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Former Winter Park player Kevince Brown dismissed from NC State football team

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Former Winter Park football player Kevince Brown is one of two freshmen who were dismissed from the NC State football team Tuesday , and one of five players being investigated in connection with an alleged sexual assault , underage drinking and illegal drug use during a dorm room party last month. Four of the five players being investigated are from Florida and three are from Plant City. Brown, who transferred to Winter Park from Orlando Christian Prep for his senior year of high school, and Plant City freshman Antoine Thompson were both dismissed from the NC State football team by coach Dave Doeren . The other three players, also freshmen — Erin Collins of Seffner Armwood, Xavier Lyas of Plant City Durant and Isaiah Moore of Chester, Va. — were suspended from the team pending the criminal investigation. Orlando Christian Prep player, dismissed from NC State footbal" class="trb_em_ic_img" title="Kevince Brown, former Winter Park and Orlando Christian Prep pl...

Homeowners oppose Toscana Isles workforce apartments planned...

The mood was tense, the hour was late and the conflict had a familiar ring to it. Ansca Homes is seeking permission to build 206 apartments on Hypoluxo Road, and the neighbors were not happy. “There are two sets of property rights here, the existing communities and the people who want to build,” Palm Beach County Commissioner Shelly Vana said. “I hope the answer is something everybody can live with.” Vana reminded the homeowners that workforce housing , which accounts for 142 of the 206 apartments, is a mandatory program heavily supported by the Palm Beach County Commission . It was declared to be at a crisis level in 2005. Vana added that it would behoove the developer to make any concessions it could, even though some had already been made. At the Wednesday night meeting west of Boynton Beach, a dozen homeowners representing six nearby communities called the planned apartment complex “an eyesore” and “a Pandora’s box.” Homeowners mainly objected to the rental units, which they...