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West Orange Times & Observer | History

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • November 20, 2024
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for week of Nov. 21, 2024

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

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • November 12, 2024
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for week of Nov. 14, 2024

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

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  • November 12, 2024
WGHF giving presentation on citrus pageantry

The “When Tiaras Ruled” program is Friday at the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation's Heller Hall.

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  • Sam Albuquerque
  • October 29, 2024
Community remembers Vel Heckman, former Lakeview High football coach

From friend to coach to father, the former Florida Gators All-American was an All-American person to those who crossed paths with him.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • October 23, 2024
HISTORY: West Orange County of yesteryear for the week of Oct. 24, 2024

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

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • October 23, 2024
Seminole Tribe garments on display at heritage museum

Becky Nix loaned her extensive collection to the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation to display through December. November is National Native American Heritage Month.

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  • October 17, 2024
WGHF director presenting history of Winter Garden

Hear Jim Crescitelli share old stories Oct. 18 at Heller Hall.

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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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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • 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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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • 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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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • 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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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • 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 11, 2024
WGHF hosting WWII historian

Thomas Tart has spent much of his life documenting the stories of World War II veterans.

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