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GOVERNMENT

Winter Garden adopts new, stricter regulations for e-bike, motorized scooter riders

Riders must be at least 15 and carry "government-issued ID."

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2026 ELECTIONS

Windermere gets new mayor, new council member, no election

Long-serving council member Andy Williams takes up the mayor's gavel while Brandi Haines retains her seat and Wine & Dine's CT Allen joins the council.

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TALLAHASSEE

West Orange lawmakers file school-focused bills in lead-up to legislative session

Potential measures include students testing in their native language, inmates earning diplomas through FLVS; charter schools building on vacant land in districts with declining enrollment.

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2026 ELECTIONS

Windermere Mayor Jim O’Brien will not seek re-election

Says he’s “excited to return to the role of “citizen.”

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