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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
Saturday morning storms cause early headaches for Orlando travelers
Central Florida experienced delays and cancellations at Orlando International Airport and Sanford Airport on Saturday morning. The line of strong storms that rolled through Central Florida Saturday morning caused delays and cancellations to stack up at Orlando International Airport and Sanford Airport before most passengers woke up. As of 11:30 a.m., 249 flights had been delayed flying in or out of the airports, while four flights had been canceled. Channel 9 shall continue to provide updates regarding weekend travel. Click here to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Blu Resource Center offers youth a bridge between school and real life
A new business in Sanford hopes to make an impact on young people by helping them bridge the gap between school and real life. The BLU (Building Lifelong Understanding) Resource Center and its founder, Janet Stoudemire, will teach financial literacy, mental health awareness, emotional intelligence and more to those who come through the doors. The BLU Resource Center recently held its ribbon cutting and gave the chance for city officials, Sanford Area Growth Alliance Chamber of Commerce members and the community to get a look around the facility, located at 505 Wall St. Stoudemire is a graduate of the 2025 RISE (Real Investment in Sanford Entrepreneurs) program and was awarded a grant to help get her business off the ground. The RISE program, a collaborative effort of the Central Carolina Community College Small Business Center, Sanford Area Growth Alliance — Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Sanford Inc., offers participants the tools and support needed to turn their entrepreneurial dreams into reality. Graduates who open retail businesses in downtown Sanford are eligible to apply for start-up grants. 'This is an amazing place,' SAGA Chamber Director Susan Gomez said. 'Janet had a vision for a business that serves school-aged children and offers a safe and enriching environment for tutoring, homework assistance, mental health support and resources for parents. In order to pursue that vision, Janet applied to our RISE program.' Gomez noted that at the end of the RISE classes, Stoudemire presented her business plan to the committee, which selects the grant winners. BLU and Stoudemire were selected to receive a $5,000 grant. 'We're proud to be here not only because she was a winner, but she has definitely given this community something that we need,' Gomez said. Gomez said early childhood education is extremely important for the community. 'We are all here to grow and thrive,' she said. 'At some point, we have to create that new community and labor force — that starts with our children. Janet is providing that for them — giving them a safe space and the skills — to become better citizens as they grow.' Mayor Rebecca Wyhof Salmon also praised Stoudemire's vision and her work to create the center. 'We could not be anymore proud of both the fact that you had a vision and you brought that vision to life,' she said. 'You're doing it in a way that I can tell the community is responding in a truly powerful way. You are creating a space where we are creating a village to raise the children of our community in a powerful way.' Salmon said children would be given the tools, love and support that they need to be successful. 'I know that coming through your doors are our future teachers, doctors, lawyers and our future mayors … they're going to come right through here,' she said. 'They're going to get the wisdom and the love that you provide here.' Stoudemire said she is grateful for the support she has received along her journey to open the center. 'I honestly could not have gotten this all done by myself,' she said as she thanked family and friends. The space the BLU Resource Center moved into had been vacant since 2020. 'The roof was leaking, the carpet was really bad. … it took a lot to get this going,' she said. 'I had a vision, and the vision was to come here and start this program. For the program, I'll be offering different services over summer break. We're going to be teaching financial literacy. We will have someone talk to the children about their mental health, or if they are being bullied. We will have somebody to give them the tools to cope.' Stoudemire said other life skills offered would include things such as cooking and things people need to know every day. 'I'm here to bridge the gap between what school teaches and what real life is expecting of the children.' Stoudemire is also working to get donations to help students start savings accounts and learn to handle money. 'We just want to build community,' she said. 'I don't want to be in competition with anybody, I just want us all to grow and succeed. There's enough kids out here for everybody.' BLU Resource Center officially opened on May 27. 'I'm just excited about everything that is to come,' Stoudemire said. For more information, contact the BLU Resource Center at 919-601-5568.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Contract awarded for Conneaut dredging
