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GABBY BAQUERO NEWS EDITOR
The Windermere Town Council adopted the proposed tentative millage rate to an increased 3.74 during the town’s Sept. 12 public hearing for the Fiscal Year 2018-19 Budget. Town leaders first discussed increasing the millage rate, which is an ad valorem tax on the value of a property, during two budget workshops held in
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Do you have vinyl fever? If so, your antidote awaits at the Pop-Up Record Shop Sept. 24 at yellow dog eats in Gotha. SEE PAGE 4.
County solicits feedback for Taborfield Park Architects will present a conceptual design for the park during the next community meeting, which will be held Nov. 15 at Tibet-Butler Preserve. GABBY BAQUERO NEWS EDITOR
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Foundation Academy community rallies around Bailey Trinder. SEE PAGE 15.
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6.5-acre property located southeast of Reams Road, south of Thatcher Avenue and west of Taborfield Avenue. Orange County officials held a community meeting Thursday, Sept. 13, at Tibet-Butler Preserve to discuss the type of amenities area residents might desire for the future park. District 1 Orange County Com-
missioner Betsy VanderLey said any expressed concerns or suggested amenities would be taken into consideration when the park’s conceptual design plan is drafted. Meeting attendees requested the Orange County Parks and Recreation Department consider SEE PUBLIC PAGE 4
YOUR TOWN NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS ANNOUNCED Orange County Public Schools is celebrating 33 seniors from 12 OCPS high schools chosen as semifinalists for the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program. Twelve hail from West Orange-area high schools: n Dr. Phillips — Talib Hakim and Peter Toma n Olympia — Brenden Berrios, Blake Bradford, Jake Shannin and Jasmin Singh n West Orange — Daniel Gordon, Catherine Kim, Shannah Nice and George Tomecek n Windermere — Kavya Shah and Griffin Willman These seniors now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for one of 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 million. Finalist names will begin being released in the spring of 2019.
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