2025 Year in Photos: November

Marching bands from throughout West Orange and Southwest Orange performed a wide variety of music in their shows at the 2025 Florida Bandmasters Association District 8 MPA, held Saturday, Nov. 1, at Boone High School, Orlando.

The Romantics were among the headliners at the 2025 Ocoee Music Festival.

The Windermere Craft Brew Festival returned to the community for the first time in six years.

Kurt Gies, founder of Challenge 22, left, led the ninth annual ruck walk to support veterans.

It was a bittersweet goodbye as West Orange High Principal Matt Turner left to take on a new role with Orange County Public Schools.

DJ Bubbles kept the energy up at the 2025 Horizon West Flavor Fest, held Saturday, Nov. 8.

Bronze statues at the Roper YMCA Family Center were erected in memory of Elyse and Ian Terry, two young soccer players who died in 2005. They have been restored and moved to a new location at the Y.

The First Academy held the largest Veterans and Grandparents Celebration in school history Thursday, Nov. 6, at First Baptist Orlando.

West Orange organizations and residents are collecting, donating and distributing food items to help families unable to receive their food stamps during the government shutdown.

Eight Waves founder Sarah Meyer celebrated the nonprofit’s successes at the 2025 Wavemaker Luncheon.

For more than a decade,PTOs from several Horizon West schools have gathered to donate Thanksgiving food to community members in need.

The Orlando Ballet School dancers took the stage for the inaugural performance of the Arts at the J — a new initiative of the Rosen JCC.

Foundation for a Healthier West Orange representatives went all out for the West Orange Habitat for Humanity’s 2025 Rock the House event.