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Fuentes: App Store legislation threatens to put Floridians’ sensitive data in the hands of shady companies
Julio Fuentes warns about the dangers of the Open App Markets Act The post Fuentes: App Store legislation threatens to put Floridians’ sensitive data in the hands of shady companies appeared first on Alachua Chronicle.
Orlando Pride just keeps winning
With the recent 1-0 defeat of the Houston Dash, Orlando Pride has officially broken the record for the most unbeaten Regular Season matches in NWSL history. The August 23rd win marked the 18th straight unbeaten match for the team. During the match, Summer Yates scored her fifth goal of the season and her third game-winning goal of the year. Orlando City now has 41 points for the year, the most they’ve ever earned in a season.
Hurricane center monitoring 2 tropical waves. Florida thunderstorms, flash flooding possible
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two tropical waves but tropical cyclone activity is not expected over the next seven days, the National Hurricane Center reported in its Sunday update. ➤ Weather alerts via text: Sign up to get updates about current storms and weather events by location ...
HOA Fees Surge in Florida Amid Insurance Crisis
HOA dues are up more than 15% from a year ago in Tampa, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale, compared with a median gain of 6% across the 43 metros Redfin analyzed. In Tampa, FL, the median monthly homeowners association (HOA) fee jumped 17.2% year over year during the three months ending July 31, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. That’s the steepest increase among the 43 U.S. metropolitan areas Redfin analyzed, and compares with a median increase of 5.7% across those metros. Next came two other Florida metros: Orlando (16.7%) and Fort Lauderdale (16.2%). HOA fees also rose in West Palm Beach (12.8%), Jacksonville (7.6%) and Miami (5.7%).
Orlando Carves Out 90+ Days of Halloween Celebrations
Orlando is looking to be a Halloween Vacation Capital, inviting visitors to celebrate spooky season with a record 93 days of frightful and family friendly events. Highlights include the nation’s largest horror convention, Central Florida theme park events, haunted botanical gardens, trick-or-treat trails, and even a Beetlejuice-themed brunch. SPOOKY...
Musical Plays Final Boston Performance August 25; Broadway is Next
Stephen Schwartz and Lindsey Ferrentino's new musical The Queen of Versailles completes its extended pre-Broadway world premiere run at Boston's Colonial Theatre August 25 with a Broadway transfer already announced for the 2025–26 season. Previews began July 16, and opening night was August 1. Read reviews for the Boston bow here.
Veterans group previously pitched building golf courses on Florida state park
Nearly a year before the DeSantis administration ignited a public firestorm over plans to build golf courses on prized state park land on the Atlantic coast, a national veterans nonprofit pitched state and local officials on a similar proposal. Sen. Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart, told the Tampa Bay Times that Lt....
Plotting the Orlando Magic's path to a top 3 seed in the Eastern Conference
Expectations for the Orlando Magic's 2024-25 season are high. Paolo Banchero already confidently declared on First Take that he believed the Magic should be able to finish third or fourth in the Eastern Conference. Not everyone shares that opinion. ESPN, for example, predicted the Magic to finish sixth in the East.
Study Ranks Floridians As Nation’s Most Vulnerable to Mobile Banking Cyberattacks
Throughout the past five years, Florida has claimed the top spot of many coveted list, but residents of the Sunshine State won’t be happy to hear that they claimed the #1 ranking for the state most vulnerable to mobile banking cyberattacks. The study was conducted by Vention, a software...
'This is disappointing': 'LGBTQ Travel' section is gone from Florida's official tourism site
The largest event for the LGBTQ+ community is months away in downtown Orlando, Florida. Come Out With Pride is back this year for its 20th anniversary at Lake Eola Park. The festival is taking place on Oct. 19 and brings in thousands of people each year. Organizers say it also...
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