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Community: Winter Garden

GOVERNMENT

Winter Garden officially kills fire fee

Cancels Halloween Fest in show of cost cutting.

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GOVERNMENT

Winter Garden finds $4M in budget, cancels unpopular fire fee

City may close budget gap by reducing operating, capital costs; increasing millage rate; tapping reserve funds.

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VETERANS

Why are Florida veterans killing themselves?

Veterans in the Sunshine State have more than double the suicide rate of civilians. Easy access to guns, childhood trauma may provide some answers.

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TAXES

Winter Garden may raise millage rate along with fire fee

First potential increase in eight years reflects the challenging financial environment cities face today.

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GOVERNMENT

Winter Garden to curb sidewalk, commercial, residential solicitations

City says complaints about solicitors “aggressively approaching” pedestrians for donations have escalated.

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GOVERNMENT

Winter Garden gets $6.5M grant for drainage project in Historic East Winter Garden

Effort aims to remediate frequent yard flooding in the northeast part of the neighborhood.

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TAXES

Winter Garden weighs fee assessment to fund fire rescue, basic EMS services

Based on property size and service usage, the fee is one way the city is considering to close a budget gap between property taxes and rising costs for protective services.

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FIRST AMENDMENT

Kaitlin Bennett returns to the Winter Garden Farmers Market

And absolutely nothing happened. And, really, that's a good thing.

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FIRST AMENDMENT

Winter Garden rescinds trespass warning given to far-right commentator

Kaitlin Bennett, creator of the right-wing site Liberty Hangout, was doing on-camera interviews for her YouTube channel when Winter Garden Police told her she could not film at the Winter Garden Farmers Market. Then she schooled the city on the First Amendment.

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GOVERNMENT

Winter Garden mayor won’t say if non-Christians are welcome in city

Asked during the May 8 city commission meeting, the mayor stayed silent.

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