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Oakland Nature Preserve illuminates the night with Firefly Hike
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (221+ words) Oakland Nature Preserve invites the community to a special evening. The Firefly Self-Guided Hike will take place at7 p. m. Friday, April 10, at ONP, 747 Machete Trail, Oakland. Oakland Nature Preserve will be open on select dates until 9 p. m. to allow visitors to explore the…...
SAVE THE DATE: Arts at the J to present Comedy For Peace
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (141+ words) Arts at the J will bring Christian, Jewish and Muslim comedians together for one special night of laughter. Comedy For Peace will take place at 7: 30 p. m. Thursday, April 23, at the Pargh Event Center, 11184 S. Apopka-Vineland Road, Orlando. Featured comedians will include Ellen…...
Tucker Ranch Park to be closed temporarily
4+ hour, 49+ min ago (158+ words) Tucker Ranch Park and Nature Preserve will be temporarily closed Monday, April 13, to Friday, April 17, due to construction activities." The construction is for the 25. 6-acre addition " known as the Tucker Ranch Holistic Health, Wellness, Teaching Farm and Family Activity Center…...
Ward Trail will make Windermere safer
22+ hour, 46+ min ago (1468+ words) Around 8 a. m. on weekdays, Leah Thon and her son, Emmett, set off to Windermere Elementary School from their home in downtown Windermere. As they make their way across sandy paths covering cracked sidewalks past North Drive, they meet an old pedestrian…...
Spring Fever to return to Winter Garden
23+ hour, 17+ min ago (618+ words) Winter Garden's Libby Drose views the annual Spring Fever in the Garden as a puzzle. Every piece is needed to make the puzzle complete, ensuring a successful two-day festival in downtown Winter Garden." Drose, one of three co-chairs of the…...
West Orange water polo teams look towards postseason success after impressive regular season
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (792+ words) West Orange High's boys and girls water polo teams have built quite the legacy under longtime head coach Jennifer Dailer. Dailer has led the Warriors since 2011. During that tenure, she has seen two significant changes to the water polo world…...
Boys and Girls Club's new June Family Branch nears completion
21+ hour, 59+ min ago (730+ words) Randy June grew up going to the Boys and Girls Club in Pine Hills, playing sports, making friends and having fun. He went to the club on evenings and weekends and learned the impact a Boys and Girls Club can…...
City of Ocoee updates new reclaimed water tank construction hours
23+ hour, 33+ min ago (153+ words) The city of Ocoee announced a temporary extension of constructions hours for the new reclaimed water tank." From 2 p. m. to midnight Wednesday, April 8, and Thursday, April 9, on the east end of Nicole Boulevard, crews will be applying a specialized epoxy coat…...
CFCA students serve others on two mission trips
22+ hour, 56+ min ago (746+ words) While volunteering on a mission trip in Ashland, Kentucky, Central Florida Christian Academy students were handed a to-do list from the wife of the pastor for Unity Baptist Church." There was a picture to show the idea of what needed…...
Horizon West Middle to present "The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical"
23+ hour, 23+ min ago (164+ words) Horizon West Middle to present "The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical'West Orange Times Observer Horizon West Middle to present "The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical' The musical will be performed from Thursday, April 9, to Saturday, April 11. Horizon West…...