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West Orange Times & Observer | Your Town

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • May 7, 2025
Ocoee to host Centennial Celebration

The Friday night festivities to commemorate Ocoee's 100-year anniversary will include music, rides, vendors and historic tours.

  • Ocoee Centennial
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  • Sam Albuquerque
  • May 4, 2025
PHOTOS: Ocoee PD hosts annual community picnic

The Ocoee Police Department welcomed folks to Vandergrift Central Park for a day of fun at its annual community picnic event.

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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • April 30, 2025
Discover dramatic history of local storms in WGHF exhibition

The Winter Garden Heritage Foundation is holding a special reception to debut "Tempests and Tornadoes."

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    By
  • Sam Albuquerque
  • April 28, 2025
Get Shorti: Grand opening for Ocoee Wawa set for May 1

The new gas station and convenience store on the corner of West Colonial Drive and Clarke Road will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony with free coffee and T-shirts for first 100 customers.

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  • Sam Albuquerque
  • April 21, 2025
PHOTOS: Ocoee hosts annual Easter Eggstravaganza

Ocoee’s annual Easter Eggstravaganza event was once again a hit with fun and games for the whole family and plenty of egg hunts for the little ones.

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    By
  • Michael Eng
  • April 9, 2025
Latest podcast episode features former Duke, WBNA star

This week’s episode of “Between Faith and Reason” is an in-depth interview with Krystal Thomas Smith.

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  • Sam Albuquerque
  • April 7, 2025
PHOTOS: Matthew’s Hope hosts Giving on the Green golf tournament

The fourth annual tournament at the West Orange Country Club serves as a fundraiser for the Winter Garden-based nonprofit that supports the area’s homeless community.

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    By
  • Michael Eng
  • April 7, 2025
Winter Garden native Brandon Jermaine Gaston inducted into The National Society of Collegiate Scholars

NSCS is an honors organization that invites fewer than 10% percent of all eligible students nationwide to join each year.

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    By
  • Sam Albuquerque
  • March 17, 2025
PHOTOS: Ocoee hosts Centennial St. Patrick’s Day Block Party

The City of Ocoee closed down McKey Street in downtown and hosted residents for an evening of family fun for its Centennial St. Patrick’s Day Block Party.

  • West Orange Times & Observer
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  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • March 5, 2025
Cheers to the Engaged Couple

Two former high school and college cheerleaders are tying the knot in April.

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    By
  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • March 5, 2025
Time change: Get ready to spring forward

It’s time to turn your clock ahead one hour this weekend.

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    By
  • Amy Quesinberry Price
  • February 26, 2025
DPHS graduate serves with Navy medicine in Italy

Vanessa Benzaquen graduated from Dr. Phillips High in 2012.

  • West Orange Times & Observer
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    By
  • Sam Albuquerque
  • February 20, 2025
AJ’s Pizza Joint is Winter Garden’s newest spot for a pie

From the brothers that brought The Whole Enchilada to downtown Winter Garden, Drew and David Cardaci are bringing back quality pizza to the heart of Plant Street.

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    By
  • Michael Eng
  • February 10, 2025
Horizon West Rotary donates $2,500 to Matthew’s Hope Ministries

The Winter Garden-based homeless ministry sheltered more than 100 people during the recent cold snap.

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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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