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  • Liz Ramos
  • January 16, 2025
Select Winter Garden school zones will have new speed-detection systems

Nine schools zones will have the speed-detection systems.

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  • Liz Ramos
  • January 16, 2025
Time to renew vote-by-mail requests

All vote-by-mail requests expired Dec. 31 and must be renewed for future elections.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • January 15, 2025
Works of HeART: Winter Garden photographer Jon Burket

Burket loves capturing wildlife in its natural habitat.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • January 15, 2025
Why did Winter Garden dump recycling program?

The city was losing $1 million annually in its recycling program. A recycling fee was never imposed on residents.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • January 15, 2025
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for week of Jan. 16, 2025

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

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • January 15, 2025
INFLUENCER OF THE WEEK: Eva Latorre Drew, of Atwater Bay Elementary School

Eva Latorre Drew took on the enormous task of starting a PTO at the new elementary school.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • January 15, 2025
Windermere spending year celebrating 100th anniversary

The Southwest Orange County town was founded in 1925 by three men who would later serve as Windermere mayors.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • January 15, 2025
Obituary: James "Jim" M. Bruton

Obituary: James "Jim" M. Bruton, 85, formerly of Winter Garden, died Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024.

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  • January 14, 2025
Obituary: Margaret Sharon McKenzie

Obituary: Margaret Sharon McKenzie, 85, died Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024.

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  • Liz Ramos
  • January 13, 2025
Orlando Health — Health Central Park celebrates completion of wing remodel

A large portion of the building was torn down and rebuilt into a nearly 65,000 square-foot addition

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  • Sam Albuquerque
  • January 12, 2025
Ocoee’s 2025 State of the City address

The city of Ocoee presented its annual State of the City address at its Jan. 7 commission meeting, featuring local officials highlighting its departments’ accomplishments in 2024.

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  • Liz Ramos
  • January 11, 2025
Rotary Club of Windermere hosts annual Lobsters and Laughs

The annual event was hosted at The Pines at Windermere to accommodate more guests than previous years.

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  • Sam Albuquerque
  • January 11, 2025
PHOTOS: Olympia High girls soccer host inaugural Titan Trot 5K

The Olympia High girls soccer program hosted runners of all levels, including their pets, for the fundraiser event that benefits the team at Bill Frederick Park.

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  • Liz Ramos
  • January 10, 2025
Three food trucks join The Backyard in Ocoee

Smash Dunk BRGR, Pizza Culture and Cluckerz Chicken will be available at The Backyard.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • January 9, 2025
Saxophonist Caleb Wolf named division finalist in woodwind competition

Winners will be announced mid-January and advance to the national finals.

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