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MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Hey, Small Spender!

Small town elections show candidates don’t have to spend big to win.

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2025 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Incumbents sweep Ocoee, Windermere municipal elections

Charter amendments pass in Ocoee by comfortable margin.

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2025 CANDIDATES FORUM

Traffic, leadership, boathouses dominate Windermere candidates forum

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

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GOVERNMENT

Windermere will annex Chaine Du Lac community following referendum

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

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GOVERNMENT

Windermere corks new wine shop

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

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MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

With no challengers for town council, Windermere may not hold election for second consecutive year

Two-term Town Council Member Bill Martini says he will not seek re-election.

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GOVERNMENT

Confusion and mistrust as boathouse owners get 30 days to vacate structures

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

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GOVERNMENT

The War of the Boathouses

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.

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GOVERNMENT

Windermere favors preserving, rehabbing historic boathouses

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."

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ELECTIONS

No election for Windermere this year, says town clerk

Three open town council seats filled by default.

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