For Orlando Health cancer patient John Harmon,

John Harman loved his life — surfing, biking, fishing and relishing the natural world. He was a professional saxophonist whose work brought joy to others. He and his wife had a 12-year-old daughter they adored. He’d always had allergies, so when a nasal drip lasted for months at the end of 2020, he didn’t think much about it. Harman, 56, hadn’t needed to see a doctor in years. About that time, the headaches set in. Then they got worse — and more frequent. He developed a numbness on the side of his nose. “Really weird,” he remembers. He went to an ear, nose and throat specialist who discovered a polyp. A scan showed a large mass that completely filled his sphenoid sinus, the hollow space in the bones around the nose. Even a biopsy would be tricky. The ENT recommended a colleague in Gainesville for the job.

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Neo City’s Bridge in Osceola County advances to semifinals of National Science Foundation’s regional innovation engines competition

The U.S. National Science Foundation announced its list of semifinalists for the first-ever NSF Regional Innovation Engines competition, and the NeoCity Semiconductor Technology Accelerator proposal was one of 34 proposals selected to be led by BRIDG, a notfor-profit, public-private partnership specializing in advanced system integration and packaging based at NeoCity in Osceola County.

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Governor approves State Representative Arrington’s bill for alcohol sales in Kissimmee’s Vine Street district

After being signed by Governor Ron DeSantis, State Representative Kristen Arrington’s HB 1467 has opened up the opportunity for numerous restaurants in Kissimmee’s Vine Street Community Redevelopment District to join downtown restaurants in selling alcohol, as long as these establishments primarily focus on food and non-alcoholic beverages in their sales.

The bill was signed into law after successfully making its way through the Florida Legislature during the 2023 session and now creates a new overlay district within Kissimmee to allow smaller restaurants to be issued special liquor licenses by the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation at a lower cost. The bill passed unanimously by a vote of 116-0.

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Dr. Mark Shanoff to assume role of Superintendent