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Half dozen pooches on 'Declared Dangerous Dogs List' in Seminole County

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SANFORD, Fla. -- Each year Animal Services receives and investigates dozens of complaints about potential dangerous dogs. Some investigations result in a dog being declared a dangerous dog in accordance with the Florida Statutes, Chapter 767, and the Seminole County Code, Chapter 20.
 

Gov. Rick Scott appoints Dave Heine of Altamonte Springs to Fla's Board of Acupuncture

By HENRY FREDERICK
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ALTAMONTE, Fla. – Gov. Rick Scott has appointed Altamonte Springs resident Dave Heine to the Florida Board of Acupuncture.

Heine, 58, is the owner of Timeshare Escrow and Title, LLC, and Land Title of Florida, LLC. He fills a vacant seat and is appointed for a term that ends Oct. 31, 2020.

Heine, 58, is the owner of Timeshare Escrow and Title, LLC, and Land Title of Florida, LLC. He fills a vacant seat and is appointed for a term that ends Oct. 31, 2020.

Stretch of scenic High Bridge Road near Ormond Beach reopened with recent flooding receded

Map of flooded area / Headline SurferPhoto for Headline Surfer / At left, is a locator map, along with a still image above of the scenic area near Ormond Beach, which was reopened Friday by Volusia County after flood waters receded from the roadway there, and making it safe to drive again.
 
By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer

100,000 for Biketoberfest epitome of fake news; all too real with Daytona biker rite of passage is death toll already at 3

YouTube video download / Live streaming of Biketoberfest from Main Street, Daytona Beach, Florida. 
 
By HENRY FREDERICK
Headline Surfer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The magical figure of 100,000 Biketoberfest participants for the 25th anniversary is not real. It's fake news. 

All too real is the carnage as in dead bikers. 

The numbers of bikers for the four-day motorcycycle may approach 50,000 participants, if the weather holds up. Among the dead

Lake Mary HS student & relief aid volunteer Christina Cardona: No quick fix for Puerto Rico

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LAKE MARY, Fla. -- The Seminole County School district has seen a dramatic spike in student enrollment in the past couple of weeks.

Dramatic enough to fill the equivalent of three classrooms, district officials say. The sudden influx comes from families leaving Puerto Rico, many of them to Central Florida since the massive devastation from Hurricane Maria.   

Seminole schools collecting relief supplies for Hurricane Maria victims in Puerto Rico & islanders relocating to greater Sanford-Lake Mary and other areas of the county

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LAKE MARY, Fla. -- Some two dozen students, teachers and staffers joined Seminole County School Board Chairwoman Amy Lockhart in receiving, sorting and packing disaster relief supplies for Puerto Rici brought in by countless citizens last Friday and Saturday in a large bay on district property at 239 Rinehart Road.

Most of the items were loaded into three larget U-Haul trucks and transported by plane Tuesday from Orlando-Sanford International Airport to San Juan. The equivalent of a truckload remained behind forr the expected arrival of serveral thousand Puerto Rican families in Central Florida over the next few weeks and months, said Lockharrt and school leaders from other school districts along the I-4 corridor, including Osceola, Orange and Volusia counties.