celebration: White Cat Party
Centered at Red Scarlett Salon, with art displayed at Lambs Eat Ivy. A family-friendly outdoor event that includes local vendors, interactive activities with The Art Bus, and the debut of the Howard Middle School Student Art Show, showcasing Luluinspired artwork created by local students. The exhibition will move to and remain on display at Lambs Eat Ivy as part of the ongoing celebration. Saturday 11 am; Thornton Park, Summerlin Avenue and Washington Street; free; thorntonparkdistrict. com.
Lulu’s Birthday Celebration: Passport Days
Visit designated stops along Washington Street to enjoy Lulu-themed offerings and collect stamps, encouraging exploration of local businesses while engaging in the event experience. May 9-23; Thornton Park, Summerlin Avenue and Washington Street; free; thorntonparkdistrict.com.
Michelle Ruoff Author Signing
Join us at The New Romantics for an exclusive in-store author signing event with Michelle Ruoff! This is your chance to meet the author, ask questions, and get your new favorite book personally signed. You DO NOT need a ticket for this event! Just show up at our store during the signing time! Saturday noon; The New Romantics, 3018 Corrine Drive; free; thenewromanticsbooks.com.
Mother’s Day Drag Brunch at Savoy! Slay the day away with a fabulous unlimited brunch buffet, entertainment, drinks, and mimosas, at Drag Brunch at Savoy Orlando! Sunday 11 am; Savoy Orlando, 1913 N Orange Ave.; $29.23; savoyorlando. com.
The Naughty Nightcap Burlesque Show Featuring the sultry performers of Cosmic Chaos Burlesque. Friday 9:30 pm; The Falcon, 819 E. Washington St.; free; 407-986-0755.
ORLando Outpost Join us for ORLando Outpost, an immersive, family-friendly event for gamers and Star Wars fans of all kinds. Dress in cosplay, enjoy in-universe music, lightsaber duels, roaming droids, delicious food, and unique vendors. Everyone is welcome — organic beings and droids alike — to celebrate community, creativity, and adventure together with friends and family. Saturday 4 pm; Downtown Orlando Church Street, Church Street and Garland Avenue; free; 407-474-4047; sabaccforcharity. com/orlandooutpost.
Orlando Ballet Presents: Uncorked
Step into the captivating world of dance with an exclusive opportunity to witness the Orlando Ballet Company dancers and artistic leadership in action. Immerse yourself in the creative journey as they shape a mesmerizing ballet work before your eyes — revealing the artistry, passion and precision behind every movement. Friday 7 pm; Harriett’s Orlando Ballet Centre, 600 N. Lake Formosa Drive; $35-$75; 407-4261733; orlandoballet.org.
Qilanna Quinn Author Signing
Join us at The New Romantics for an exclusive in-store author signing event with Qilanna Quinn! This is your chance to meet the author, ask questions, and get your new favorite book personally signed. Don’t miss this special opportunity to connect with fellow readers and an incredible author! You DO NOT need a ticket for this event! Just show up at our store during the signing time! Saturday 2:30 pm; The New Romantics, 3018 Corrine Drive; free; thenewromanticsbooks.com.
Trash 2 Trends
Wednesday 6 pm, Orlando Science Center, 777 E. Princeton St., osc. org, $53.
Whiskey Riot
Saturday 4 pm; Central Florida Fairgrounds, 4603 W. Colonial Drive; $90-$120; 407-295-3247.
Meet Nalah, a big girl with a big heart!
Nalah (A587478) is 6 years old, and came in a few months ago with two of her sons as part of a neglect case. Her two sons have since been adopted, but Nalah is still here. She is a big girl, tipping the scales at 80 pounds. Nalah is strong and healthy, affectionate and sweet, but she can also be very protective. She gets along with other dogs, but will not hesitate to correct them if she feels threatened or if she thinks her person is in any danger. Because of that, we are hoping to place Nalah in a home with someone who has large breed experience, and who will be confident enough to give Nalah the training and love that she needs.
Orange County Animal Services is located at 2769 Conroy Road in Orlando, near the Mall at Millenia. The shelter is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. every day except Wednesday, when it’s open 2-6 p.m. For more information, please call 407-8363111 or visit ocnetpets.com.
RV Sales RV Repairs
WANTED - All motorhomes, fifth wheels and travel trailers any condition. Mobile repair service. Cash paid on the spot. RV transport service available! Call 954-595-0093!
Legal, Public Notices
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 May 19th, 2026 at 12:00 PM Laura Ugurlu-Home goods and boxes, April Milton-household goods, Paul Speed-Couch Sofa, Dresser, , Angela Grant household goods, Michael Allbee-Appliances, household goods, 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 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 indicated: #5188 6205 W. Colonial Dr. Orlando, FL 32808 (321) 235-6610 on May 22, 2026 at 12:00pm Jonathan Standaert- Clothes, boxes, toys Fabian Telfer - Electronics,boxes, shelves Vicent Whitmore- Clothes, boxes Charles Jennings -Clothes, toys, tools Samuel Jean Louis- clothes, appliances, furniture Vicki Evans-Clothes, appliances Christiane Cadet-Electronics, boxes, Desandra Wright-Toys, clothing, Tenieka Alexander-Furniture, tools, boxes. 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 indicated: 7244 Overland Rd Orlando, FL 32810 (407) 794-7457 on May 22nd, 2026 11:30am Yurika Wright-Household items; Nathan Forde- Household; Nathan Forde-Household goods; Carlos Powell-Furniture, TV’s, clothing, Kitchenware, Paperwork; Lloyd Evans-3 bed room house, garage and patio. 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 indicated: #3699 - 12280 East Colonial Drive Orlando, Fl 32826 (321) 286-7324 on May 22nd, 2026 12:00pm Joseph Cruz-Fridge, washer and/or dryer, microwave, furniture, electronics, dishes, bins, boxes. 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: May 19th, 2026 at 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage, Store #6309, 292 W Central Pkwy, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714 (407) 378-6671. Lurline Dearlove:furniture, TVs, totes, mattress. Nicolas Lerma:household items. Lindsey Stockstill:furniture, household items. Lindsey Stockstill:furniture, 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 belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 11971 Lake Underhill Rd Orlando, FL 32825 (407)516-7913 on May 22nd, 2026 at 11:00AM. Ciara Smith- clothes , shoes, furniture. Stephanie Hales- furniture, 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 belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: May 22nd, 2026 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:00 AM Extra Space Storage #4115: 1010 Lockwood Blvd, Oviedo, Fl 32765, 407-930-4370 Richard Davidson-Appliances, Household Furniture, Boxes. Louise Spencer- Clothing, Boxes, Mattress, Movies. 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 indicated: #1632 2631 E Semoran Blvd. Apopka, FL 32703 (407) 408-7437 on May 22nd, 2026 11:00AM Ann Venant-Household items,
Ashley Alston-Household items, Precious Dehaney-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 belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Store #8777, 342 Woodland Lake Dr Orlando, FL 32828 (321) 800-4793 on May 22nd, 2026 11:30AM: Trina Van Till Trott: household items ; Alex Blanc: Work supplies soft wash; Santos Conteh: Household items, furniture, and boxes. 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 indicated: May 22nd, 2026, at the times and locations listed below. Personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:30am EST Extra Space Storage #4111: 14916 Old Cheney Hwy Orlando, FL 32828 (407) 9179151. Beverly Rodriguez; Holiday Decor, Organizers, Household Items, William Hollandsworth; Gun Excluded from Auction, Collectables, Furniture, Boots. Dianne Harthman; Cases of Alcohol Excluded from Auction, Boxes, Household Items, 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.
Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals indicated: #3403 11583 University Blvd. Orlando, FL 32817 (407) 777-2278 on May 22nd, 2026 1:30pm- Jimmy Pelkey- household items, Angela Galarza -household items ,B. SanfordEnterprises Incorporated- household items, Victor Caseres- household items, Leon Johnsonhousehold 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 belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: May 22nd, 2026 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra
Space Storage #4112, 3364 W State Rd 426 Oviedo, FL 32765 (407) 930-4293 Eric Rice: Household Goods, Outdoor . Kayla Brooks: Household Goods -Kitchenware, Sports/Outdoor, Boxes, Tools. Carlos Lopez: Appliance, Wall Art, Sports/ Outdoor, Boxes, Office Equipment, Tools & Supplies. 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 indicated: #6486 3416 Aloma Ave. Winter Park, FL 32792 (321) 274-8075 on May 22nd, 2026 11:00AM Quiona Phillips - Household items, Crystal Iglesia-Household items, Roxann Berrios-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 belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: #5180 1561 Lee Rd Winter Park, FL 32789 (321) 207-6665 on May 22nd, 2026 12:00PM Ashley Oyler-Household items, Rodney Simmonds-Household items, Lilyana Perez Cruz-Household items, Jared Bridges-Medina-Household items, Neko Roman-Household items, Timothy Baker-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 belonging to those individuals listed below on May 22nd, 2026, @12:00pm at the location indicated: Store 8439: 1420 N Orange Blossom Trail Orlando FL, 32804, (407) 312-8736. Jerry Anderson-Tricycle. 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. Life Storage/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 May 8th, 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. Andrew Boubelik - Household Items. Geraldine WilliamsElectronics. Fernando Alonso - Household Items. Keyonte Rawlings Rawlings. Clothing. 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 listed below. 05/19/2026 at 12:00 PM Extra Space Storage, 1451 Rinehart Rd, Sanford, FL 32771 (407) 915-4908. The personal goods stored in there by the following. LaShalonda Robinson -Household, 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: May 21, 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: Jordan Esteras: pool table, boxes- Lourdes M Cabrera: Household items- Monzer Badawi: Aircraft Spare Parts, Paperwork, Books, Cloths, Washer, Dryer, Chairs. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:15AM Extra Space Storage, 1305 Crawford Ave. St. Cloud FL 34769, 407.504.0833: Courtney Skriver; Baby Crib and mattress- Brian Steinmetz; Household Items- Melissa Somers; Bags, totes, China cabinet and boxes The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:30AM Extra Space Storage, 2855 E Osceola Pkwy Kissimmee FL. 34743, 689.223.6810: Michael London – luggage, bins, golf clubs The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage, 14800 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando, FL 32832 407.987.4115: Paul Free- Household goods, YELITZA GIRALDO- Household goods, Christopher Colon-Boxes, Jarvis Jones-Household goods. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage, 12915 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando, FL 32832 407.501.5799: Michelle Surielluggage; Syreeta Albury- 3 beds, clothing, T.V.; Martha Marti Agosto- Beset, boxes, 2 TV’s, small dresser, kitchen appliances. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 1:15PM Extra Space Storage, 11261 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando FL 32832, 407.280.7355: Scott Quinn- Totes, Boxes, Art. Alfredo Paraguan-Boxes, tires, furniture. Kimberly Smith- Boxes, kid’s items. Kaia Hilson-totes, furniture. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:45 PM Extra Space Storage, 9847 Curry Ford Rd Orlando, FL 32825, 407.495.9612: Nicholas Hayes-Home extras, Christmas decoration, Halloween decoration, boxes, vacuum Bissell, wagon stroller.
The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:30 AM Extra Space Storage, 13597 S Orange Ave, Orlando, Florida 32824 407.910.2087: Maira Fragua – Bags, Cabinets, Toys,Games, Clothing, Mattress Bedding, Personal Effects, Furniture, Sports Outdoors, Boxes, Tools Supplies, House Hold Items. Isabel Cardona –Bags, Totes, Suitcases, Appliances, Old Stuff, Toys Baby Games, Clothing Shoes, Mattress Bedding, Personal Effects, Wall Art, Collectibles, Household Items, Furniture, Sports Outdoors, Boxes. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 01:30 PM Extra Space Storage, 13450 Landstar Blvd, Orlando, Florida 32824 407.917.8672: Kevin AnabelsonInventory; George Bryant- Household Goods/Furniture. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 01:00 PM Extra Space Storage, 7627 Narcoossee Rd, Orlando, Florida 32822 689.278.1735: Guillermo Febres Quintana: Decorations, Totes, luggage, Shelves. Rubi Marte: Decorations, Vacuums, bike, totes, sports, table and chairs. Brenda Alcantar: Boxes, shelves, TV box, skateboards, bed frame. 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 Torres: Kitchen Appliances, Clothing, Furniture; Maria Castillo: Holiday Decor, Toys, Boxes The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:45 AM Extra Space Storage, 6174 S Goldenrod Rd, Orlando, Florida 32822 407.955.4137: Cheryl Jennings – Furniture; Maelenis Liz – furniture,boxes,TV; Francisco Diaz – furniture; Ericka Davis – Furniture; Charles Coleman – boxes; The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:45 PM Extra Space Storage, 4650 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando, Florida 32822 407.901.3864: Jose Nodal-Furniture, boxes, wall art. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 02:00 PM Extra Space Storage, 2334 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando, Florida 32822 407.930.4541: Josue Capellan: Home furnishings and clothing ; Alberto Vazquez: Household items ; Zuri Dishmey: Boxes, furniture ; Ruby Furguson: 2 cherry blossom , boxes, 2 tv’s ; Saul Guzman: Mattress, Furniture, household goods. ; Brian Rivera: Car parts, boxes, bags. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:45 AM Extra Space Storage, 4020 Curry Ford Rd, Orlando, Florida 32806 407.901.0194: Jennifer Isabell- Household goods. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:15 PM Extra Space Storage, 408 N Primrose Dr, Orlando, Florida 32803 321.285.5021: Monzer Badawi- Office equipment, furniture; Badawi Aviation LLC- Office equipment, furniture; Gerard Dooley II- A queen-sized mattress and the bed frame pieces, boxes of clothing, a VIZIO sound bar, posters, 2 tv. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:45AM Extra Space Storage, 2660 Canoe Creek Rd, St. Cloud FL 34772, 407.593.3960: Rosana Perez – appliances, books, tools and supplies, furniture, wall art, embroidery machine. 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.
