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Council approves meter fine first reading, extends Golden Gem agreement
The Apopka Chief Newsletter: October 3 Edition
Sarah Merly
October 03, 2025
Welcome to the Apopka Chief weekly newsletter!
Just 143 years after its incorporation, Apopka is the second-largest city in Orange County! We couldn’t be more grateful for our family, friends, and neighbors. To join the city in celebrating our 143rd anniversary and the 100th anniversary of City Hall, come to tonight’s ceremony at 6 p.m. at 120 E. Main Street. We’re so excited to see you!
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Thank you for reading. We can’t wait to hear your thoughts!
Front Page
Commissioner Alexander Smith voted with the majority to create fines for meter tampering. | Photo by Dana O’Connor
Front Page News:
Apopka, St. Johns District extend Golden Gem agreement by Teresa Sargeant
Great Scott Farms kicks off 23rd annual Fall Festival & Corn Maze Staff Reports
Freshfields Farm chooses Apopka for third location by Teresa Sargeant
Bankson, Bracy Davis address council by Teresa Sargeant
Lifestyle
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Local Sports
First rotation huddles at start of set three. | Photo by Vinnie Cammarano
Apopka volleyball drops district match to Seminole by Vinnie Cammarano
Shorthanded Forest Lake Academy sweeps Apopka by Vinnie Cammarano
West Orange steamrolls Apopka, 51-0 by Vinnie Cammarano
Inexperience, injuries send Wekiva to 65-0 defeat to Oviedo by Neal Fisher
Lake Buena Vista’s captain dominant in sweep against Wekiva by Vinnie Cammarano
Wekiva’s early set leads not enough to take down Ocoee by Vinnie Cammarano
Apopka Fact of the Week:
Apopka at one time had a municipal airport. In 1936, it was named Ryan Field in honor of the recently deceased mayor at that time and was designated as an emergency landing field. During World War II, Helen McBride, one of the early women to take up flying, operated the Central Florida Flying School, training students to become members of the Army Air Corps Reserve. Today, Dream Lake Elementary School occupies part of the land that was once Ryan Field.
-Based on info from Treasures and Pleasures Cookbook