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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • 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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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • 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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  • 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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