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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: May 22nd, 2026, at the times and locations listed below: The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12pm Extra Space Storage, location #1657, 11071 University Blvd., Orlando FL 32817 3213204055; Ron Weston: Totes, boxes, household furniture; D. Mikala Armioia: totes, shelves, clothes, 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 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: May 22nd, 2026, at the times and locations listed below: The personal goods stored therein by the following: 2:30pm Extra Space Storage #7886, 15551 Golden Isle Blvd, Orlando FL 32828 4077101020: Peyton Thomas-Harrison: wall art, lamps, household furniture, boxes; Carissa Lucky: mattress, tire, boxes; Switch Homes LLC/ Jonathan White: new merchandise, heavy equipment, boxes, tools & supplies. 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: May 22nd, 2026, at the times and locations listed below: The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:30PM Extra space storage #7588, 12709 E. Colonial Drive, Orlando, Fl 32826 4076343990: Norman Twyman- bags,microwave. 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, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Extra Space Storage, #3700, 5645 W State Road 46, Sanford, FL 32771 (321)286-7326. On May 19th, 2026 at 12:00 PM Adrian Collazos-household furniture
Matthew Savatski-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 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.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY IN THE INTEREST OF: P.G. DOB: 10/18/2024 MINOR CHILD / CASE NO. DP24-384 DIVISION: 3 NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO: Jazzmine Barksdale, Mother of the Minor Child 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 following child for adoption: P.G. born on 10/18/2024. You are hereby commanded to appear on June 4, 2026, at 10:00 AM before the Honorable Alicia L. Latimore, Judge of the Circuit Court, in Courtroom 5 at the Orange Courthouse, Thomas S. Kirk 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 Court Administration, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, telephone (407) 836-2303, not later than (7) days prior to the proceeding. If you are hearing or voice impaired, call 1-800-9558771. WITNESS, my hand as Clerk of said Court and the Seal thereof, this 29th day of April, 2026. This summons has been issued at the request of: Matthew Corbett, Esquire Florida Bar Number: 1025031 CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT Department of Children and Families Children’s Legal Services 400 W. Robinson Street, S912 Orlando, FL 32801 By: /s/ Matthew. Corbett@myflfamilies.com Deputy Clerk (Court Seal)
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 7 CASE NO.: DP25-203 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD: E.G. DOB: 7/14/2025. NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO: Emmala Glaude, Mother of the Minor Child (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 following child for adoption: E.G. born on July 14th 2025. You are hereby commanded to appear on June 1st, 2026, at 9:30 A.M. before the Honorable Heather Pinder Rodriguez, Judge of the Circuit Court, in Court Room 6 of the Thomas S. Kirk Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 E. 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(REN).
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. WITNESS my hand as Clerk of said Court and the Seal thereof, this 13th day of April, 2026. This summons has been issued at the request of George Lytle, Esquire Florida Bar Number: 985465, Children’s Legal Services, State of Florida Department of Children and Families 400 W. Robinson Street, S912 Orlando, FL 32801 george.lytle@myflfamilies.com CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, By: /s/ Clerk (seal)
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO: 2025-CC-25107 Mauricio Meneses, Plaintiff, vs. J&J Speed Cars LLC and Anthony Rodriguez, Defendant, Defendant. NOTICE OF ACTION TO: J&J Speed Cars LLC and Anthony Rodriguez 1455 W Landstreet Rd, Orlando, FL 32824 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Declaratory Judgment regarding ownership and title of a motor vehicle has been filed against you in Orange County, Florida. You are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, on Mauricio Meneses, 4705 Hemingway House St., Kissimmee, FL 35746, on or before June 4, 2026, and file the original with the Clerk of Court. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you. DATED: 05/06/2026 Clerk of Court
Life Storage/Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: #3404 2650 N Powers Dr. Orlando, FL 32818 (407) 982-1032 on May 22nd, 2026 at 1:00PM Alldiegomendo Michel- Household goods, Diana Cox- 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. Life Storage/ Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.
LOST OR ABANDONED PROPERTY FOUND OR RECOVERED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA. PROPERTY NOT CLAIMED WILL EITHER BE SURRENDERED TO THE FINDERS OR RETAINED FOR USE BY THE DEPARTMENT. PICTURE IDENTIFICATION IS REQUIRED.
April 2026
DESCRIPTION - FOUND PROPERTY:
1. Jewelry 1200 Blk of W South St
2. Cellphone 1200 Blk of W South St
3. Cellphone 500 Blk of Hibiscus way
4. Cellphone 100 Blk of W Grant St
5. Backpack 2000 Blk of Bruton Blvd
6. Cellphone 1500 Blk of Meeting Pl
7. GOLD CHAIN 1 Blk of S Orange Ave
8. Backpack 400 Blk of S Magnolia Ave
9. Cellphone S Ivey Lane/ Piedmont St
10. Bag 4000 Blk of Millenia Ave
11. Electronics 2400 Blk of S Timothy Lane
12. Backpack with clothing 4200 Blk of
20. Currency 4000 Blk of S Millenia blvd FOR INFO CALL (407) 246-2445, MONDAY – THRU THURSDAY, 9:00 AM TILL 4:00PM
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 May 15th, 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. A216 Tracey Copeland I119 Jose Diaz RV037 Ylana Martinez. Run dates 04/29/2026 and 05/06/2026.
