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Oviedo flag football team honored for winning national championship – Oviedo Community News

Ice-cold water – freshly and ceremoniously dumped from a cooler – dripped off of head coach Kevin Brotz’s head and shoulders as he hopped, hugged and cheered with his team. It was the third time they traveled from Oviedo to College Park, Md., to compete for the national flag football championship, but the first time they clinched the title.


Playing on the fields of the University of Maryland, the third- and fourth-grade division champions finally reached the mountaintop in July, surrounded by...
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Vision quest - The Community Paper

Orlando-based artist Kelly Joy Ladd is no stranger to the unexpected.
With her dad working for an airline, Ladd moved constantly during her childhood — an experience that shaped her comfort with change.
“I was born in Florida, and then two days later, we moved,” Ladd said. “We moved around the country for a while until I was 10.”
Ladd didn’t start as an artist. She began as a magazine writer and editor, only transitioning to art about 12 years ago. With no family background in art, she wasn’t su...
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Seminole County honors college football icon with Lee Corso Day – Oviedo Community News

ESPN host Lee Corso said he hopes to be remembered as “somebody that made you smile.”


The Seminole County Commission voted on Tuesday to proclaim Aug. 26, 2025, “Lee Corso Day,” honoring the legendary College GameDay host and longtime Lake Mary resident. Corso has been one of the hosts of ESPN’s College GameDay since its inception in 1987. After over three decades of bringing joy to millions with his humor and charm, the 90-year-old analyst has decided to call it a career.

Corso’s last sh...
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Standing fast, not still - The Community Paper

Tony Ross didn’t start his career in fashion or sportswear, but athletics has always been a part of his life. A former bank manager and track and field competitor for Puerto Rico, Ross founded World’s Fastest Humans, a growing track and field apparel brand that outfits everyone from local high school teams to Olympic athletes.
Ross said starting WFH helps carry on the legacy of his late father, Wilbur Ross, a former decathlete and renowned track and field coach who trained multiple future track...
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Dog waste removal in Orlando gets a family touch with Scooplando - The Community Paper

Scooping dog poop isn’t something that most people think could be life-changing, but for three Orlando sisters, it was exactly that.
Norah, Andi, and Tairi Pérez know what it’s like to have a busy schedule. Between mom duties and their never-ending to-do lists, they started looking for ways to lighten their workload.
“We are working moms and have been drowning with our to-do lists,” Norah Pérez said. “One of the things was always to go outside and scoop poop, and we were like, there has to be a...
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UCF mental health professionals weigh in on potential national antidepressant investigation

UCF mental health professionals discussed how Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to investigate antidepressants may lead to more problems in the ongoing mental health crisis in the country.During his confirmation hearing on Jan. 29, Kennedy stated his intention to investigate the use of antidepressants in the country, particularly Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, as part of his “Make America Healthy Again” campaign.
“I know people, including membe...
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UCF World Water Day event educates attendees on water sustainability and challenges

UCF Student Government and the UCF Arboretum celebrated World Water Day on Monday in the Cape Florida Ballroom with an event that informed students and faculty on water sustainability and global water challenges.Attendees were greeted outside the ballroom by members of UCF's Coastal and Estuarine Ecology Lab (CEELAB) who set up a table with biodegradable ecosystem engineering products (BESE), which are environmentally safe products used for ecosystem restoration.
The event had seven spea...
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UCF scientists discuss Earth's asteroid defenses and research

NASA recently assessed asteroid 2024 YR4, also known as the "city-killer" asteroid, which now has a lower probability of impacting Earth in 2032. The chance of an impact has dropped significantly to 0.0012% at the time of publication, but questions remain about Earth's asteroid defenses.Dr. Joshua Colwell, UCF pegasus professor and associate dean for research in the College of Sciences, said lead time is critical for deflecting an impending asteroid. Lead time is the head start scientists have t...
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UCF researchers discover data surrounding sea turtles' "lost years"

Researchers from UCF's Marine Turtle Research Group used satellite trackers to uncover new data released earlier this month regarding the behavior of young sea turtles during what is known as "the lost years.""The lost years" term is used to describe turtles lives in between leaving a beach after hatching, to returning to shore as a juvenile. The new data suggests that previous hypotheses about the turtles’ behaviors and migration routes during this time may not have been as accurate as initiall...
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UCF fans descend on Gainesville for showdown with Gators

UCF fans arrived in droves for the Knights' highly anticipated matchup with in-state rival Florida, Saturday evening in Gainesville.Despite the large number of Gator fans wandering the streets of Florida’s campus, Knights fans made their presence felt, with their iconic “Go Knights” and “Charge on” monikers, as well as their familiar black and gold colors shining through the sea of orange and blue.
As fans waited for Ben Hill Griffin Stadium’s gates to open, tailgating and pregame activi...