At the height of segregation, a Black Little League team from Pensacola played a white Orlando team at Lake Lorna Doone Park in a historic event a story well told in the documentary “Long Time Coming: A 1955 Baseball Story.”
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Posted By Ken Storey on Mon, May 24, 2021 at 4:11 PM click to enlarge Photo courtesy City of Orlando The past year has proven the importance of beautiful, accessible outdoor spaces. In Orlando, no outdoor space is as well used as Lake Eola. Since 1888, the park has provided a bit of reprieve for those in downtown Orlando, but as the region grows, the park has struggled to keep up. Now welcoming more than three million visitors a year, the park is in desperate need of a facelift. Orlando is now in the process of developing a master plan for the park that will guide the park’s evolution for decades to come.
In an effort to make the COVID-19 vaccine accessible to all seniors, Orange County Commissioner Regina Hill announced a partnership with Pegasus Transportation to provide rides to seniors to and from the FEMA site at Valencia College.