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 May 22nd, 2026, at the location indicated: Store 1333: 13125 S. John Young Pkwy, Orlando FL. 32837, 407.516.7005 @ 10:00 AM: Jessica LaGuardia-home items,Jose De Araujo-machinery and equipment,Jesus Santiago-home items. Store 7143: 6035 Sand Lake Vista Dr, Orlando, FL 32819 @ 10:15 AM: Celena Carroll - boxes. Store 1335: 1101 Marshall Farms Rd Ocoee Fl 34761 (407) 516-7221) @ 10:30 AM: Dandry Rodriguez- Clothes TV, household goods,tools: JASON TODD GRACE- old furniture, boxes : Daniel Feliciano- Household good: Donel Richemond- Household items, Washer, Dryer Store 1334: 5603 Metrowest Blvd Orlando Fl 32811. (407) 516-7751) @ 10:45 AM : Kayla Heard - tv dresser couch 5 boxes // Thomas Ferncez - Home Furniture Store 3024: 11955 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando Fl 32837. 407.826.0024734.1315 @ 11:00 AM :AM: Robby Garrido- totes, toolbox, electrical stuff, work bench. Alicia Vazquez- boxes, bed frame, wall art, electronics, furniture, couch frame, bags. Store 8931: 3280 Vineland Rd, Kissimmee FL 34746, 407.720.7424 @ 11:30 AM: ANGEL ViLLEGAS Barber chair,barber station,mirrors,commercial fridge, Robert Milam household extras, boxes, clothing, music equipment, Bransen Dye Household items and small appliances. Shantaya Horton bins, JP Bobeall boxes , totes, small furniture, golf clubs, Store 3502: 1236 S Vineland Rd, Winter Garden Fl 34787, 407.794.6460 @11:45 AM : Maria Garcia- Household furniture; James Pinsonneault- Amostly boxes, just moved to the area Store 8136: 3501 S. Orange Blossom Trail Orlando FL 32839, 407.488.9093 12:15 PM:Wilmarys Martinez-Totes,Home Goods,Shoes,Clothes:John Keedy-Tools,Totes,TreadMill,Tool Box,Boxes:Demetrius Taylor-Clothes,Boxes,Chairs,Pictures:Leroy Miller-Clothes,Shoes,Totes:Rita Wooden-Chairs,Drawers,End Tables,Chairs,DRESSORS:Gary Smith –House-Hold Appliances,boxes,clothes,shoes,applliances,Computer Desk:Gloria Gonzales-Clothes,Shoes,Personal Items,Blankets:Mary Sneed-Clothes,Racks,Shelving,Floral Arrangesments,Pictures,Books,Clothes,Shoes:Christian Tayun-Household
Appliances,Totes,Boxes,Personal Items
Store 7420: 800 Beard Rd, Winter Garden, FL 34787 @ 12:30 PM : kathleen burdek: household items- Dwayne King:Boxes, sofa bed- Simmone Thomas: FurnitureStacy Jones: Furniture. Store 7557: 11920 W Colonial Dr Ste 10, Ocoee, FL 34761, 407-794-6970 @ 12:45 PM : James Davis – kitchenware, clothing, speakers. Terry Allen Beden- Household, seasonal,boxes. Store 8778: 3820 S Orange Ave Orlando FL 32806, 321.270.3440 @ 1:00 PM Hattie Crayton Furniture, storage cases, suit cases / Josh Graham headboard, skateboard, clothes boxes. Store 4107: 9080 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee Fl 34747, 407.238.1799 @ 1:15PM PM: Rahman Courtney-Furniture, boxes, tool box, battery, totes, rug, mirror Store 7865: 25 E Lester Rd, Apopka, FL 32712, 407-551-5590 @1:30 PM: Antoinette Queen-shoes, clothes, dresser, TV and misc items.-Samuel Scarlett-boxes, bed, clothes, TV.-Josh Rotta-household items. Tools. Store 4217: 5698 S Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, Fl 32839, 407-930-4463 @1:45 PM : kathleen brown – appliances and personnal effects, Desiray Henery – toys books and boxes, Bryshan Bell –cabinets and personnal effects, Andrea Mills – lamps and personnal items João Guilherme Santos Nobrega Dias – tools, mattress, Tiffany Wilson appliancesand electronics, Shamiya Mims- household items and boxes, Marcanos group llc –heavy equipment, tiana rick- personnal effects Store 1317: 5592 L B McLeod Rd Orlando FL 32811. (407) 720-2832) @ 2:00 PM: Sonya Rackard – Household items, LaMel Hamburg – Household items, Victor Reillo – Household items, Joseph Pabon – Holiday decorations, Alexandra Passapera – Household items, baolei meng - Boxes Store 6454: 2312 S. Division Ave. Orlando, FL 32805, 689-303-3205 @ 2:15 PM: Maria Trinidad; Household goods. Adriana Mendez; Furniture ,clothes, dishes ,toys, houseware. Lucson Saintfort; Boxes and a tv. Ben Fitzgerald; household items, shoes ,tv. Jared Sumpter; Appliances, boxes, furniture, clothing. Store 7590: 7360 Sand Lake Rd, Orlando, FL 32819 407.634.4449@ 2:30 PM Adam Gomez- clothes, books, personal items; Maria Varreto- dressers, bed, couch. 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 May 15th, 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. Unit # 1100 Daniel Bohorquez, Unit # 1106 Habil Ertan, Unit # 1122 Julio Quinones, Unit # 1301 Herbert Cummings, Unit # 2461 Harold Mendez. Run dates 04/29/2026 and 05/06/2026.
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 May 15th, 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. #2200 Dean Trabanello #2507 Efrain Rodriguez #2002 Danette Ford #2140 Cynthia Diaz #1335 Therese Tucker #1348 Steven Bare #1414 Jeffrey Reese. Run Dates 4/29/2026 and 5/6/2026.
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 May 15th, 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. D’andre Deberry – Unit 210 Enrique Torres – Unit 305 Marvin Parker – Unit 2115 Samuel Ortiz –Unit 2176 Travis Dyson – Unit 3004 Colleen Carr– Unit 3093. Run dates 04/29/2026 and 05/06/2026
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: May 13th, 2026, 9:30am Mindful Storage facility: 900 Cypress Pkwy. Kissimmee, FL 34759 (321) 732-6032 The personal goods stored therein by the following: #1012-Boxes, #1026-Furniture, #1036- Furniture, #1051-Households, #1062-Boxes, #1131-Boxes, #1165-Households, #1176Furniture, #1178-Boxes, #1179-Bins, #1189-Furniture, #2003-Boxes, #2135Households, #2151-Boxes, 2229-Households, #C120-Furniture, #C148-Furniture, #D223-Furniture, #D255-Boxes, #F209-Furniture, #F216-Households, F225-Boxes, #G222-Furniture, G228-Boxes, #K223-Furniture. 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 05/19/2026 @ 12:00 pm Dusty
