In the late hours of Wednesday, Oct. 7, the Ocoee Police Department contacted Orange County Animal Services for assistance after a large snake had been discovered in a local resident’s garage. Unbeknownst at the time, the resident, police and animal services officers had safely located Elvis, the 8-foot King Cobra, who has been missing...
The Orange County Corrections Department (OCCD) houses an average of 2,700 inmates on any given day. The library launched in 2013 with a moderate collection of donated books in English and Spanish, among other languages. Book donations come from local libraries and private entities.
Commissioner S. Scott Boyd along with Orange County Neighborhood Preservation & Revitalization Division have selected the Tildenville Neighborhood in Winter Garden for this year’s “Fixin-up-the-Neighborhood Project” (F.U.N.).
Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs, District 3 Orange County Commissioner Pete Clarke and the Cities of Belle Isle and Edgewood invite citizens to enjoy a fun, free and informative Community Health Fair on Saturday, October 3, 2015 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cypress Grove Park located at 290 Holden Ave., Orlando, FL,...
ORLANDO, Fla. (Sept. 11, 2015) — The Orlando Interactive Experience, or OrlandoiX, is an international digital festival to be held in Orlando, Fla. on Oct. 2 – 6. It will showcase Orlando’s burgeoning technology industry, namely entertainment technology, interactive media and digital arts.
The Elections Office will be celebrating by having special voter registration sites throughout the week where citizens can register to vote or an existing registration record.
Residents of unincorporated Orange County will receive new garbage and recycling collection service beginning January 1, 2016. Under the new program, homeowners will receive garbage, recycling, and yard waste collections once per week; use two 95-gallon roll carts (one for garbage and one for recycling collection); and schedule large item collection.
Mayor Teresa Jacobs and the Board of County Commissioners will pronounce September 21 – 27, 2015 as Pollution Prevention (P2) Week in Orange County. The Proclamation will be read during the Orange County Board of County Commissioners meeting, Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 9 a.m. The Board meeting is held on the 1st...
Beginning January 1, 2016, residents of unincorporated Orange County will begin using their county-issued, 95-gallon roll carts to collect their household garbage and recyclables. The carts are one of the changes residents will experience when the county transitions to its new automated curbside collection program on January 1. With the release of the cart...