A study released in March showed that between 1990 and 2022 Orange County saw a 4% loss of wetland acreage, and identified Shingle Creek as a vulnerable area that needed additional protections. On ...

Emma’s Creekside Farm at Rosen Shingle Creek is named after Emma MacIvey, a farmer’s wife in the classic novel “A Land Remembered.” ...

Over 100 years ago, the land in the Shingle Creek watershed was platted and sold to people sight unseen. Now the descendants of those deedholders seem to want the big payday that their forebears ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously voted against a proposal to rezone 227 acres of land for a new commercial and housing development in the Shingle Creek ...

Kristen St. Jean, a resident of Deer Creek Village, says nearby Shingle Creek wetlands, considered to be the northernmost headwaters of the Everglades, are important in avoiding flooding.

The sprawling Everglades is Gray's passion. "Back in the 1960s, when we decided to drain Florida, we dug a canal from Kissimmee to Okeechobee that was 30 feet deep and 100 yards wide," Gray explained.

Asphalt shingle roofs only provide full protection against hurricane winds until they are 10 years old, state officials told a panel of lawmakers on Tuesday. After they hit 10 years, degradation ...

The claims about shingle roofs run counter to roofing materials' marketing That 10-year life span for asphalt often doesn’t jibe with what salespeople are telling Florida homeowners, state Sen ...

Some Fortified program standards find their way into state building codes. In 2020, the Florida Building Code adopted the program’s sealed roof deck standard, according to the Fortified website.

Is it time to phase out asphalt shingle roofs in Florida? Florida’s insurance commissioner hinted at the recent Florida Chamber Insurance Summit that he’d like to see their days come to an end ...

Ron Hurtibise covers business and consumer issues for the South Florida Sun Sentinel. He can be reached by phone at 954-356-4071 or by email at [email protected].

ORLANDO, Fla. — Harris Rosen – the sometimes quiet, sometimes brash, and always savvy entrepreneur and philanthropist – has died. He was 85 years old.