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Who should be Central Floridian of the Year?
Central Florida never runs out of challenges. Fortunately, it also has an ample share of...
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Gary Cain of the Boys & Girls Club is our Central Floridian of the Year
Today, the Orlando Sentinel is proud to announce our Central Floridian of the Year: Gary...
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UCF’s Richard Lapchick is our Central Floridian of the Year
For most of his life, Richard Lapchick has been aware of the cruelty and hatred...
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Celebrating a group of extraordinary leaders, our Central Floridian of the Year finalists | Editorial
Across Central Florida, legions of heroes dedicate their intelligence, their compassion and their hard work...
For their historic selflessness, health-care workers named Central Floridians of the Year winners
For the health-care workers of Central Florida, the past year has been like pushing a...
For Central Floridian of the Year finalists, we found helpers who led us through a pandemic | Commentary
The year that a pandemic that turned our lives upside down also was the year...
Central Floridian of the Year previous honorees
1983: Marjory Stoneman Douglas, for efforts to save the Everglades. 1984: Mary Wiley, who founded...
Mary Downey named 2019 Central Floridian of the Year
The lack of affordable housing in Central Florida became a big issue in 2019, but...
Meet our 2019 Central Floridian of the Year finalists | Commentary
My standard line goes something like this: If you read very many editorials, you know...
Desmond Meade: After despair, my joy was finding my purpose | Central Floridian of the Year
Editor’s note: Desmond Meade, the force behind Florida’s successful Amendment 4 initiative to restore ex-felons’...