Claudia Mundlos As a mom to two wonderful but also hard to tame boys (4 and 6 years old), I am constantly looking for fun outdoor activities so they can run off all their energy. Of course, I try to keep the fun local whenever I can! Here is my go-to list for outdoor fun in Sanford. Central Florida Zoo ...

Leon Konieczny While downtown Sanford boasts a number of unique and wonderful restaurants, good eats are not limited only to downtown. And while there are a number of bars and other drinking establishments that also serve some very fine food, let’s talk about unique eats in restaurants in Sanford—eating establishments where food is their primary business. Of all non-downtown Sanford ...

Pasha Baker In 2011, after the opening of her second museum, The Francis Oliver Cultural Arts and Goldsboro Welcome Center, Mrs. Francis Oliver started the Goldsboro Heritage & Art Garden in a small corner of the backyard behind the center. Mrs. Oliver noticed that there was a food desert, a lack of fresh fruits and vegetables in the Goldsboro community. ...

Pasha Baker Mr. Joseph N. Crooms started his local career as a teacher and principal of the 7th Street Elementary School and in 1910, he was transferred to Hopper Academy, both schools were located in the Georgetown Community. Along with his wife, Mrs. Wealthy Crooms, an educator, they both raised money to complete the newly built Hopper Academy, purchased books to ...

Mary, Mary, quite contrary How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockleshells And pretty maids all in a row. Kimberly Jones What strange rhymes we learn as children! I’ve often wondered what made Mary so contrary.  Since moving to Central Florida in 2010, I think perhaps Mary was trying to garden here in Seminole County.  I wouldn’t call ...