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Windermere Prep hires new baseball coach

Omar Peña will takeover as the Lakers' new baseball coach, as well as serve as a Middle School PE teacher.

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WATCH: We rode Disney’s Tiana’s Bayou Adventure

Eighteen months after Splash Mountain closed, the ride will reopen at Magic Kingdom with a new theme.

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Downtown home tops Winter Garden sales from June 3 to 9

The home at 204 N. Lakeview Ave., Winter Garden, sold June 7, for $1,332,500.

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Winter Garden leader organizes annual water park takeover

Global Not Local organizer Wendell Coates Jr. brought more than 400 children, with 100 being from Winter Garden, to Aquatica Orlando for the third annual event.

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American Legion commander recovering from heart surgery

Oakland resident Kurt Gies, founder of Challenge 22, had an emergency quintuple bypass surgery.

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  • June 13, 2024
Next Level Elite football camp returns to Winter Garden

The eighth annual camp will take place Saturday, June 29, at Walker Field.

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  • June 12, 2024
Speed enforcement traffic cameras are coming to Ocoee school zones

At its June 4 meeting, the Ocoee Commission voted to adopt an ordinance for the installation and use of traffic cameras in the city’s school zones.

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  • June 12, 2024
Windermere Wolverine graduates from West Point

Jacob Goldberg completed four years of Army education at the service academy in New York.

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  • June 12, 2024
This week in West Orange County history: June 13, 2024

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

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  • June 12, 2024
Obituary: Denise Ann Burkhalter-Colberg

Obituary: Denise Ann Burkhalter-Colberg, 82, died Sunday, May 26, 2024.

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Obituary: Mary M. Casteel

Obituary: Mary M. Casteel, 89, died May 18, 2024.

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  • June 12, 2024
Demings highlights county’s successes

Mayor Jerry L. Demings highlighted last year’s accomplishments and discussed the future of the county through this year’s theme — “Building Better Together.”

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  • June 12, 2024
Winter Garden Little League claim 8-9-year-old District 14 Tournament of Champions crown

In the 8- to 9-year-old age group, the All-Star collection of Winter Garden Little Leaguers went undefeated to claim the Tournament of Champions crown.

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  • June 12, 2024
Students take over Observer School Zone for summer

The Summer School Zone section will feature articles written by four students from the West Orange and Southwest Orange areas.

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  • June 12, 2024
Pepper the ’possum joins ONP team

The young marsupial will be part of the Oakland Nature Preserve’s Ambassador Team.

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