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Alissa Gary, a student at the University of Florida, is an intern for the Orlando Sentinel.
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![The first in what founders hope will be a monthly event starts Saturday, featuring products from Black business owners. The first in what founders hope will be a monthly event starts Saturday, featuring products from Black business owners.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/TOS-L-BrittanyJohnson21064.jpg?w=132)
An evening farmers market to debut in Eatonville on Saturday
The first in what founders hope will be a monthly event starts Saturday, featuring products from Black business owners.
![After collecting children's artworks for 30 years, Crayola hopes to return its pieces to their now-adult owners. After collecting children's artworks for 30 years, Crayola hopes to return its pieces to their now-adult owners.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/TOS-L-crayola-billboard-05.jpg?w=132)
Billboards seek to reunite decades-old kids’ drawings with their now-grown creators
After collecting children's artworks for 30 years, Crayola hopes to return its pieces to their now-adult owners.
![The University of Central Florida on Tuesday banned camping on its grounds in the wake of pro-Palestinian demonstrations on college campuses nationwide. The University of Central Florida on Tuesday banned camping on its grounds in the wake of pro-Palestinian demonstrations on college campuses nationwide.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/TOS-L-PalestineProtestUCF22015_e98b34.jpg?w=140)
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UCF’s Board of Trustees approves camping ban following spring protests
The University of Central Florida on Tuesday banned camping on its grounds in the wake of pro-Palestinian demonstrations on college campuses nationwide.
![UCF trustees will vote on a camping ban Tuesday following pro-Palestinian protests in the spring. UCF trustees will vote on a camping ban Tuesday following pro-Palestinian protests in the spring.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/TOS-L-PalestineProtestUCF22015_e98b34.jpg?w=140)
After spring student protests, UCF considers camping ban
UCF trustees will vote on a camping ban Tuesday following pro-Palestinian protests in the spring.
![Seminole County schools will see major renovations if the county's one-cent infrastructure tax is renewed. Seminole County schools will see major renovations if the county's one-cent infrastructure tax is renewed.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/TOS-L-lake-howell-HS_0227f.jpg?w=140)
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Seminole school board approves sales tax project list, hopes to overhaul 17 campuses
Seminole County schools will see major renovations if the county's one-cent infrastructure tax is renewed.
![University professors hope to strike down a controversial Florida law limiting diversity in higher education. University professors hope to strike down a controversial Florida law limiting diversity in higher education.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/DeSantisSchools.webp?w=132)
Professors hopeful about Stop Woke lawsuit
University professors hope to strike down a controversial Florida law limiting diversity in higher education.
![A Sanford family donated a piece of wetlands to the city for conservation. A Sanford family donated a piece of wetlands to the city for conservation.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/TOS-L-sanford-land-0613-2.jpg?w=132)
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Donation will preserve teacher’s 1973 land purchase and goal to keep Sanford “very pretty”
A Sanford family donated a piece of wetlands to the city for conservation.