WINTER PARK/MAITLAND
Observer Serving Winter Park, Maitland and Baldwin Park
YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 29, NO. 14
SPORTS
Winter Parkers pound pavement for ACS. 5.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2017
YOUR TOWN WINTER PARK HONORS ALLEN TROVILLION
Winter Park Mayor Steve Leary read a proclamation during Monday’s City Commission meeting declaring March 27, 2017, as Allen Trovillion Day in Winter Park, honoring the former Winter Park Mayor for his service to the city. Trovillion oversaw several milestones in the city, including the construction of the current City Hall and the paving of many roads in the West Side of Winter Park. The porch outside Winter Park City Hall was also formally named “Trovillion Porch,” complete with rocking chairs.
Winter Park High’s Maverick Maensivu ready for state.
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Seidel opens discussion on city’s election laws
Rollins lifts student’s suspension
The city commissioner is seeking clarification regarding the definition of non-partisan races. TIM FREED STAFF WRITER
Marshall Polston returned to class after an incident with a professor gained national attention.
Where does Winter Park draw the line between partisan and non-partisan elections? That’s the question City Commissioner Greg Seidel is asking in the wake of his March 14 re-election.
TIM FREED STAFF WRITER
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A Rollins College student is back in school after being suspended over an incident that took place last month between him and a professor. The incident originated from a dispute between student Marshall Polston and professor Areej Zufari in a Middle East humanities class
Chairs 4 Charity will celebrate seventh year of oddball creations with a gala April 7. Isaac Babcock
ISAAC BABCOCK MANAGING EDITOR
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t’s like a scene out of “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” Unassuming white wood doors swing open to reveal boxes stacked upon racks that seem to stretch forever. Thirty-foot-tall walls of industrial shelves hold dozens of identical wooden circular tables, across from refrigerator-sized crates filled chest-high with
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Artist Holly Mass shows off her hall tree, which she upcycled from a collection of random parts to sell for charity.
“It feels good to me to get to use my time and talent for this. It’s something I believe in.” — Artist Holly Mass
Tim Freed
Marshall Polston has returned to class after a controversy that made national news regarding a dispute with a professor.