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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • January 22, 2025
Southwest Library celebrates success of 20-year-old book club

Librarian Sandy Mayer has facilitated several book clubs since 2005 and even offered a virtual option during the pandemic. In 20 years, members have read 213 books.

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  • Sam Albuquerque
  • January 22, 2025
Orange County to open temporary warming centers Thursday, Friday evenings due to cold weather

The recreation centers at Barnett Park and Goldenrod Park will open from 5 p.m. to 9 a.m. to provide shelter for people without stable housing.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • January 22, 2025
Mother, son write memoir on fostering experience

Ben Snyder Jr., with the help of his mother, Michelle Snyder, has penned a book that shares a biological child’s view of growing up in a household with more than 25 foster “siblings.”

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  • January 22, 2025
Backyard ready to serve up fun in Ocoee

Josh and Andrea Halperin are combining two dining experiences in their new restaurant: food trucks and a backyard party.

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  • January 22, 2025
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for week of Jan. 23, 2025

News of the past tells how residents of West Orange County once lived.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • January 22, 2025
INFLUENCER OF THE WEEK: Paramdai “Vicky” Somwaru, Hamlin Elementary

The fourth-grade teacher has spent more than 20 years with Orange County Public Schools, three of them at Hamlin Elementary.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • January 22, 2025
Oakland commissioner responds to ‘false accusations’

Vice Mayor/Commissioner Mike Satterfield read a prepared statement at the Jan. 14 commission meeting refuting the accusations of not living in Oakland, falsifying documents and stealing from the town.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • January 21, 2025
Obituary: Rory Allen Quesinberry

Obituary: Rory Allen Quesinberry, 70, who grew up in Windermere, died Jan. 10, 2025.

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  • January 21, 2025
Obituary: Richard S. Beebe Sr.

Obituary: Richard S. Beebe Sr., 89, formerly of Windermere, died Dec. 30, 2024.

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  • January 21, 2025
Obituary: Dustin Ray Miller

Obituary: Dustin Ray Miller, 45, died Jan. 14, 2025.

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  • January 21, 2025
OCPS traditional high schools continue to outperform state graduation rate

Twenty-one traditional high schools have earned a graduation rate higher than 90 percent.

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  • January 21, 2025
Ocoee market closed till summer

The creators of the West Oaks Farmers Market want to reassess its accomplishments and look for ways to improve before reopening later in the year.

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  • Sam Albuquerque
  • January 20, 2025
PHOTOS: Ocoee’s 17th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Parade and Celebration

Ocoee residents filled the sidewalks along Clarke Road on the brisk January morning to participate in the city’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations.

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  • January 20, 2025
George Oliver III to face Ages Hart for Ocoee District 4 Commission seat in March

With District 2 Commissioner Rosemary Wilsen running unopposed, the only seat on the Ocoee Commission on the March ballot is the District 4 seat.

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  • Liz Ramos
  • January 20, 2025
PHOTOS: Winter Garden hosts Martin Luther King Jr. celebration

People braved the cold to honor a historic figure in downtown Winter Garden.

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