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A look back at a side trip to Winter Park, Florida

January 1, 2023 Todd DeFeo

The bucolic Orlando suburb of Winter Park sits less than 10 miles north of Orlando’s city center.

Tampa International Airport to resume operations at 10 a.m. Friday

September 29, 2022 Special to Sightseers’ Delight

As Hurricane Ian moves away from the Tampa Bay area, Tampa International Airport will resume commercial operations on Friday, Sept. 30, at 10 a.m.

DeSantis says Ian expects to create major flooding in NE Florida, hundreds of miles from landfall

September 28, 2022 Florida Phoenix

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said early evening Wednesday that while Hurricane Ian is still battering the Southwest part of the peninsula, the Category 4 storm is going to continue to lash through Florida hundreds of miles away before it escapes into the Atlantic.

Dry Tortugas National Park closes in preparation for Hurricane Ian

September 27, 2022 Special to Sightseers’ Delight

On  September 26 at noon,  Dry Tortugas National Park temporarily closed in preparation for Hurricane Ian for the safety of visitors and staff. Concession-operated ferry and sea plane services are also temporarily suspended.

Here’s why Key West really is ‘the place to be’

June 15, 2022 Todd DeFeo

It really is “fine and fair” and also “paradise divine.”

A look back at Mickey’s Toontown Fair

May 24, 2022 Sightseers’ Delight

Mickey’s Toontown Fair might go down in Walt Disney World history as one of the stranger ideas.

Florida House passes bill that would strip Disney of its self-rule status

April 22, 2022 The Center Square

The Florida House on Thursday passed a measure that would strip Walt Disney Company of its self-governing status in the state.

Florida Senate passes bill that would strip Disney of its self-rule status

April 20, 2022 The Center Square

The Florida Senate on Wednesday passed a measure that would strip Walt Disney Company of its self-governing status in the state.

Islamorada memorial remembers 1935 hurricane

April 8, 2022 Todd DeFeo

The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 is one of the worst natural disasters in the country’s history. In Islamorada, just east of U.S. 1 at mile marker 82, the Florida Works Progress Administration (WPA) built a monument to the disaster.

Key West police identify two suspects who damaged Southernmost Point Buoy

January 7, 2022 Sightseers’ Delight

Key West police have obtained warrants for two miscreants they say set fire to a Christmas tree at the Southernmost Point Buoy, damaging the venerable landmark.