WINTER PARK/MAITLAND
Observer YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 30, NO. 10
YOUR TOWN MAYLOWER NAMES DIRECTOR
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FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2018
A season to remember Edgewater finished its 2018 campaign with a 24-6 record. PAGE 11.
Shamrocked! Local residents sported the color green and lined Park Avenue Sunday, March 4, to watch the 50th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
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Cheryl-Anne Sadowski was named Director of Nursing at The Mayflower Retirement Community’s Health Center. Sadowski, who holds a degree in nursing from the University of Massachusetts — Dartmouth, came from Life Care Center of Altamonte Springs, where she served as director of nursing.
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INSIDE Cannoball Kids hosts Gold Gala. SEE PAGE 8B
PHOTOS ON PAGE 4.
The Pipes and Drums of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office received a roar of applause.
Tim Freed
Winter Park PD creates plan Q&A to address school shootings Led by Chief Michael Deal, the department has taken to steps to review and develop a new plan that it hopes will help curb future issues regarding violence in schools.
Duck, duck, go Mead Garden will celebrate the ninth running of The Great Duck Derby this weekend. SEE PAGE 4.
TROY HERRING ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Following the mass shooting at Stonemason Douglas High School in South Florida, Winter Park Police Department, under the leadership of Chief Michael Deal, is looking to take progressive action. In an announcement Feb. 28,
Deal detailed plans to ensure an event like the one in Parkland doesn’t occur in Winter Park. “Everybody in the country — especially parents who have kids going to schools — are very concerned, and me too,” Deal said. “Part of our job is to not only deal with crime and things like that, SEE KEEPING PAGE 2
Meet Winter Park’s 2018 mayoral candidates. 3.