At this year’s Black Tie on the Wild Side – Tiger Magic! fundraiser, participants at the Central Florida Zoo’s annual event don’t have to dress like penguins – they can wear whatever they’d like. ...
Wicklow Elementary School meets parents at ‘Evening Out’ event
Wicklow Elementary School hosted an “Evening Out” Thursday night to get parents involved in the school. The event was held at Sanford’s Westside Community Center. “This was one of many initiatives...
Holiday trees decorate Lake Mary museum
The Lake Mary Historical Museum will be decked out for the holidays with their Festival of Trees. The festival begins today (Saturday) and continues through Dec. 6. This year, a special feature ...
Track, horseshoes next in Golden Age Games
Events for Sanford’s Golden Age Games continue this weekend through Thursday. Sanford is the home of the nation’s oldest senior games, and this is the 35th year of the competition. Qualifiers adv...
Arts Alive: There’s no place like home
If you were downtown last Saturday for the city’s Halloween extravaganza, no doubt you spotted the usual suspects at every turn: ghouls, ghosts, fairy princesses, super heroes, cartoon characters ...
SEMINOLE STATE SCENE: College names public safety director
Bill Lee recently was named the new director of the Center for Public Safety. Lee is a 27-year law enforcement veteran of the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. Lee started his law enforcemen...
PAPER TRAIL: Charlie Carlson
The author, personality and connoisseur of “weird” talks about the skunk ape, the Interstate 4 dead zone and other Seminole County frights in observance of Halloween.
NOLES NOTES: School hosts 19th annual golf tournament
Seminole High School’s 19th annual golf tournament will be held at the Mayfair Country Club at 1 p.m. November 7. The entry is $80, and hole sponsorships are available for $100. Dinner is included...
Knight Cap: UCF becomes 3rd largest university in U.S.
With 53,537 students enrolled this semester, UCF has been ranked the third largest university in the nation. UCF was previously ranked as the nation’s fifth-largest university, but now Arizona...
Christmas parade entries due by Wednesday
It’s time to pull out the fake snow and those elf costumes for entries in Sanford’s 4th Annual Illuminated Christmas Parade. The deadline is 5 p.m. Wednesday to enter the Dec. 5 event. Parade orga...
The Heart of Florida United Way has a new elected board of directors and officers for 2009-2010, including several who live in Seminole County. The returning board secretary for the Central Florid...
Imagine having a childhood dream of wanting to play the piano and of having the talent to support your dream. But unfortunately, there’s a glitch: Your allowance doesn’t cover the cost of a having ...
If you are a small business owner, or someone who is interested in helping a small business grow, there is an organization based in Seminole County that you should know about. The Seminole Adviso...
Sanford’s 35th annual Golden Age Games kicks off two weeks of sporting events on Saturday. Archery is the only event this weekend, with competitors lining up at 9 a.m. at the Historic Sanford Memo...
Avocado trees are few and far between in Seminole County. I miss my cousin Becky’s tree next door, which produced fruit until the freezes of the 1980s. Avocados were enjoyed in Central America a...
Seminole State students have been helping the community get vaccinated for the H1N1 virus. Twenty senior nursing students and four instructors helped launch a public effort to vaccinate school-age ...