Osceola County has started construction on Poinciana Boulevard, from Trafalgar Boulevard to Pleasant Hill Road. The $80.5 million improvement project will widen approximately 5.6 miles to four lanes and add sidewalks, bike lanes, enhanced drainage systems and stormwater ponds, new signals, lighting and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) components. The work is initially set to be completed by the summer of 2026.
The construction work may require nighttime lane closures between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. Expect traffic shifts to the new roadway as construction progresses. For more information on traffic alerts, please visit www.osceola.org/go/trafficalerts. For details about the project, please visit www.osceola.org/go/poincianablvd. For project construction-related questions, please contact Louis Bramblett P.E. at the project hotline at 407-768-3303 or email Poinciana_Public_ Information@etminc.com.
Scare-A-Mony spots still available
he Osceola County Clerk and Comptroller’s Office Our office is still accepting registrations for the Halloween Wedding & Vow Renewal Scare-A-Mony & Reception Celebration at the Historic Courthouse on Tuesday. Oct. 31 at 10 a.m.
Wedding couples must register at the time of their marriage license appointment by October 27th. Vow renewal couples may email specialweddingevent@osceolaclerk.org to sign up. Couples from all walks of life are welcome to get married during this ceremony.
American Pickers coming to Florida
The History Channel documentary American Pickers, which follows treasure ‘pickers’ as they hunt for America’s most valuable antiques, will be filming episodes in Central Florida in January 2024.
As they hit the back roads from coast to coast, the Pickers are on a mission to recycle and rescue forgotten relics. Along the way, they want to meet characters with amazing stories and fun items. They hope to give historically- significant objects a new lease on life while learning a thing or two about America’s past. If you or someone you know has a unique item, story to tell, and is ready to sell let the show producers know; email americanpickers@cineflix.com or call (646) 493-2184. Note the Pickers do not pick stores, flea markets, malls, auction businesses, museums, or anything open to the public.
Local teens’ ‘Portraits of Who I Am’ art on display at St. Cloud Library
Over 60 works created by students of The WYE Project’s REFLECTIONS: Portraits of Who I Am Workshop Series are on display at the St. Cloud Veteran’s Memorial Library through the end of November.
The series was presented by The WYE (World Youth Expo) Project, Inc. in collaboration with the St. Cloud Boys & Girls Club during the Club’s 2023 Summer Camp program. The students, ages 13-16, were encouraged to explore who they are through the process of “creative expression.”
The program served 32 students over the course of seven weeks, during which they were encouraged to explore inner self through imagination and creativity, mostly in the abstract.
With the facilitation of a coordinator and two student interns, the youths were encouraged to explore their strengths; their weaknesses; facing their fears; and aspiring to better things by expressing it all through the strokes of a paintbrush. Many of the works show surprising maturity, given the young ages of the artists. And the end results also demonstrate the effectiveness of a successful collaboration between two entities working together with similar goals for the community’s youths.
Funding for the workshops was provided to The WYE Project (WYEP) through a private benefactor given to the non-profit organization in 2022. The WYE Project, Inc. is community based and dedicated to youth development, especially of youths at the poverty threshold or at-risk. It first presented similar workshops last year for the Kissimmee Parks & Recreation summer camp program.
For more info about WYEP, visit www.thewyeprojectinc.org.
