Mark your calendars, it is almost time for the Minneola Schoolhouse Library’s spring book, bake and yard sale on Saturday, May 12 from 8 am until 2 pm at the Minneola City Hall Gym located at 800 US-27, Minneola.
There...
Weather Forecast for this Evening: A Starry, Balmy Night
It's the perfect evening to get out and enjoy a Movie Under the Stars.
Movie Under the Stars, a free program for families and friends, will be held at Waterfront Park this...
Darren Gray, Clermont’s city manager, recently graduated from Leadership Orlando, the largest community leadership program in America. The eight-month program helps emerging and established leaders broaden their regional knowledge and experience.
Gray, a former Lake County manager who has led...
Dylan Bormann, Christopher Lancaster, Ledger Mosley, David Pierce, Grady Broderick, Leighlin Laffosse, Jacob Stewart, Calista Sturgeon, Roman Daniel, Riley Richardson, Xavier Cappellano, Emma Tosi, Elise Whyte, Emily Limpus, Genesis Segui, Emma Grace Gosselin, Johnathan Chase Horton, Lily Turner, Kylee...
Mascotte Charter and The Kiwanis Club are proud to announce April’s Terrific Kids.
Axel Mendez, Alizee Romero, Savannah Campos, Reginald Smith, Aleesha Gonzalez Reyes, Jonathan Vazquez-Dominquez, Genesis Espinoza, Fabian Ortiz, Amy Lee, Fernando Hernandez, Jayden Jaisingh, Evelyn Cruz- Velazquez, Paris...
The 2017 Annual Clermont Police Department Awards Ceremony was held during the Clermont City Council meeting on Tuesday, April 10.
Proud family, friends and community residents filled the council chambers as Clermont Chief of Police Charles Broadway presented awards to...
For close to a year, the ongoing saga of where to place the city’s boat ramp has been a dilemma faced by Clermont City Council. The city’s Master Plan indicated that a new boat ramp would be built at...
Symphony visits the Wild West! Lake County's professional resident symphony orchestra since 2005, Florida Lakes Symphony Orchestra, presents a grand finale to its Season of beautiful symphonic music with a Cowboy Serenade--a tribute to the sweeping plains of the...
The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Extension in Lake County is hosting the following events and programs in April:
Lake County Master Gardeners’ Spring Plant Sale
April 14 from 8 a.m. - noon
Lake County Extension Center,...
Twenty-seven teams representing fourteen high schools in Lake and Sumter Counties, plus Montverde Academy, The Villages Charter High School, and Real Life Christian Academy, participated in the 32nd annual ‘Mathlympics’ math competition hosted by Lake-Sumter State College on April...
The Pastfinders Computer Users Group will meet on Wednesday, April 25th and May 16th, 1 pm -3 pm at Cooper Memorial Library Room 221
The Free classes will be focusing on the capabilities of Ancestry.com for use as your primary...
The Lake Minneola High School Marching Green and Gold has been invited to perform in the 2018 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Festival in Atlanta, GA! This will be the band's first trip out of state! The Festival includes marching, concert,...
Lake-Sumter State College’s student clubs College Democrats and College Republicans are hosting local political candidates that are running for state legislature seats in this year’s elections. Each candidate will have three to four minutes to give a speech. After...
Want to make a difference? Looking for love? Foster a pet! The Animal League is currently seeking loving pet fosters to help us rescue even more pets this year. Come join us at one of our information sessions and...
submitted by the Animal League
Bear is looking for his forever family! This sweet and playful young boy is a 2 1/2 year old Boxer Blend. Bear currently weighs around 45 lbs. Bear is housetrained, and he enjoys running after...
Submitted by Hilary Allen, Athletic Director
Lake Minneola High School Sports Review (Week April 2nd-7th)
Tuesday, April 3
Varsity Baseball was defeated by South Lake High School
Wednesday, April 4
Apopka played well against our Girls Lacrosse team.
Lambert High from Georgia...
Krista and Cody McCracken chose Cypress Ridge Elementary School (CRES) as the place to enroll their children. The school came highly recommended. It has an outstanding academic program and excellent staff and community of parents, said Krista.
The one thing...
On Saturday, April 21, from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm, Douglas Fernandez, one of Cuba’s top natural scientists will present a program on the
Cuba is one of the world’s hotspots for biodiversity. A significant percentage of the plants and...
It was an important and long-anticipated day for many Lake County officials and attendees who gathered to take part in the ceremonial groundbreaking of the South Lake Regional Park.
Guest Speakers at the event included Tim Sullivan, Chairman of the...
The City of Clermont announced work will begin on Osceola Street beginning Monday, April 9, to install new stormwater drainage pipe. Small sections of the street will be closed temporarily; but access to local businesses, as well as to...
The Lake County Board of County Commissioners is inviting the community to the groundbreaking ceremony for the South Lake Regional Park at 9 am on Friday, April 6 at Max Hooks Road, Groveland.
When complete, the planned 141-acre South Lake...
Lake County Schools has published a brief two-question survey to determine whether the community thinks the school guardian program is a good idea for local schools.
The survey is open to employees, students, parents and community residents. It asks survey...
The East Lake County Library is holding the Annual Poetry Contest in honor of National Poetry Month. Entries are being accepted now until May 1, 2018.
The Poetry Contest is for all ages and will be separated into three age groups:
Children's...
South Lake County Historical Society board members, Jim Briggs and Carole Fernandes, recently posed for this recreation of the classic “American Gothic” with a straw hat, pitchfork and crescent moon outhouse. Come by the Village, 490 West Ave, any...
Writer, Journalist, Publisher and Writing Coach Patricia Charpentier will be giving a free Presentation at Cooper Memorial Library on April 12th from 4:30 pm-7 pm.
