After Hurricane Matthew devastated southwest Haiti in 2016, there was little left standing around the school that hotelier Harris Rosen built. Photos show its bright red roof mostly intact, surrounded… Read more »
Lockheed Martin’s recent hiring binge is snapping up engineers and tech talent from the University of Central Florida and other schools almost as fast as they graduate, and bringing in… Read more »
If you have your own contracting business, getting new customers is your livelihood. However, you want to promote yourself to the RIGHT customers. Otherwise, if you just promote to the… Read more »
Piedmont Office Realty Trust has purchased downtown Orlando’s HD Supply building at 501 W. Church St., according to Orange County property records. The five-story building was opened in 2004 near… Read more »
Orlando attorney Charlie Gray, who says he’s been a longtime member of the National Rifle Association, posted a photo of himself on Facebook Monday as he turned over in his… Read more »
Looking for another way to promote your contracting business? How about an email newsletter? Sure, email newsletters can be annoying, but that’s only when they are not created or sent… Read more »
Orlando-based luxury motor coach transportation service RedCoach said it will add a free shuttle service from UCF to its Orlando station near Orlando International Airport. The move caters to a… Read more »
A consortium led by University of Central Florida will soon take over management of Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, the largest operational radio telescope in the world. UCF intends to… Read more »
Retired Air Force fighter pilot Christine Mau scanned the horizon over Eglin Air Force Base, looking for the enemy. “There they are,” she said, indicating two Russian-made MIG 29s among… Read more »
Disney World will soon be connected to a new solar farm along State Road 429, 10 times larger than the existing Hidden Mickey solar farm near Epcot. Reedy Creek Improvement… Read more »
Julian Omar Colom, a 24-year-old Orlando man who was shot and killed Saturday, was at the home of a wealthy local businessman near Windermere when the shooting occurred, a spokeswoman for… Read more »
We’re on the brink of having a society filled with robots. Think of recent developments: drones, roombas. Companies and consumers are turning to robotic technologies to make their lives easier…. Read more »
Fox News Network outed a closeted gay businessman in Maitland because it didn’t want to pursue a reality TV show about estate sales, according to a lawsuit in Orlando federal… Read more »
A shooting on Saturday at an upscale waterfront home near Windermere reportedly claimed the life of a 24-year-old Orlando man, Julian Omar Colom, according to Colom’s family attorney and friends…. Read more »
The chambers of commerce for Winter Park and Orlando are starting the year with new initiatives led by John Davis at Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce; and Betsy Gardner Eckbert,… Read more »
Being “green” isn’t a trend or fad, it’s the way of the future, and even the present! More companies are turning to greener methods and are learning how to be… Read more »
An Orlando bankruptcy judge said she’s troubled by testimony from Abdul Mathin, developer of the proposed $400 million iSquare mall and hotel, because he acknowledged commingling money from several different… Read more »
A federal lawsuit accuses a Florida State trooper of beating, tasing, and whipping an auto-repair shop manager in Melbourne for years, while on duty and in uniform. It further accuses… Read more »
Sometimes, Alicia and Rob Beers talk about work at home, but they try to limit it. “At the end of the day, if we’re having a glass of wine and… Read more »
New federal data shows wages in Orlando are below national average – except for waiters and cooks.