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  • March 11, 2026
Couple opens Play Street Museum in Winter Garden

The museum was designed to be an interactive and educational play space.

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  • March 11, 2026
Ocoee recognizes Black History Month essay contest winners

The 2026 Black History Month essay winners were named at the Ocoee City Commission meeting Tuesday, March 3.

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  • March 11, 2026
Wynwood home tops Ocoee home sales from March 2 to 8

The home at 3189 Briarwood Grove Drive, Ocoee, sold March 4, for $444,990.

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  • March 10, 2026
McMullen wins reelection to Oakland commission

Joseph McMullen has served on the Oakland Town Commission since 2006.

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  • March 10, 2026
Family sues OCPS, teacher

A family filed a lawsuit Monday, March 9, against Orange County's School Board and a teacher's aide who allegedly bit an autistic student at Magnolia School in 2025.

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  • Megan Bruinsma
  • March 10, 2026
Writer’s Block Bookstore is closing its doors

The Winter Garden bookstore will close at the end of April.

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  • Leticia Silva
  • March 10, 2026
Ocoee woman faces felony charges after hit-and-run

Elizabeth Gonzalez Vasquez, 49, was arrested Saturday, March 7, after hitting a pedestrian at the intersection of 12th Avenue and Peters Avenue in Ocoee.

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  • Michael Eng
  • March 10, 2026
Lakeshore Preserve estate tops Horizon West home sales from March 2 to 8

The home at 15136 Canoe Place, Winter Garden, sold March 4, for $1,020,000.

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  • Leticia Silva
  • March 9, 2026
Ocoee's Chick-fil-A 5K to benefit Do Good Farm

The proceeds will go directly to Winter Garden's Do Good Farm, an organization helping end hunger and malnutrition around the globe.

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  • Leticia Silva
  • March 9, 2026
Oakland General Town Election to take place

The elections will take place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 10. Voting will take place at 218 E. Oakland Ave., Oakland.

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  • March 9, 2026
New support group at AdventHealth Winter Garden

The "Baby Bunch" breastfeeding support group is designated for postpartum moms to connect on a weekly basis.

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  • March 9, 2026
City of Ocoee to perform shoreline restoration on Starke Lake

The restoration efforts will take place from Monday, March 9, through Friday, March 20.

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  • Liz Ramos
  • March 9, 2026
Winter Garden resolves reclaimed water service interruption

The work at the Wastewater Treatment Plant causing the interruption is complete.

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  • March 6, 2026
VFW Post 4305 to host plant sale

The VFW's plant sale will start at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 7, at 1170 E. Plant. St., Winter Garden.

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  • March 6, 2026
Oakland Park home tops Winter Garden-area home sales from Feb. 23 to March 1

The home at 1078 Eaglecrest Drive, Oakland, sold Feb. 27, for $1,650,000.

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