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The city of Orlando will end a temporary halt on alcohol sales past midnight downtown and a curfew from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. just as a wave of events is set to bring hundreds of thousands to the district.
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The pause — which came in response to a shooting on Nov. 1 that left two dead and several injured — was set to expire by Nov. 8 at 5 p.m. The city instead will end the curfew on Nov. 7 at 5 p.m., in conjunction with some other changes.
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For instance, Orlando will phase out its closing of downtown’s Orange Avenue to vehicles during the weekend of Nov. 15.
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