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Dozens of artists lined the street of Historic Downtown Clermont for the Sixth Annual Earth Day and Chalk Art Celebration. Click the photo for details. (Photo by Johann Krieger)

East Ridge High's Samanatha Alberigi receives Chamber achievement award
East Ridge High School's Samantha Alberigi has been awarded the honor of Student of the Month for May 2012.The award is sponsored locally by the South Lake...

Clermont Police host this year's annual Law Enforcement Torch Run
The Clermont Police Department acted as official hosts for the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run to benefit the Special Olympics of Florida. The event was held...

Hazelnut Coffee Porterhouse steak puts Clermont resident in spotlight
Clermont resident Dan LaBrie has moved out of the frying pan and onto the grill. LaBrie is a finalist in the Beringer Great Steak Challenge 2 being aired on the...

FFA joins GCCF to plant a tribute garden at the Historical Village
The Greater Clermont Cancer Foundation (GCCF) dedicated its Tribute Garden at the Clermont Historical Village last week. Members of the GCCF, the Clermont...

Halloween HOG Rally will bring an economic boost to Historic Downtown
The HOG Rally planned for October could bring home the bacon for South Lake and Historic Downtown Clermont in particular. The HOGS in question aren't the swine...

Justice Assistant Grant equipment to keep Clermont Law Enforcement fit
There's a new breed of law enforcement in Clermont. Erase the stereotypical image of a motorcycle cop eating donuts. This is a leaner and more physically fit depart...

South Lake Hospital celebrates with its new community organic garden
The South Lake Hospital Foundation celebrated Earth Day in the First Planting Celebration, held Thursday, April 19, at 10am, at the new organic community garden...

Birds of Play hit all the right notes
in the musical "The Wedding Singer"
Get out those old shoulder pads, because this 1980's themed musical will spin your head right round! Based on the Adam Sandler film which came out in 1998...

Buses n' Backpacks provides meals for 300 hungry children in South Lake
Thirty thousand is a large number, especially when you consider it's the number of meals local community outreach program, Buses n' Backpacks, has provided...

Internationally famous stunt school
is quietly tucked away in the woods
If you are only as old as you feel, Kim Kahana is still a kid. Watching this 83 year old rappalling down the side of a three story structure you get a sense of how young he...

New Beginnings starts work on its Learning and Development Center
New Beginnings of Lake County officially began work on restoring a building that will soon become it's learning and support center for the area...

School Board approves measure
to establish a uniform dress code
In an apparent change of heart on uniform dress codes, the Lake County School Board has unanimously approved the first reading of an amendment to establish new...