Patricia recently received the FAPA Florida Authors & Publishers Association Award for her book Eating...
At a recent Clermont City Council meeting, local residents Chris Desmond and Brian Walker were presented the Lifesaving Award from Fire Chief Carle Bishop for their courageous efforts in saving the life of an unconscious neighbor. “I commend them for their courageous efforts,” said Chief Bishop
Brian...
Submitted by Hilary Allen, Athletic Director
Lake Minneola High School Sports Review (March 26-March 30)
Tuesday, March 27
Girls Lacrosse team was defeated by Forest.
Both Baseball teams were defeated by Forest.
Both Tennis teams were defeated by West Orange.
Boys...
Free Community Event in Downtown Clermont ~ Friday, April 6, 2018
The Clermont Downtown Partnership is hosting the First Friday and Food Truck event on Friday, April 6.
Salute To Veteran’s: The VA will be honoring all American Veterans for the...
Clermont Highlander Dragons bring home medals
On March 10th, the Clermont Highland Dragons dragon boat team competed at the Central Florida Dragon Boat Festival in Tavares. The Highlander Dragons paddled in the Premier Mixed Club division against strong competition and...
Curious about Toastmasters? Attending a meeting is a great opportunity to learn what it’s all about. The club provides a safe, supportive and positive learning environment in which members are empowered to develop communication and leadership skills, resulting in...
Bentley is a 5-year-old Yellow Lab Blend. At over 70 lbs, Bentley is a very big boy! Bentley is very friendly, and does well with both people and other dogs, though he prefers female dogs to males. Bentley has...
Three South Lake High School 12th grade students officially signed college letters of intent to play ball.
Enthusiastic parents, coaches, and teammates watched the ceremonial signings with great pride. Each of the students has been playing ball for many years...
Saturday, March 31 was opening day for the Spring Season of Clermont Girls FastPitch Softball. More than 200 girls, ages 4 -18 years old, gathered to play ball at Clermont Hancock Park, the home of the Girls Fast Pitch...
Groveland City Council Members, City Officials, family, friends, and neighbors of the late Elese Tomlin celebrated the groundbreaking of the Elese Tomlin Center, a one-story, 24-ft. by 36-ft. computer lab/study hall that will provide Groveland youths positive change and...
The City of Clermont is providing the public with an assessment of two renderings for possible locations of the much talked about City Boat Ramp. The proposed options: *Keeping the boat ramp at its present location or *Moving it to...
Laura St. John is a woman of many talents. She is an accomplished singer, a published author; a kid’s entertainer (Alphabet Chef). She can deliver a costumed telegram for any occasion or help get you organized. And, also...
The Women's Giving Alliance is hosting its Spring Breakfast at Bella Collina, 15920 County Road 455, Montverde, on April 11th from 8:30 am -10:00 am.
Dynamic keynote speaker Carrie Morgridge will be sharing some thoughts from her book, “Every Gift...
The Kiwanis Club of Clermont is having its annual Chicken BBQ on Saturday, April 7. The event will be held at St. Matthias Episcopal Church, 574 West Montrose Street, Clermont from 11 am to 5 pm. Dinners are available...
April marks the switch to seasonally adjusted hours for the MidWeek Market at Montverde, the area’s new Farmer’s Market held each Wednesday in the Town of Montverde’s Kirk Park. The event is now 11:00am–4:00pm every Wednesday. The new hours...
Don't miss Clermont's scavenger hunt.
Teams of 2-4 people will discover unique local businesses and interesting details about the City of Clermont. Start and Finish the ride at Waterfront Park with music, prizes and lots of fun. Bring a camera....
Montverde United Methodist Church’s Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry, also known as the Montverde Food Pantry, received $796 in grant funding from the Community Foundation of South Lake County, under a Food Providers Grant awarded in December 2017. These...
Vietnam Veterans Day is celebrated every March 29. It's a day set aside for Americans to honor the courage and sacrifice of those who served in the Vietnam War.
The City of Groveland and members of the community paid homage...
Don't Miss East Ridge High School's Last Theatre Production of the Season.
Fiddler on the Roof will be performed by an amazing cast of singers, actors, and dancers on April 11th-14th on the East Ridge High School stage.
Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with...
Council To Discuss the Location of the City's Boat Ramp on Tuesday, April 10
Clermont City Council will review possible locations for the city's boat ramp at its regularly-scheduled council meeting on Tuesday, April 10 at 6:30 pm. The meeting will be...
It was in 2001 that Robert Scambia’s life started down a path he never imagined. One of his good friends, a New York City firefighter, said something prophetic, “If something bad happens, cook for fire departments and write a...
Featuring a Guest Group from Orlando
Sisters of Sound, the Clermont Chapter of Harmony, Inc. is hosting their annual Spring Variety show Saturday, April 7th in the Sandra O Stephens auditorium at Montverde Academy 17235 7th St, Montverde. The show...
If you want to know about your family origin, Pastfinders of South Lake County, Genealogical Society, can help you get started. Beginner class are held on April 4th & 18th then again on May 2nd & 16th beginning promptly...
Groveland Mayor Dina Sweatt was overcome with emotion while attempting to announce to those attending a recent city council meeting that a special plaque would be unveiled at the Groveland Veterans Garden in recognition of Vietnam Veterans. A teary-eyed Mayor...
Lake County Commissioners recently voted unanimously to dissolve the Lake Emergency Medical Services (Lake EMS) and transition it into the county organization. The commissioners believe the transition will improve response times and increase overall service while saving $500,000 in...
Submitted by Bill Post
A beautiful sunrise and perfect Spring temperatures greeted 98 runners, walkers and joggers at this week’s Clermont parkrun. This week our entire group was extremely motivated, and that showed all 98 participants finished the course in...