YEAR IN PHOTOS: West Orange Times & Observer, February 2019

Senior Knights took to the stage at Ocoee High the evening of Friday, Feb. 15, to compete for the titles of Mr. and Miss Ocoee 2019.

The Lauren Mitchell Band performed some old-school blues music on the main stage during the Blues & BBQ Festival in downtown Winter Garden.

Seniors Isabel Sugrue, left, and Alex Mohr served as directors of West Orange High School’s production of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.”

The Dold family recently sent puppy Hale V on to his next step in training. For the Winter Garden family, raising puppies for Canine Companions for Independence is a gift that allow

Andrea Canny starred as Mama Rose alongside Michael Hartson as Herbie in the Garden Theatre’s fall 2018 production of “Gypsy.”

A ringmaster on stilts, carnival games, a juggler and more added to the overarching circus theme during the West Orange Chamber of Commerce’s Big Orange Awards.

Colleen Goldrick endured several episodes of drug addiction, homelessness and loss before she pulled her life together with the support of New Beginnings.