Altamonte Springs, FL

It’s hard to ignore the link between newly opened Zola Bar & Tables and 19th-century novelist Émile Zola. There’s the name, of course, but there’s also the floor-to-ceiling photo of the Frenchman eyeballing you when you open the restaurant door. It lets you know: The past is very present here. The post Zola Bar and Tables in Altamonte Springs is a trip to the restaurant menus of yesteryear appeared first on Orlando Weekly.

Jason “Jake” Jacobsen, 56, of Daytona Beach, Florida, passed away peacefully at AdventHealth hospice in Altamonte Springs following a long illness.             Born to the late Reidun T. (Mannes) Jacobsen and Capt. Peder “Pete” U. Jacobsen, both originally of Karmøy, Norway, Jake grew up on Poverty Point in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. His early years were highlighted […]

Amid rising costs and a diminishing budget, Altamonte Springs next month will consider closing its city library on Maitland Avenue in its current form. Discussion will occur during a public hearing on the city’s budget. City manager Frank Martz, who serves as the city’s executive leader, is proposing an alternative “digital first” model for library services […] The post Altamonte Springs city manager wants to close the library appeared first on Orlando Weekly.