Boots LLC: Household goods,tools,ladder. 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, 5/19/2026, @ 12:00 pm: Barbara England-Household goods, bike, and electronics. 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 OF 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: Extra Space Storage store #3503 1170 W State Rd 434 Longwood, FL, 32750 - (407) 602-3999 May 19th, 2026 @ 12:00pm. Nancy Cossom- household and 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 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 To satisfy the owner’s storage lien, PS Retail Sales, LLC will sell at public lien sale on May 22nd, 2026, the personal property in the below-listed units, which may include but are not limited to: household and personal items, office and other equipment. The public sale of these items will begin at 9:30 AM and continue until all units are sold. The lien sale is to be held at the online auction website, www. storagetreasures.com, where indicated. For online lien sales, bids will be accepted until 2 hours after the time of the sale specified: PUBLIC STORAGE # 07029, 3150 N Hiawassee Rd, Hiawassee, FL 32818, (407) 392-0863 Time: 09:30 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 1103 - Reid, Andrea; 1114 - Louis, Marcus; 1116 - Edwards, Shelsey; 1405 - Jefferson, Wilbert; 1512 - Boulin, Jordan; 1701 - Morales, Luis Rivera; 1810 - Jones, Tanesha S; 1812 - Bivins, Nataly; 1819 - johnson, sierra; 1821 - Samuels, Dayzja; 1831 - Lewis, Andrea; 1833 - Williams, Jakara; 1909A - Prentice, Latrice; 1914 - Tertus, Cathreene; 2100 - Jamerson, Kolagro; 2200 - Duveillaume, Gaitude; 2201 - jordan, sharon; 2207 - Mars, Marie Carline; 2211 - Gipson, Cynaia; 2218 - Jean Louis, Hachely; 2231 - Stephens, Briana; 2402 - COLE, LILLIAN; 2416 - Mars, Marie Carline; 2418 - Vernel, Charles; 2515
Antwione; 1723 - Guzman, Mary; 1731 - Lloyd, Tyrone; 1739 - Pierre, Carline; 1755 - McCall, Skylar; 1773 – Dumerise, Ismaye Tilo PUBLIC STORAGE # 25895, 2800 W State Road 434 , Longwood , FL 32779, (407) 392-0854 Time: 11:40 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures. com. 0003 - JORDAN, MARC; 0208 - Victor Pena Law, PLLC Pena, Victor; 0359Leblanc, Gidget; 0364 - Sudler, Leonard; 0376 - Sims, Danielle; 0475 - Richardson, Elizabeth; 0483 - CJ Solutions LLC Mora, Carmen; 0642 - Hughes, Kenneth; 0649Gast, Rebekah; 0775 - Lide, Antonnette; 0817 - Bradley, Bernadette; 0828 - Gelsey, Kierra; 0881 - Rodriguez, Carmen; 0900michel, Ryan PUBLIC STORAGE # 28091, 2431 S Orange Blossom Trail, Apopka, FL 32703, (407) 279-3958 Time: 11:50 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 1018 - Reyes Cedano, Humberly; 1019hazzard, Sheyene; 1063 - Martin, Ambra; 1067 - Bailey, Chantea; 1068 - Abraham, Kimberly; 1097 - Mendez, Jonathan; 1115LAMOUR, Sabner; 1139 - Vasquez, Aaron; 1147 - White, Latosha; 1152 - Jones, Emmais; 1171 - Curtis, Ashely; 1201 - Johnson, Sharna; 1212 - Mccall, Sinead; 1226Vasquez, Aaron; 1258 - Rudolph, Kiye; 1259 - Hermanns, Veronique; 1261 - Rousseau, Alexandra Cooper; 1262 - Roberts, Susan; 1296 - Jimenez, Belisaria; 1297 - Jones, Willie; 1304 - Dunphy, Krystaline; 1307Hyatt, Brandon; 1314 - alas, Carlos; 1328 - LAMOUR, PIERRE S; 1371 - GIBBS, LC; 1373 - Sagers, Adam; 1388 - Noel, Robenson; CC1025 - Melendez, Isaiah; CC2039 - Sloan, Kevin; CC2052 - Bernhagen, Marlisa; CC2058 - guilford, Rashaad; P118 - Pagan, Jeremiah; T001 - Rivera, Jessica Guerrero; T005 - white, abrial; T009Boyd, Jerome; U017 - Johantgen, Laura ; U032 - Vasquez, Gabriel; U046 - Gaines, Vanique; V013 - Dunphy, Krystaline. Public sale terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. All sales are subject to cancellation. We reserve the right to refuse any bid. Payment must be in cash or credit card-no checks.
Buyers must secure the units with their own personal locks. To claim tax-exempt status, original RESALE certificates for each space purchased is required. By PS Retail Sales, LLC, 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201. (818) 244-8080.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE To satisfy the owner’s storage lien, PS Retail Sales, LLC will sell at public lien sale on May 21st, 2026, the personal property in the below-listed units, which may include but are not limited to: household and personal items, office and other equipment. The public sale of these items will begin at 9:30 AM and continue until all units are sold. The lien sale is to be held at the online auction website, www.storagetreasures.com, where indicated. For online lien sales, bids will be accepted until 2 hours after the time of the sale specified. PUBLIC STORAGE # 07031, 1355 State Road 436, Casselberry, FL 32707, (407) 574-4516 Time: 09:30 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 1303 - Carravallah, Kristin; 1527 - Murphy, Shane; 2204 - Colon, Ana; 2303 - McKinnon, Jeremy; 2418 - Hernandez, Saurieliz; 2430 - Nation, Jacob; 2534 - Adolphe, oline; 2704 - Boney, Richard; 3123 - Bland, Terrance; 3622Giffin, Lydia; 3711 - Williams, Christopher PUBLIC STORAGE # 08711, 3145 N Alafaya Trail, Orlando, FL 32826, (407) 613-2984 Time: 09:40 AM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com. 1016 - Smith, Daysesa; 1131 - Feliz, Johanny; 1141 - Gentry, Asa; 1188 - Perez, Hector; 2014 - Lantigua, Delanie; 2034 - Rios, Denise; 2040 - shahid, Julietta; 2042 - Anderson, Sean; 2213Figueroa, Nicholas; 2253 - Vassilyev, kirill; 2260 - Hlywiak, Alicea; 2270 - Adams, Jonathan; 2332 - Lopez, Veronica Pena; 2342 - frazier, Lerriq; 2365 - brevil, Kelly; 3004 - Potter, Jahcori; 4120 - Perez, Hector; 4156 - Hall, Shanndora; 4190 - Perez, Michael; 4200 - Rivera, Roberto; 4201 - Jr, Quinten Farrell; 5030 - David, Crystal; 5049 - Lopez, Inangie; 5144 - Ruiz, Anthony; 5145 - Morris, Miah PUBLIC STORAGE # 08720, 1400 Alafaya Trail, Oviedo, FL 32765, (407) 487-4695 Time: 09:50 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 0117 - rivera, ulissye; 0119 - reid, Shaqwayla; 0167 - Tiger, Dakota; 0217 - Mitchell, Haley; 0244 - Mccoy, Collins; 0259 - Williams, Tarice; 0287 - Alston, Sabrina; 0357Alexander, Loretta; 7024 - Terry, Darryll; 7028 - Richburg, Xavier; 7062 - Martinez, Amanda; 8046 - gonzalez, carlos PUBLIC STORAGE # 08726, 4801 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando, FL 32822, (407) 392-4546 Time: 10:00 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 0127 - Rodriguez, Ydalia; 0148 - Museau, Kamera; 0150 - Larribeau, Annelle; 0168 - Andrea, Alzate; 0195Cancel, Tinamarie; 0196 - Brant, Lisa; 0204 - Jimenez, Irene; 0230 - CLEMENTS, IISHA N; 0240 - White, Mabel; 0251 - Gonzalez, Nashali; 0254 - Francois, Nicole; 0261Carrion, Priscilla; 0293 - Conners, Jamie; 1014 - Acosta, Antonio; 1016 - crespo, Brandon; 2015 - AMODEO, ANTHONY; 3014 - museau, Jonathan; 3036 - Bailey, Danielle; 3057 - moore, Luviaya; 3064 - Collier, Latasha; 3072 - Chaves, Juan Carlos; 4017 - williams, Darry; 5022 - sanchez, Yamile ortega; 6019 - Bianco, Kim; 6021 - Areizaga, Anthony; 6029 - blackstock, Keith; 7031 - Ocasio, Nelson; 7035 - Granados, Ruben; 7045 - GONZALEZ, JUANA; 7049 - Singleton, Makayla; 7071 - Cepeda, Christian; 7119 - Johnson, Clarence; 8025 - Marshall, Carthavius Q; 8122Prendergast, Danielle; 8162 - Nathan, Saadia; 8164 - vermenton, Yesslin; 8181 - Marchan, Oswaldo; 8183 - Pumariega, Jovani PUBLIC STORAGE # 08729, 5215 Red Bug Lake Road, Winter Springs, FL 32708, (407) 495-2108 Time: 10:10 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com.
