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The City Commission approved bringing in an east Winter Garden enclave that has been in the works for more than five decades.

Applicants for a chaplain's job at a Maryland county jail had to sign a statement affirming that they are Christians, a Muslim man claims Thursday in a

Applicants for a chaplain’s job at a Maryland county jail had to sign a statement affirming that they are Christians, a Muslim man claimed Thursday in a federal lawsuit accusing the county and a contractor of religious discrimination.

Lawsuit: Only Christians could apply for jail chaplain job MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Applicants for a chaplains job at a Maryland county jail had to sign a statement affirming that they are Christians, a Muslim man claims Thursday in a federal lawsuit accusing the county and a contractor of religious discrimination. Lawyers from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights group, sued Prince Georges County on behalf ...

Winter Garden commissioners are moving forward with an ordinance that will ban certain classifications of trucks from traveling on a portion of Marsh Road, but enforcement of the ban is on hold. The ordinance earned approval during the April 8 City Commission meeting. Winter Garden has been in negotiations with officials from Lake County, Orange County, Clermont, Titan America and Center Sand Mine for more than a month after it initially passed a resolution banning the trucks in February.  Ord...

3 weeks ago Share Residents in Ocoee, Windermere and Winter Garden elected a mix of new and returning candidates to help lead their respective municipalities. It was a big day for local politics in West Orange County, as voters from three municipalities — Ocoee, Windermere and Winter Garden — went to the polls to elect their leaders March 9. Winter Garden voters selected members for districts 2, 3 and 4, while Ocoee had openings for City Commission District 2 and District 4 ...

Winter Park residents chose a new mayor. Winter Garden voters picked three candidates to fill city commission seats, Ocoee selected two city commissioners and Windermere filled three town council seats.

Voters in four municipalities in Orange County will be electing several city officials on Tuesday.

Winter Garden voters will decide three city commission seats March 9, including the District 3 clash between incumbent Mark Maciel and his predecessor, Bobby Olszewski.

Winter Garden has been successful during Commissioner Mark Maciel's tenure, and that's a good reason to elect him to another term.