City moves to annex site for 190 homes
Mount Dora City Council passes first reading to annex 60 acres west of Eudora Road near Triangle Elementary for a 190 home single family development by Affiliated Services Corp of Winter Park. The project hinges on the city sewage plant capacity, with options including plant expansion funding or leasing a package treatment plant. The vote was 6 to 1, with Council President Gordon Dake dissenting.
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Eudora Road
Triangle Elementary
Mount Dora
Gordon Dake
Affiliated Services Corp
Winter Park
Service Corporation of
Federal Savings and Loan Associ
Dake
Howard Cox
Utilities Department
Gasoline Shortage Strikes Central Florida Region
Gasoline shortages hit central Florida and Mount Dora last week as independent truckers strike continued. Long lines at stations. sales limits of 3.00 dollars reported while some dealers sold as much as requested. New deliveries brought tentative relief as the story notes progress.
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Central
Florida
Mount Dora Area
Obituary Notice in Local Paper Confirms Community Loss
A brief obituary paragraph records a local resident's death, noting survivors and service details. The notice appears among other community items in the newspaper’s late edition, reflecting standard death notice formatting.
Murder inquiry after Mount Dora man found shot dead
Law enforcement awaits autopsy results to reveal details of Herman R. Witt's death. Witt was found shot multiple times at his home on Limit Street Saturday by his brother. Lake County detectives call it first degree murder, unidentified suspects believed responsible. Dennis Witt last saw him Jan. 30, and Witt had prior arrests in a marijuana raid.
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Mount Dora
Limit Street
Orange County
Apopka
Herman F. Witt
Orange
Lake Counties
Mount Dora Mayor Pushes Advisory Groups on City Form
Mayor Tom R. Champion urged creation of citizen advisory committees to study a city manager form for Mount Dora and to improve government citizen communication. The proposal came at a Concerned Citizens Association meeting attended by about 75 people including four City Council members. He outlined potential study steps, costs, and job impacts, and noted minutes recording as appropriate for Council transparency. The group also voted to telegram Gov. Askew to call out the National Guard over gasoline and food deliveries amid trucker strikes, and to thank the Council and Mount Dora Topic for minutes.
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Russ Mills
Kuhrt
Pearson
City Planning and Zoning Committee
Mount Dora
Tom R. Champion
Concerned Citizens Association of
Howard Cox
Gordon Dake
Bob Pearson
Brandon Ward
Champion
Reuben Askew
National Guard
City Council
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Tom Champion
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James L. Mabery III
Mabery
Clayton St
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Arbo Co
Business Guide
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Aes Eae
Herman R. Witt
Bob Tanner
Lake County Sheriff's Department
Dennis Witt
Sorrento
Dennis
Herman Witt
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