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Among the manpower sent to help in the cleanup and rescue missions after Hurricane Michael two weeks ago were several Seminole County firefighters’ units.

Communication was still shaky all around the affected areas even late this week, with a lack of phone lines or power making it difficult to find people who were still missing.

Several young people were arrested Wednesday in connection with a string of vehicle burglaries stretching from Winter Springs to Longwood, Seminole County Sheriff’s Office deputies said.

The suspects arrested were Steven Walker, 18, Hailey Ann Lynn Schulte, 18, Dashaun Patrick Gonzalez-Actie, 21, Trey Michael Anderson, 17, and Jordan Dominick Jenkins, 18.

Sanford Brewing Company is expanding their craft beer operation to Maitland and Oviedo in the next two years, said owner Robyn Esser.

After being asked how it felt to be looking at expansions, Esser said, “Exhilarating.”

“And terrifying,” chimed in fellow owner Bo Hallowes.

Downtown Sanford could soon see a specialty-themed retail and restaurant venue in which you can eat and drink inside a remodeled old train car, if developer Mitch Menaker has his way.

It’s part of his latest venture, All Aboard Dining Cars, planned to come to a lot near 2nd Street and Palmetto Avenue.

He didn’t mean it

Deputies responded to a home in Sanford last Sunday after they said a man had hit his wife.

Two federal lawsuits filed against the Seminole County Tax Collector and Clerk of Courts allege discrimination against employees who claimed to have been fired unjustly, court documents state.

Police arrested Justin Lamarr Buckner, 23, on charges of premeditated murder Monday, in the ongoing case of the murder of Derek Williams last month.

Williams, 28, died in a shootout outside Mama Coot’s on Historic Goldsboro Boulevard on Sept. 8.

October is Car Care Month, an ideal time to remind motorists that seasonal changes can have an overwhelming effect on a battery’s performance. Batteries typically last three to five years and failures are common in winter and extreme heat conditions. According to AAA-The Auto Club Group, more than 20 percent of service calls in the last year were battery related.

Where there was once FleaWorld, there will one day be a sprawling metropolis called Parkside Place.

Taking the spot of the former “nation’s largest flea market” near 17/92 and Ronald Reagan Boulevard, Parkside Place will feature 4,076 multi-family units, 752 student housing units for Seminole Stage College students, an Assisted Living Facility, a hotel, retail space and office space.

At a mayoral candidate debate held Tuesday night, Jeff Triplett and Pasha Baker presented contrasting views of Sanford, with Triplett vowing to continue the successes they’d had if he wins re-election and Baker protesting the lack of improvements to every area of the city outside of downtown.