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Southwest Orange | History

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • October 16, 2024
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for week of Oct. 17, 2024

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

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  • October 9, 2024
Roper YMCA facility turns 45

The Roper Family YMCA opened in 1979 as the E.M. Tanner Memorial YMCA.

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  • October 9, 2024
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for the week of Oct. 10, 2024

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

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  • October 2, 2024
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for week of Oct. 3, 2024

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

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  • October 2, 2024
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for week of Sept. 26, 2024

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

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  • September 17, 2024
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for week of Sept. 19, 2024

These are the people and events who made headlines in West Orange County's past.

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  • September 13, 2024
From ‘Ricochet’ to ‘Orange Observer’: 119 years of community news

Observer Media Group continues the newspaper legacy started Sept. 13, 1905.

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  • September 10, 2024
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for week of Sept. 12, 2024

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

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  • September 4, 2024
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for week of Sept. 5, 2024

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

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  • September 3, 2024
WAY BACK WHEN: Ray Gillard

The Winter Garden native was born at home in August 1928 and lived his entire life in the city until moving to Montverde five years ago at the age of 91.

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  • August 28, 2024
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for week of Aug. 29, 2024

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

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  • August 21, 2024
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for the week of Aug. 22, 2024

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

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  • August 14, 2024
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for the week of Aug. 15, 2024

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

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  • August 14, 2024
WAY BACK WHEN: Alice Dees Kennedy

Alice Kennedy was born and raised in Winter Garden, as was her mother, Pauline Newton Dees. Kennedy’s grandfather was A.B. Newton, the man credited with kickstarting commerce and government in the city.

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  • August 7, 2024
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for the week of Aug. 8, 2024

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

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