• A consultant recommends that Seminole County take a “hybrid” approach, retaining some of the buildings and building a new community center at the vacant Rosenwald School property east of Altamonte Springs.
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• Seminole County says beginning Jan. 1, the county will resume the practice of disconnecting water service for non-payment.
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• The commission voted down adding language to the order that would recommend the use of facial coverings in private indoor settings like small businesses in the county.
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• Masjid Al Hayy was one of the first mosques in Central Florida to act as a vaccine site.
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• More than 25,000 Floridians have died with COVID-19 As of today, more than 25,000 Floridians have died with COVID-19. The state added 272 residents to its death toll — and five non-residents. The number of new cases in Florida rose each day this week. The Florida Department of Health reported 13,719 new cases from Thursday. Orange County added 36 deaths in today’s coronavirus report. So far 893 county residents have died. Statewide the test positive rate was 12.4 percent on Thursday. It was above 11 percent throughout Central Florida. Sumter County was the region’s worst with 17.7 percent of new test results coming back positive. Osceola was next with 17.1 percent. About one and quarter million people have received …
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• Seminole County is implementing a face mask mandate. The executive order goes into effect Wednesday. People will be required to wear a face mask while at work, places of assembly or other places open to the public.
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• A Jacksonville dental hygienist faces a first appearance Friday on a first-degree murder charge — nearly 35 years after authorities say he committed the crime.
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