Community: Windermere

Light on substance, the forum avoided key issues like the town’s 7.20 percent millage increase, ballooning legal bills.

75 percent of voting homeowners chose to become part of Windermere.

Town Council rejects zoning variance for by-the-glass sales; applicant may appeal.

Windermere Mayor says letters were sent in error; promises replacements will be mailed.

Windermere claims the town owns five boathouses at the foot of Palmer Park. Seven residents say they have quit-claim deeds that show otherwise, and they've retained a notable attorney to prove it. Now things are really getting ugly.

The proposal would likely mean ending current leases for those using the boathouses. But the attorney for the boathouse "owners" says the town is bullying his clients and taking their "private property."

Three open town council seats filled by default.