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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • March 26, 2024
This week in West Orange County history: March 28, 2024

These are the people and events making headlines in west Orange County's past.

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    By
  • Annabelle Sikes
  • March 26, 2024
Community pushes back against Disney affordable-housing project

Horizon West residents still have a multitude of concerns involving Walt Disney World’s proposed affordable-housing project.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • March 26, 2024
Easter activities planned in West Orange County

Ocoee, Windermere and Hamlin are hosting fun Easter events Saturday, March 30.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • March 26, 2024
Obituary: Glenda Dyer Mead

Obituary: Glenda Dyer Mead, 76, of Winter Garden, died March 13, 2024.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • March 26, 2024
Obituary: Corban Parks Rutherford

Obituary: Corban Parks Rutherford, 38, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, died Jan. 10, 2024.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • March 26, 2024
Obituary: Albert "Pete" Moritz

Obituary: Albert "Pete" Moritz, of Ocoee, died Wednesday, March 13, 2024.

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  • Sam Albuquerque
  • March 26, 2024
WINNER WINNER: $1 million Powerball ticket sold at an Ocoee 7-Eleven

According to Florida Lottery officials, the winning Powerball ticket was sold on March 25

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  • Annabelle Sikes
  • March 26, 2024
Eggs Up Grill to open in O-Town West

The new location will be the second in West Orange County.

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    By
  • Sam Albuquerque
  • March 25, 2024
PHOTOS: The First Academy baseball hosted the 2024 O-Town National Classic

Seven teams from Central Florida, including four from the West, Southwest Orange County area, came together to compete in the five-day spring break baseball tournament.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • March 24, 2024
NPR speaker to give history of Florida at WG museum

Dr. Ben Brotemarkle, of the Florida Historical Society, will share the entire state history in less than an hour Tuesday at Heller Hall.

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  • Sam Albuquerque
  • March 24, 2024
PHOTOS: 2024 Evening at the Pops filled Newton Park with music, family fun

For the 2024 edition of the Winter Garden staple, former American Idol contestant and the Space Coast Symphony dazzled hundreds in attendance at picturesque Newton Park March 23.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • March 24, 2024
PHOTOS: Oakland holds springtime celebration

Spring arrived in the town of Oakland with its annual Celebration Among the Oaks.

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  • Annabelle Sikes
  • March 24, 2024
New hydrilla treatment coming to Lake Apopka

The St. Johns River Water Management District’s spring 2024 hydrilla treatment plan aims to treat more than 1,600 acres of Lake Apopka by airboat, with three new areas being targeted.

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  • Annabelle Sikes
  • March 23, 2024
Meet Miss City Beautiful’s Teen 2024

Windermere resident Amelia Grace Donaho, a junior at Foundation Academy, has been selected as Miss City Beautiful’s Teen 2024. She will help represent Team Orlando at the Miss Florida 2024 competition in June in Lakeland.

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  • Annabelle Sikes
  • March 22, 2024
Winter Garden to host runoff election

Residents will return to the polls to cast their vote for either incumbent Ron Mueller or challenger Iliana Ramos Jones to serve as the next District 2 City Commissioner.

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