CONNEAUT — The United States Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $4 million contract to Michigan-based Walsh Service Solutions to dredge of federal navigation channel in the city's harbor, according to a release from the agency. Dredging will begin in mid-August and end mid-September, and the contract stipulates a total of around 70,000 cubic yards of material will be removed from the channel, according to the release. 'Dredging of harbors like these ensures accessible depths for large vessels, the continued flow of commodities across the Great Lakes, and the economic viability of United States waterways,' the release said. Conneaut's harbor supports $132 million in business revenue and $41 million in income for transportation labor. The release said the harbor has handled 2.9 million tons of cargo in 2022, 98% of which was iron ore. Conneaut City Manager Nick Sanford said Walsh will work with Kurtz Brothers, the company that oversees the Conneaut Creek Dredge Reclamation Facility. The city will be paid a tipping fee for the dredged material placed in the facility, he said. Dredging operations in Conneaut are generally restricted to the federal shipping channel, Sanford said. Before 2024, the city's harbor was last dredged in 2019, Sanford said. A state ban on open-lake dumping of dredged material became effective July 1, 2020. Sanford said the city developed its own dredging plan in-line with state law. 'The Conneaut plan was designed for implementation in 2023; however unforeseen regulatory delays furrowed the agencies into 2024,' he said. Sanford said, from his understanding, the city's dredge reclamation facility had a great inaugural year. 'The facility performed exactly as designed, dewatering just over 77,000 cubic yards of dredged material from the floor of Conneaut harbor,' he said.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Two subdivisions among items on TRC agenda
Two single-family residential subdivisions will be considered by the Sanford-Lee County Technical Review Committee on May 29. Sky Ridge Estates would result in 28 homes on 16.5 acres on Eddy Drive near Commerce Drive and Lee Avenue in southeast Sanford. The current zoning is SN-9 and the average lot would be 10,000 square feet, according to a planning document. The property owners are Margaret Ann and Mike Thomas of 3806 Lee Ave. Also in that area, a separate 125-unit townhome project proposed by John Woodlief of Cary would connect Commerce Drive with Lee Avenue in advance of the North Carolina Department of Transportation doing so, according to Woodlief, who spoke at a Sanford City Council meeting about his project on May 20. The Thomas family hired local attorney Fred Webb to represent them at the city council meeting, and Webb said, 'We oppose because Lee Avenue is not constructed to handle the amount of traffic' that townhomes would bring. 'This is where the city meets the country.' The requested rezoning from suburban neighborhood (SN-12) to the Lee Avenue Conditional Zoning District for the townhome project will be considered by the Sanford City Council next month. PETTY ROAD SUBDIVISION Terry Stewart of Sterling Developers of Sanford is proposing a 133-lot, single-family subdivision on 58 acres at 3116 Carbonton Road southwest of Sanford near the intersection of Petty Road and Wicker Street. The average lot size would be 9,780 square feet. The land is in Sanford's extraterritorial jurisdiction. It was rezoned in January 2023 to the Petty Road Conditional Zoning District, according to a planning document. The land must be annexed into the city in order to be developed in the manner proposed. Also on the agenda are a Packforce Hangar at the Raleigh Executive Jetport in northern Lee County and a Blossman gas storage building on Cameron Drive near Lee Avenue and Industrial Drive in south Sanford. That latter would be used for propane tank refurbishment for Teddy Donathan and BMER LLC of Sanford. Just because a project is proposed does not mean it will come to fruition.
USA Today
24-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Michigan State locks in official visit with Suwanee, GA. product
Michigan State locks in official visit with Suwanee, GA. product As the official visit season is set to start on May 30, Michigan State has made a ton of moves to bring in various different prospects for official visits over the next month, with just under a week until the festivities begin. The latest prospect hails from the peach state. Tyson Sanford, a 5'11" and 180 pound safety from Suwanee, Georgia, will be officially visiting East Lansing on June 6. Michigan State was added alongside Wake Forest on the visit plans for Sanford. He owns offers from MSU, Wake, Duke and USF. Attending Peachtree Ridge High School, the product is someone that is just now seeing his recruitment take an upward swing, and the Spartans are getting in on the ground level. Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Cory Linsner on X @Cory_Linsner
