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WEBOviedo Community News’ Voter Guide 2024 has important, nonpartisan information about local elections and candidates that matter to Greater Oviedo and Winter Springs. The Primary Election is on Tuesday, Aug. 20 and will involve statewide candidates, the supervisor of elections, state committee members, circuit and county judges, and school ...
Oviedo's election's been decided. Now what? - Oviedo …
WEBSep 25, 2024 · With Sladek grabbing 67.52% of the vote versus 20.58% for challenger and relative Oviedo newcomer Abe Lopez and 11.90% for former Sanford Commissioner Kevin Hipes, the win was a more decisive one compared to previous elections. This was Sladek’s third time winning a city election in Oviedo. The Oviedo native first won a seat on the City ...
Recovery efforts under way in Greater Oviedo and Winter Springs
WEBSep 18, 2024 · Hurricane Ian moved over Seminole County late Wednesday and into Thursday bringing 1-in-1,000 year rainfall, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with 15 inches falling in Oviedo and Winter Springs over a 24-hour period. According to the city, folks living in low …
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WEBSep 18, 2024 · Oviedo Community News informs and connects Greater Oviedo and Winter Springs through independent, public-service journalism. As your nonprofit newsroom, we focus on issues that you tell us matter to you.
Plans for Oviedo’s walkable historic downtown take shape
WEBSep 25, 2024 · An integral part of the plan for a walkable historic downtown in Oviedo is expected to be considered by the Oviedo City Council on Monday. A link in the historic downtown trail network that would connect the newly opened Solary Park to the Oviedo Trail and the Cross Seminole Trail was approved by the Oviedo Local Planning Agency board on Nov. 16.. The connection is a small but significant part ...
A modernized downtown Oviedo: What to expect, and when
WEBSep 25, 2024 · An updated vision for a revitalized historic downtown was presented to the city’s Local Planning Agency on Feb. 20 by David Axel, the representative for the Evans family, who owns about 28 acres of downtown property, and it showed a new look for Oviedo. Axel said city staff asked him to present the …
Oviedo City Council members sworn in - Oviedo Community News
WEBSep 18, 2024 · For the first time since originally being elected as Oviedo mayor in 2019, Megan Sladek presided over the City Council meeting Monday night. Sladek and Group 1 Council Member Natalie Teuchert were sworn in on Monday after an election that garnered much attention in Central Florida because of the …
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WEBSep 25, 2024 · By Megan Stokes & Aanya Shah News September 24, 2024. Greater Oviedo and Winter Springs is no stranger to major storms and how they can affect our lives but after having record-breaking storms deluged our community with historic rainfall and damaging winds in recent years, OCN wanted to provide a …
Oviedo’s 25-year plan moves to the next step
WEBSep 18, 2024 · The city’s comprehensive plan must lay out where the state-approved estimated 2045 Oviedo population of 57,000 will live. That future population is estimated to need an additional 5,400 residential units, homes that could be single-family structures, apartments, or something in between. The plan puts much of the city’s anticipated growth ...
A bigger Broadway: construction project update
WEBSep 18, 2024 · The $20 million three-phase “Oviedo Ultimate” project, which had been in the works for years, got off the ground in January. Charles Suppler, FDOT community outreach specialist, says that the improved mobility will help alleviate traffic for the over 12,000 vehicles that travel the road daily. The raised medians on …