Community: Winter Garden

Rees was asked at Wednesday's State of West Orange luncheon What makes Winter Garden “unique”?

Tax increase would be the city’s first in eight years.

Cancels Halloween Fest in show of cost cutting.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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