Angle parking clash stirs Mount Dora merchants
Mount Dora officials move to replace angle parking on Donnelly Street with parallel spaces to save city costs. Merchants fear lost parking will hurt business as residents protest. seven accidents and fire access concerns cited. A petition with 57 signatures accompanies the pushback as council delay continues.
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Donnelly Street
Mount Dora
Brandon Ward
Robert Locke
Alon Donnelly
Fourth
Fifth Avenues
Pone
Locke
Carroll Griggs
Donnelly
Walker Horsley
Horsley Jewelers
Poet
Connie Mack Jones
Jones Shoe and Repair
Lofroos Sets Path as Mount Dora Mayor Apparent
Mount Dora voters head to the polls December 13 with Margaret Lofroos unopposed for mayor and seven candidates vying for four city council seats. Incumbent Jeff Ray Ill, Tim Carmody, Wade Curtis, Gary Hopcraft, Brandon Ward, John Coffield, and Maureen Mancini filed for council. Lofroos, a longtime real estate associate and former city council member, would be the first woman mayor.
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Mount Dora
Margaret Lofroos
Jeff Ray Ill
Tim Carmody
Wade
Dave) Curtis
Gary Hopcraft
Brandon Ward
John Coffield
Maureen Mancini
Carmody
WGTW
A Hopcraft
Florida Technological University
Hopcraft
Joan Marvin
Mount Dora Park Commission
Margaret Carson
Ward
Margaret White Lofroos
Rollins College
Winter Park
Pi Beta Phi
Rollins
Old library on ballot in Mount Dora race
Mount Dora voters will decide on Dec 3 whether to keep the park containing the old library or sell it. Margaret Carson gathered 375 signatures to force a referendum after a prior council defeat, with costs of maintenance to be weighed against taxes.
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Library
Margaret Carson
Park Board
Mount Dora
Carson
Brandon Wald
Leon Cheek
Ray
Bows
Bows Gahopjoung. Afer
Howard Cox
Cheek
Cabo i
County Topic Subscription Rates Rise After Five Years
The notice announces rate increases for county and out-of-state subscriptions, with new yearly and two-year prices. Existing Topic subscribers in Lake County may renew at old rates through Dec 1, while out-of-county prices also apply. The single-copy price stays at 15 cents.
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Lake County
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Angle
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Jim Beims
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Lofroos
Danbury, Conn
R. N. White
Mount Dora High School
Harlow Middleton
U. S
Richard
Dick) Stone
Florida Democrat
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Wélken
Mual
Richard Stone
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