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HORIZON WEST • WINDERMERE • DR. PHILLIPS • BAY HILL FREE
VOLUME 3, NO. 50
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2018
Out of their cages Blue Zoo cheers Panthers on to a Homecoming win. 3.
Precious purpose Windermere resident Virginia Ann Rodriguez, owner of Gianni Vincent Jewellers, designed and is renting out the $200,000 Hope Tiara for pediatric research. SEE PAGE 4.
YOUR TOWN MEET THE CANDIDATES Residents are invited to hear from each Orange County Sheriff candidate — Joe Lopez, John Mina and Darryl Sheppard — as well as House District 44 Rep. Geraldine Thompson, at a meet-thecandidate event. The event will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, at the Garden Room above Axum Coffee, at 146 W. Plant St., Winter Garden. Doors open at 6 p.m., and drinks and light refreshments will be served. Moderated by Jeff Loeffert and Jane Dunkelberger. For more information, email MeetTheCandidateOC@ gmail.com.
OCPS invests $75M in school renovations The district’s 2018-19 renovation projects include 16 in West Orange. GABBY BAQUERO NEWS EDITOR
Several Orange County public schools soon will be getting some fresh paint and system upgrades. According to Lauren Roth, SEE DISTRICT PAGE 4 Danielle Hendrix
Orange County Planning and Zoning commissioners expressed concerns over density, traffic and access for a proposed 113-home development. ERIC GUTIERREZ STAFF WRITER
Golden Oak estate tops weekly sales in Windermere and Southwest Orange. PRSRT STD ECRWSS US POSTAGE PAID WINTER GARDEN, FL PERMIT NO. 81
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Despite a recommendation for denial by the Orange County Planning and Zoning Commission, a developer seeking to build 113 homes on a piece of land near the Lakes of Windermere community in Horizon West is moving the project forward to the Orange County Commission.
Planning and zoning commissioners cited density, traffic and access concerns when they recommended denial of the Monk Property Planned Development on 9.6 gross acres west of Duncaster Street, south of Little Lake Sawyer and north of Overstreet Road. “Our strategy now is we’re moving forward with our BCC SEE PROJECT PAGE 2
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County P&Z recommends denial of Monk rezone
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Windermere resident Virginia Ann Rodriguez, owner of Gianni Vincent Jewellers, designed the Hope Tiara in memory of her nephew, who lost his battle to cancer five years ago.
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HEROES Kids Beating Cancer hosts annual ball at Waldolf Astoria Orlando. PAGE 7.