New Park Avenue archway underscores historic Winter Park | A Policy & Issues News Magazine
Aug. 25, 2025: A group of private donors combined with public dollars made the $400,000 project possible| A Policy & Issues News Magazine
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Sept. 2, 2025: John Raaen, a resident of the Mayflower, joins a list of recipients of a Congressional medal first given to George Washington| A Policy & Issues News Magazine
Aug. 29, 2025: City staff conceded an outside analysis did not justify the increase and City Commissioners appear poised to approve a lower jump in power prices| A Policy & Issues News Magazine
Aug. 28, 2025: The City Commission also gave final approval to the Winter Park Playhouse lease and effectively banned new residential pickleball courts| A Policy & Issues News Magazine
Aug. 27, 2025: The agency is under fire after a county audit of its spending as Winter Park also took exception to the way it used the city without promoting it| A Policy & Issues News Magazine
Aug. 27, 2025: A rate increase, taking out more debt in the form of bonds or both are up for debate in the final weeks before the City Commission must approve the 2026 budget| A Policy & Issues News Magazine
Aug. 25, 2025: A group of private donors combined with public dollars made the $400,000 project possible| A Policy & Issues News Magazine
Aug. 14, 2025: The City Commission also took steps to limit residential pickleball courts| A Policy & Issues News Magazine
Aug. 12, 2025 By Gabrielle Russon Paul Canchester, a retiree from the Chicago suburbs, has brought his family to Winter Park to watch the Parade of Bands for years as part of their annual Orlando vacation. The memories started when his kids, now adults, were young. He described the anticipation waiting for the two university […]| A Policy & Issues News Magazine
Aug. 12, 2025 By Beth Kassab Kendall Shores writes about Winter Park like a local because she is one. Her parents met at Rollins College and married in Knowles Memorial Chapel. She attended Park Maitland, Trinity Preparatory and Winter Park High, where she rowed crew. She’s seen the glitter of Park Avenue and the dirt […]| A Policy & Issues News Magazine
Aug. 5, 2025: The city's $233.5 million budget accounts for 7% growth in property tax revenue based on higher values as well as increases in utility fees| A Policy & Issues News Magazine
Feb. 25, 2025 By Gabrielle Russon The Winter Park Police sergeant who shot and killed Daniel Knight at his niece’s wedding is not immune from a wrongful death lawsuit, a federal judge ruled recently. U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton Jr. said Knight’s family had “sufficiently pled that the| A Policy & Issues News Magazine
Feb. 23, 2024 By Beth Kassab The family of a man who was shot and killed by a Winter Park Police officer at his niece's wedding reception is suing the city in federal court on claims of wrongful death and a violation of the man's federal civil rights. Daniel Knight, 39, died on Feb. 19, 202| A Policy & Issues News Magazine
By Beth Kassab Katrina Knight lives in Lakeland, more than 60 miles from Winter Park City Hall, but she has rarely missed a City Commission meeting since March, which marked just more than a year since her brother was shot five times by a Winter Park police officer during a 67-second encounter at| A Policy & Issues News Magazine
July 17, 2025: Winter Park Police shot the man seven times at his niece's wedding in 2022| A Policy & Issues News Magazine
July 7, 2025: The draft $233.5 million city spending plan represents a nearly 9% increase over last year| A Policy & Issues News Magazine
By Beth Kassab The city of Winter Park will no longer fly rainbow flags to mark June as Pride Month under proposed new restrictions governing banners on public light poles. The changes, which are set to be voted on by the City Commission next week, come in response to a request from a city res| A Policy & Issues News Magazine
June 12, 2025 By Beth Kassab Winter Park had a lot to celebrate Wednesday: Pride Month, upcoming Juneteenth events and the 20-year anniversary of the flip of the switch from the former Progress Energy to its own electric utility. Mayor Sheila DeCiccio read a proclamation to honor Pride Mont| A Policy & Issues News Magazine
Feb. 1, 2024 By Beth Kassab A proposal by Mayor Phil Anderson to delay the start of a ban on gas-powered leaf blowers by six months failed to gain traction Thursday morning as commissioners held a special meeting to discuss the change that is rivaling brick streets, the new library and multi-s| A Policy & Issues News Magazine
