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Dog days! Windermere hosts annual Pet Fest. 10A.
FREE • THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 2023
VOLUME 90, NO. 10
YOUR TOWN
LITTLE BIT COUNTRY
TIME TO SPRING FORWARD
LITTLE BIT ROCK ’N’ ROLL Courtesy photos
Above: Joan Jett will share her love of rock with the Friday night crowd. Top: Chris Janson will bring his good vibes to the Ocoee Music Festival.
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts will perform at 9:30 p.m. Friday, and Chris Janson is the final act at 9 p.m Saturday. SEE STORY ON PAGE 4A.
WHAT A STRONG FINISH! Kurt Kitayama pulled ahead of the pack on the final holes to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational. 1B.
You will lose an hour of sleep this weekend — but you’ll have one more hour of sunlight in the evenings starting Sunday, March 12 — when daylight saving time begins. Don’t forget to move your clocks forward one hour before you go to bed Saturday night — or at 2 a.m. Sunday — whichever comes first.
OCOEE HOLDING SHREDDING EVENT The Ocoee Police Department is hosting a document-shredding event from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 18, at the station, 646 Ocoee Commerce Parkway, Ocoee. The only items being accepted are papers, folders, file folders, staples and paper clips. The first box is free, and a donation of $5 per box is suggested, up to five boxes. The event benefits the Ocoee Lions Club and the Woman’s Club of Ocoee.
Doing the robot! West Orange High School’s STEM Club took top honors in the Lockheed Martin Robotics Competition. SEE PAGE 5A.
Avalon Road housing project sparks concern Sutton Grande and Sutton Lakes would add single-family homes, apartments and commercial space to the area. SEE PAGE 2A.
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The Mad Eye Warriors brought the winning robot to the competition.