white, Johnathan; B219 - bayper remodely llc Bayona, Carlos; C113 - Medina, Suheily; C172 - Thomas, Chauncey; C183 - Bulls, Keyshaun; C199 - Suisala, Lesina; C199A - Bojorquez, Quinn Celebrado; C209 - Chavez, Jessica; C223 - Aponte, Jessica. Public sale terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. All sales are subject to cancellation. We reserve the right to refuse any bid. Payment must be in cash or credit card-no checks. Buyers must secure the units with their own personal locks. To claim tax-exempt status, original RESALE certificates for each space purchased is required. By PS Retail Sales, LLC, 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201. (818) 244-8080.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE To satisfy the owner’s storage lien, PS Retail Sales, LLC will sell at public lien sale on May 22nd, 2026, the personal property in the below-listed units, which may include but are not limited to: household and personal items, office and other equipment. The public sale of these items will begin at 09:30 AM and continue until all units are sold. The lien sale is to be held at the online auction website, www. storagetreasures.com, where indicated. For online lien sales, bids will be accepted until 2 hours after the time of the sale specified. PUBLIC STORAGE # 25893, 3725 W Lake Mary Blvd, Lake Mary, FL 32746, (407) 495-1274 Time: 09:30 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 1043 - Erdman, Arielle; 1169 – Frownfelter, Daniel; 2107 - Williams, Barri; 2127 - Osbourne, Oshane; 2132 - Mitchell, Robert; 2145 - Levigne, Austin; 3008 - Harwell, Gregory; 3011 - Signature Kitchen Quint, Jason; 3047 - Michel, Ashley; 3058Rogers, Charles; 3074 - Stokes, Lawrence; 5054 - Nash, Elisha; 7006 - martin, Ashley; 7148 - Erica, Irvin,; 9015 - Rogers, Christian; 9022 - HNTB Corporation Poole, Lisa PUBLIC STORAGE # 77897, 2461 Cherry Laurel Dr, Sanford, FL 32771, (689) 666-2808 Time: 09:40 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 1008Reinhardt, Ronald; 1034 - Brooks, Latasha; 1065 - Lopez, Hector; 1071 - Rivera, Grisel; 1105 - COOKS, CHAKARRA; 1116Mordecai, Matthew; 1129 - lloyd, Charles; 1151 - Lewis, Marilyn; 1176 - PREVAIL/ The Accounting Office Thomson, Phil; 2097 - johnson, Keyona; 2148 - Sherman, Paulette; 2162 - Getz, Ariana; 2202 - Merino, Natasha; 2234 - Fontanez, Nathan; 2284 - Tayyib, Mohammed; 3048 - Morgan, DaShonda; 3081 - Cruz, Emmanuel Fernandez; 3152 - Green, Cheyenne; 3155mitchell, James; 3174 - Lawrence, Zykirea; 3175 - Jones, Kimberly; 3206 - Jackson, Traymontia PUBLIC STORAGE # 22127, 4051 W 1st St FL 46, Sanford, FL 32771, (407) 915-6887 Time: 09:50 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 1005 - knight, Patrice; 1020 - Holt, Timolyn; 1023 - Brown, Leeric; 1031 - Eason, Lomicia; 1044 - Robinson, Larry; 1108 - Washington, Michael; 1200 - shepard, Eddie; 1311 - Ramsey, Kara; 2017 - Floro, Charles; 2025 - walker, Kiara; 2032 - Casiano, Zuleyka; 2033 - Valentine, Tamara; 2034 - Beseni, Elizabeth; 2040 - Israel, James; 2044 - Worrell, Jayneshia; 2047 - Williams, Chantel; 2050 - Perez, Gabrielle; 2056Peterson, Robert; 2065 - Jackson-Hines, Taiwan; 2081 - Rose, Marisa; 2087 - Baker, Keianna; 2090 - reyes, marcus; 2102Lewis, Anthony; 2114 - Ramsey, Kara; 2162 – Besereni, Elizabeth; 3049 - Williams, Kyle; 3073 - Smith, Iris; 3074 - Sullivan, John; 3075 - Winkle, John; 3092 - Morales, Lydiaris; 3100 - Keefe, Jerritt; 3104TURNER, JOY; 3118 - Simmons, Candice;
- chiesa, Joseph; 2510 - Harper, Amy; 2704 - Rodriguez, David; 2718 - Davis, Sonia; 3114 - Stack, Karola; 3203 - Harris, Chara; 3207 - Marlette, Marleen; 3404 - Newkerk, Gilbert; 3424 - Jackson, Shanika; 3518Patrick, Christy C; 3629 - Clarke, Geramy ; 3802 - Dawkins, Kenneyon. Public sale terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. All sales are subject to cancellation. We reserve the right to refuse any bid. Payment must be in cash or credit card-no checks. Buyers must secure the units with their own personal locks. To claim tax-exempt status, original RESALE certificates for each space purchased is required. By PS Retail Sales, LLC, 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201. (818) 244-8080.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE To satisfy the owner’s storage lien, PS Retail Sales, LLC will sell at public lien sale on May 21st, 2026, the personal property in the below-listed units, which may include but are not limited to: household and personal items, office and other equipment. The public sale of these items will begin at 9:30 AM and continue until all units are sold. The lien sale is to be held at the online auction website, www. storagetreasures.com, where indicated. For online lien sales, bids will be accepted until 2 hours after the time of the sale specified. PUBLIC STORAGE # 08714, 8149 Aircenter Court, Orlando, FL 32809, (407) 792-4965 Time: 09:30 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 1020 - Antonio Rodriguez, Miguel; 1117 - All About Auctions Steinfeld, Scott; 1118 - vega, Ann; 1125 - Rivera, Thelma; 1130 - Perez, Melissa; 1138 - Steinfeld, Scott; 1189 - Wolfe, Cynthia; 2005 - Barton, Billy; 2019 - Gonzalez, Esmeralda; 2034 - Martinez, Edgar; 2055 - Concepcion, Angelo; 2116 - Lopez, Ivelisse; 2131 - BEJERANO, ERNESTO; 2145 - daniel, Theresa; 2154 - Sims, Amy; 2158 - Jones, Christopher; 2163 - Mejia, Rodrigo; 2186 - Santiago, Naischelle; 2193 - Diaz, Adam; 2206Brown, Amir ; 2219 - Baquero, Andrews; 2223 - Carter, Rachel; 2238 - Sanchez, Carla; 2272 - Valentin, Luis; 3025 - Njitoh, Prosper; 4003 - Colon, Katheleen; 4034 - Samuel, Lorenzo; 4054 - Orozco, Aexander; 4056 - Servillon, Kelby; 6006 - Auguste, Angelot; 6014 - Buckley, Twanya; 6019 - Baptista, Rafael; 6029 - Martelly, Andre; 6136 - Cook, Jennifer PUBLIC STORAGE # 08717, 1800 Ten Point Lane, Orlando, FL 32837, (407) 545-4431 Time: 09:40 AM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com. 0167 - gallegos, david; 0181 - Redd, Lamar; 0280 - Brown, Zipporah; 0289 - Rodriguez, Victor; 0294 - phillips, Kiya; 1013 - martinez, nancy; 1015 - Guevara, Gustavo; 1027 - Mazzo, Scott; 2005 - Tavares, Francisco; 2040black tie valet Mcarthur, James; 5004 - COURY, MARCELLO VINICIUS PIMENTEL; 6001 - Anthony, Jo; 7007Lewis, Shane; 7017 - Rodriguez, Jose; 7028 - Smith, Andrew Patrick; 7034 - Fuentes, Francisco; 7051 - Jr, Raul Del Toro; 7058 - Olmeda, Juan; 7113 - Cherubin, Wendell; 7124 - Diaz, Jonathan; 7145 - wpmillerspecialevents Miller, William; 7166 - gomez, Fernanda; 8008 - COURY, MARCELLO VINICIUS PIMENTEL; 8028Gomez, Edgar; 8029 - COURY, MARCELLO VINICIUS PIMENTEL PUBLIC STORAGE # 20477, 5900 Lakehurst Drive, Orlando, FL 32819, (407) 409-7284 Time: 09:50 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. C139 - Sharma, Deepak; C143 - QUEZADA, ALEXIS; C159 - Preston, Latrice; C167 - Jackson, Marvin; C170 - Nolasco, Juan Carlos; C181 - Torres, Lorenzo; D139 - Bar-
must secure the units with their own personal locks. To claim tax-exempt status, original RESALE certificates for each space purchased is required. By PS Retail Sales, LLC, 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201. (818) 244-8080.
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 May 15th, 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 173 – Hector Batista Rodriguez 323 – Donna Gump. Run dates 4/29/2026 and 5/6/2026.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage
Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC # 694- 3651 Alafaya Trl Oviedo, FL 32765 satisfy a lien on Thursday, May 28, 2026, at approx. 3:00 PM at www.storagetreasures.com: Charlet Moorhead.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner #5571- 14545 E Colonial Dr., Orlando, FL 32826, to satisfy a lien on Thursday, May 28, 2026, at approx. 1:00 PM at www.storagetreasures.com: Fernando Maldonado, Jean Garcia, James Galloway, Beatrice Cayo, Eve Dudash, Alianys Pizarro
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC # 0857- 3750 West 1st Street, Sanford, FL, 32771 to satisfy a lien on Friday, May 29, 2026, at approx. 12:00 pM at www.storagetreasures.com: David Power,Denise Estepa, Antonio Chandler, Jazmyn Lizzete Flores, Richard padgett, Chezzaray Thompson, Jhirvar Braxton, VERNIA JACKSON, Jerry Ponder, Kion Gomez, Derick Roberto Marrero Carrasquillo, Alesha Gross, Ardeanna Smith, Mhelruth Orlanda, Nicholas Baggio.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC # 431- 3040 S Goldenrod Rd, Orlando, FL 32822, to satisfy a lien on Thursday, May 28, 2026, at approx. 2:00PM at www.storagetreasures.com: Mark Bretl, Ricardo Portalatin, Ana Figueroa, Alexander Santiago, Ana Figueroa, Nestor M Quinones, Hector Diaz, Jesus Giraldo-Mosquera, Kanari Hamilton.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC # 429- 965 S Semoran Blvd Winter Park, FL 32792 to satisfy a lien on Friday, May 29, 2026, at approx. 2:00 PM at www.storagetreasures.com: Aimee Roy, Valerie Surin, Jessica Oliver
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC # 4362- 750 Orange Ave Altamonte Springs FL 32714 satisfy a lien on Thursday, May 28, 2026, at approx. 11:00am at www.storagetreasures.com: Alycia Mills,Inga Dewitt,Roderick Brown,Marcos Lopez,Briana Singletary,Cheryl Bowman,Jamahl Mitchem,David Rupley
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC # 703- 3730 S Orange Ave, Orlando, FL 32806, to satisfy a lien on Friday, May 29, 2026, at approx. 1:00 PM at www.storagetreasures.com: Robert Williams, Adam O’Connor, Marcus Chandler
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC # 428- 1007 Willa Springs Dr, Winter Springs, FL 32708, to satisfy a lien on Thursday, May 28, 2026, at approx. 10:00 AM at www.storagetreasures.com: Marissa Walters, Nathaniel Mandelbaum, Jason Holmes
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner # 5770 - 240 Storage Pointe, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701 to satisfy a lien on Thursday, May 28th, 2026, at approx. 12:00 pm at www.storagetreasures. com: Matthew Wilson, Celina Gonzalez, Richard Kelley
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner #4394- 1910 S Alafaya Trail, Orlando, FL 32828, to satisfy a lien on Friday, May 29, 2026, at approx. 3:00 PM at www.storagetreasures.com: Felix Rivera, Beverly Harrison, Paris Baker, Britney Sanchez, Altonesha Denise Brown
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC # 696- 3508 S Orlando Dr, Sanford, FL 32773, to satisfy a lien on Friday, May 29, 2026, at approx. 11:00 AM at www.storagetreasures.com: Teralyn Collins, Jeffrey Levkulich, Andre Lewis
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC # 858- 6875 University Blvd, Winter Park, FL 32792, to satisfy a lien on Friday, May 29, 2026, at approx. 4:00 PM at www.storagetreasures.com: Anna Lareitta Glover, Maimouna Etana Komla, Alissa Korn, Naitsa Dejesus, Richard Kenneth Allan, Darrayl Miles, Julia Ward, Donald B Wrushen, Natalie Francois, Jean Shinhoster,
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC # 4650 - 1201 Lewis Dr., Winter Park, FL 32789, to satisfy a lien on Thursday, May 28, 2026, at approx. 4:00 PM at www.storagetreasures.com: Daschicka Streeter - Pharoah Benson
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, May 27th, 2026 at approx. 10:00 am at www.storageauctions.com: Carlos Malaret- couch.
