CUMBERLAND – A year after town officials found multiple violations in response to complaints about tree-clearing off Curran Road, trees continue to come down, according to residents in the area.
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CUMBERLAND – The long and often convoluted history of one of Cumberland’s largest proposed housing projects, now tied up in litigation with one of the town’s most well-known developers, is still taking more twists and turns than the Diamond Hill roundabouts.
Back in July 2011, The Valley Breeze reported that real estate broker John Brady, owner of 88 acres of Bear Hill, was nearing final approvals on his Gold Rush Estates, a development of 60 homes named in honor of old-time landowner David Curran and the mini-gold rush that hit Bear Hill in May 1904.
Asked back then when he expected work on his project to get started, Brady said it wouldn’t be happening soon due to the condition of the economy. A decade later, the 60-lot subdivision project, first granted preliminary plan approval in 2008 but allowed to be put on pause through state tolling statutes, still waits in limbo.
In one local case, thieves have taken the food out of the mouths of hungry people. Lake Cares Food pantry, on Old U.S. Highway 441 in Mount Dora, was the victim of such a crime.
“We had a refrigeration truck in the parking lot. When it was started up it made a terrible noise,” said Executive Director Irene O’Malley. “It cost us a lot of money to replace it.
It wasn’t just the part. When the truck was in the shop, the non-profit organization had to rent another refrigerated truck.
“They’re not cheap,” she said.
Later, thieves also targeted a food pantry van.
That equates to around 20,000 meals donated to the Lake Cares Food Pantry.
After a friendly competition between the departments, the Golden Triangle Rotary Club awarded first, second and third place to the respective stations. The Tavares department collected 2,390 pounds, the Mount Dora department brought in 2,532 pounds and Eustis came out on top with 6,599 pounds.
“We’ve got a goal of providing 10 million meals throughout the district and this is a perfect example of our community working together to meet that goal,” said James Dickerson, Community Project Chairman of the Golden Triangle Rotary Club. “This is the finale of a great food drive.”