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  • By Troy Herring |
  • June 26, 2019
Meet the coaches: Jay Welsh and Brian Rizo join the West Orange High athletic department

New West Orange High baseball coach Jay Welsh and girls basketball coach Brian Rizo are ready to lead their respective programs into a new era.

  • Sports
  • By Megan Bruinsma |
  • June 18, 2025
Scoops under new ownership with the same vision

Introducing the new owners of Scoops Old Fashioned Ice Cream: Jake and Taylor Brigham and Alex and Jessie Douglas.

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  • By Andrea Mujica |
  • June 7, 2023
Foundation names new head baseball coach

TFA alum Dakoda Grove hopes to make a name for himself as the new head baseball coach at Foundation Academy. He coached for one year at East Ridge High School.

  • Sports
  • By Michael Eng |
  • May 19, 2023
Florida leaders react to Disney nixing Lake Nona plans

The company announced the decision Thursday, May 18.

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  • By Andrea Mujica |
  • July 13, 2023
Renovations pave way for Windermere Prep stadium

The Windermere Prep multi-use fields are currently under renovation. The project will provide the Lakers with turfed fields, a rubberized track and two sand volleyball courts.

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  • By Sarah Wilson |
  • January 14, 2016
Maitland makes way for new development

As Maitland City Council members picked apart the details of a development deal that would fell the city’s last orange grove, the old, dilapidated Winn-Dixie property came down in pieces outside.

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  • By Troy Herring |
  • May 28, 2020
Gyms get back to the grindstone

After months of being closed down, gyms around the area are reopening while continuing to face the trials and tribulations of the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Sports
  • By Troy Herring |
  • February 11, 2020
From underdog to Wolverine: Derrick Bumpers becomes head football coach at Windermere

Derrick Bumpers has been named the new head football coach at Windermere High School after a three-season stint at South Walton High School.

  • Sports
  • By Steven Ryzewski |
  • June 6, 2018
Florida League functions as a proving ground for Squeeze interns, too

The student interns for the Winter Garden Squeeze and other Florida Collegiate Summer League franchises work behind the scenes to help make the magic happen each summer.

  • Sports
  • By Amy Quesinberry Price |
  • July 28, 2017
A new look for east Winter Garden

Dover, Kohl & Partners town-planning firm presented its vision during a charrette July 14.

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  • By Amy Quesinberry Price |
  • December 19, 2018
Lift Disability Network getting new home

Jim Hukill is moving his Lift Disability Network organization into a commercial space in Winter Garden after operating out of his home for 13 years.

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  • By Tim Freed |
  • March 28, 2019
Developer pulls Winter Park office building proposal

A two-story office building project that has caused concern among residents along U.S. 17-92 is headed back to the drawing board.

  • Winter Park - Maitland Observer
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  • By Tim Freed |
  • September 13, 2018
Winter Park plans to make lakes safe with new buoys

The Winter Park City Commission discussed plans to purchase new buoys for the city’s lakes after previous ones were deemed not in compliance by FWC.

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  • By Amy Quesinberry Price |
  • January 15, 2025
INFLUENCER OF THE WEEK: Eva Latorre Drew, of Atwater Bay Elementary School

Eva Latorre Drew took on the enormous task of starting a PTO at the new elementary school.

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  • By Liz Ramos |
  • March 6, 2025
Commission considers ordinances for east Winter Garden

The proposed ordinances will help to revitalize the Historic East Winter Garden Neighborhood.

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  • By Sam Albuquerque |
  • August 22, 2025
Why QB Tyson Davison is Ocoee football’s missing championship piece

After three seasons as Apopka High’s starting quarterback, QB Tyson Davison will finish his high school run at Ocoee. His expectation: States or bust.

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  • By Megan Bruinsma |
  • September 18, 2025
Introducing myself to you: The Observer's new writer, Megan Bruinsma

As the Observer’s new staff writer, I look forward to diving into West Orange and Southwest Orange sports communities.

  • West Orange Times & Observer
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  • By Liz Ramos |
  • June 11, 2025
Agave Bandido opens in Hamlin

The Mexican-inspired restaurant and bar brings over-the-top decor and new drink and food items.

  • Southwest Orange
  • Business
  • By Annabelle Sikes |
  • August 6, 2023
Enhancements coming for Windermere Town Hall

Windermere residents tuned in to the first virtual public information workshop regarding Town Hall enhancements on Monday, July 31.

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  • By Jenny Andreasson |
  • January 26, 2011
The election's off

Three Maitland City Council candidates were elected unopposed on Friday, Jan. 21

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