Linda Castellano has lived for about eight years in an Orlando housing complex for senior citizens, a place where money is tight and few people drive.

But Castellano and her neighbors visit the city’s stores, mall, and public library thanks to a free bus service that loops around Orlando, picking up older residents from about a dozen apartments.

Now Seniors First, the agency that runs the service, plans to stop it at the end of October. Orlando officials are scrambling to save the bus — but in the meantime seniors fear the potential loss.

“Oh my God, it would be really bad, said Castellano, 73. “A lot of people here would be lost. A lot of people don’t have transportation, and they look forward to that bus.”

The program runs throughout the city. The downtown service, which includes Kin

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