W EST O RA N G E T I M E S &
Observer Winter Garden, Ocoee, Oakland
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See the NOAA’s revised predictions in our guide.
FREE • THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2023
VOLUME 90, NO. 33
Is city’s media policy unconstitutional? Winter Garden adopted recently rules for public input and decorum at public meetings. SEE PAGE 5B.
YOUR TOWN BROADWAY SERIES TICKETS ON SALE Subscriptions and single tickets are available for purchase for the 2023-24 Broadway on Plant Series, by Victory Productions, at the Garden Theatre in Winter Garden. The theater season kicks off Sept. 8 with “Every Brilliant Thing,” a comedic one-person play with actor John O’Hurley, of “Seinfeld” fame. Other scheduled shows are “Moonshine & Mistletoe: An Appalachian Christmas Tale,” “Sweet Dreams: The Air Supply Musical” and “Always … Patsy Cline.” A four-show subscription is available for the Broadway on Plant Series. In addition, Garden Theatre and Victory Productions are introducing “America’s Got Talent” comedian Tom Cotter, “Queen: Rhythm & Rhapsody” featuring Broadway rock star Justin Matthew Sargent and “Bo Bice: In Concert.” Other concerts, dance events, and comedy shows will be announced in the future. For tickets or information, contact the box office at (407) 877-4736 or visit gardentheatre. org.
Woodn’t it be nice?
KINDNESS GROWS IN OAKLAND
Two Girl Scouts worked to install a Kindness Garden at Oakland school. PAGE 3.
Personal spaces
WINDERMERE LITTLE LEAGUE SEEKS PLAYERS
Windermere Little League is holding registration until Aug. 20 for its fall ball program. For a list of necessary documents and important dates, visit windermerell.org. New players should plan to attend one of the two remaining on-site registration dates at George Bailey Park and take copies of all the documents. Registrations are taking place from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, and from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 19. Teams will be formed the week of Aug. 28, and practice begins Sept. 5. Opening day is Saturday, Sept. 30; the season ends by mid-November.
Amy Quesinberry
A woodworking group donated more than four dozen stands to Orlando Health Cancer Institute so women who lost their hair have a special piece for holding their wigs. STORY ON PAGE 4.
Windermere approves plan for downtown development
Area seniors paint their parking-lot spaces to start the year. 17-19.
GAME OF THE
WEEK Olympia vs. Boone The final development plan for the Windermere Downtown Property Development Agreement passed the Town Council last week. PAGE 6.
The Titans face the Braves in the Kickoff Classic. SEE PAGE 15.