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 May 27th, 2026, at approx. 10:00am at www. storageauctions.com: Jerrod Gunn, Jerrod Jamaal Gunn, Bruna Ceron Venancio, Jennifer Varga- Canfield, Jennifer Anne Varga Canfield, Susan Morton, Merrie Susan Morton, Benjamin Ackerman, Benjamin James Ackerman, Mike Sprague, Michael Brian Sprague, Gary Lopez, Gary Jose Lopez Cruz.
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 May 27th, 2026 at approx 10:00am at www.storageauctions.com: Jason Torres, Brandon De Holmes, Liza Crespo, Luis Florido Barrios, Kavonna Pearson, Etelvina Rodriguez.
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 May 27th, 2026 at approx. 10:00am at www.storageauctions. com: Neena Douglas unit -2098 Deloyd Chapman unit-3063 Staci Landis unit-3132 Brandi Anderson unit-2003 Joshua Kerrley unit-1504 Patrick Fuston unit2049 Christian Laluz unit-2129 Jennifer Michelle Melville unit-2169 Audrey Anne Byrd unit-1113.
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 May 27, 2026 at approx. 10:00am at www. storageauctions.com Eduardo Cruz, Kervin Decatur, Julio Jose Ramirez, Yaniz Santos, WolfWoofWhisperllc, Pearl Oliver, Reese Aybar, Reese Aybar, Takita Tillman, Monica Goicochea, Monica Goicochea, Lynka Luna, Lynka Luna, Joao Fernandes, Ann Rego, Nicole Harmon, Giovanny Jimenez Feliciano
NOTICE OF RELOCATION
ATTENTION Patients of KEVIN DEBOER, M.D. of CENTRAL FLORIDA PULMONARY GROUP, P.A.: Effective as of July 2, 2025, Dr. Kevin DeBoer is no longer affiliated with Central Florida Pulmonary Group, P.A., and is now practicing at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, located at 206 Cornelia Street, Suite 307, Plattsburgh, NY 12901. All medical records for Dr. DeBoer’s patients are maintained by AdventHealth Medical Group at 1115 East Ridgewood Street, Orlando, Florida 32803. Patients wishing to obtain copies of their medical records may contact the office at (407) 841- 1100 to arrange access or pickup of records at 1115 East Ridgewood Street, Orlando, Florida 32803.
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ADVERTISEMENT OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property under The Florida Self Storage Facility Act. Bidding takes place on lockerfox.com and concludes Tuesday, 26th day of May, 2026 at 9:00 AM with payment at the facility. Store Space Millenia, 4912 John Young Parkway, Orlando, FL, 32839. Jimenez, Rosa; Hemmings, Davin; Occenat, Jony; campos, angie; Morselander, Catherine; Gillette, Eric; newon, caryn; Ferrell, Frederick; Simon, Sendy; MENTOR, VARGAS; Morgan, Antoine; Epps, Carolyn; Johnson Tanner, Rayshundra; Jones, Nykee; Moreno, Natalia; Holmes, Cynthia; Davis, Travis; Harlee, Essence; Jones, Johnny; Downer, Jasmine; Cintron-Sanchez, Varbaraly; Robinson, Dorothy; Hogan, Kendra; Fenelon, Falonne; Williams, Brittany; Hart, Dejuan; vasquez, Maribel; Buckhanon, Shaponica; Dunlap, Ericka; Dunlap, Ericka; Jones, Kimberlee; Stribling, Antoine; Dav, Shay; Morrison, Laquandra; Williams, Zeric; Jones, Jermaine.
NOTICE OF SALE: ADVERTISEMENT OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property under The Florida Self Storage Facility Act. Bidding takes place on lockerfox.com and concludes Tuesday, the 26th day of May, 2026 at 10:00 AM with payment following in cash or credit card at the facility. Store Space Sanford - Storage, 3980 E. Lake Mary Blvd., Sanford, FL, 32773. Jazalee Pena unit 1089 Melana Bradford unit 1104 Marlana Scott unit 1107 Robert Biddle unit 1113 Terry Manly unit 1135 Roshell Ravenel unit 1159 John Wells unit 1168 Jeremy Spradlin nit 1170 Sandra Payne unit 1176 Shaun Runner unit 1504
Jarion Williams unit 2007 Kianah Ely unit 2009 Kristin Frazier unit 2026 Melana Prescott Unit 2138 Shianna Turner unit 2166 Angelena Phillips unit 2168 Roxanne Caldeyro unit 2503 Gina Vincenza Van
Epps unit 4028 Gina Vincenza Van Epps unit 4030 Gina Vincenza Van Epps unit 4031 Tamique Williams unit 5006 Shane Joseph unit 6085.
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Automotive Sales Representative sought by CarJeff Auto Sales LLC in Orlando, FL (worksite: 4825 Edgewater Dr, Orlando, FL 32804). Duties: Assist customers in selecting & purchasing vehicles; present options, explain features & financing, negotiate terms, & complete sales paperwork. Reqmts: 3 yrs of exp as Automotive Sales Representative; Sales Process Training Certificate; Portuguese language proficiency. F/T position, 40 hrs/wk. Send resume to Carjeffautosales@hotmail.com
Business Research Analyst responsible for analyzing consumer demand & purchasing trends of the restaurant’s chains business. Evaluating sales data & customer feedback. Conducting market & competitive research. Supporting pricing, ETC. Bachelor’s degree in data science, Business Admin., Finance or foreign equivalent. M-F. Mail resume to Adega Gaucha Orlando, LLC. at 8204 Crystal Clear Ln, STE 1700, Orlando, FL 32809.
Import and Purchasing Specialist (Orlando, FL) Resp for maintaining & dvlpg strong bus. relationships w/ key customer & supplier personnel involved in logistics & purchasing activities for an ethnic food export-import company. Dvlp a clear understanding of customer needs & ensure service & delivery expectations are consistently met. Manage subcontractor & logistics partner activities, incl reviewing proposals, setting performance specs, & serving as a liaison. Prep purchasing & logistics proposals w/ cost estimates & supporting documentation. Review logistics performance against targets, benchmarks, & service agreements to ensure operational efficiency. Bachelor’s deg in Sales or Mktg or Finance or Int’l Relations is reqd. 2 yrs’ exp in the job or as a sales mgr is reqd. Fluency in Turkish is reqd. 40 hrs./wk. Send resume to Mr. Siamak Goodarzi, President, COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL LLC. at siamak@commercefoods.com
Project Manager needed for Martin Development, Orlando, FL: Plan, design, and coordinate construction projects; Inspect and monitor construction sites to ensure adherence to safety standards, building codes, or specifications; Compute load and grade reqs, material stress factors to determine design specifications; Develop reqs, and schedules along with creating dashboards and monthly operations reports; Quality assurance testing for construction projects; Req B.S. in Civil Engineering. F/T mail resume to 7600 Southland Blvd, Ste 101, Orlando, FL 32809.
