09.06.18 West Orange Times & Observer

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W E ST O RA N G E T I M E S &

Observer Celebrating more than 110 years in West Orange

West Orange High FFA celebrates new digs. 13.

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Professional partnership Atlas Speed Training and Farnsworth Peak Performance opens in Winter Garden. PAGE 21.

Ocoee resident proposes WithersMaguire House B&B conversion

Farewell, Mr. Foltz

Michael Eng

Kathleen Crown hopes to lease or purchase the property to retrofit it into a B&B, speakeasy and wedding venue. GABBY BAQUERO NEWS EDITOR

Downtown Ocoee soon may be home to a bed-and-breakfast inn and speakeasy. The B&B and speakeasy was proposed by Ocoee resident Kathleen Crown, also a member of the city’s Human Relations Diversity Board, during the Aug. 7 City Commission meeting.

Dennis Foltz said the town has made great strides during his tenure. Now, it’s time to pass the reins to someone else, namely Steve Koontz. SEE PAGE 4. Amy Quesinberry

Dennis Foltz is retiring after nine years from a position that initially was supposed to be his for three months.

YOUR TOWN OCOEE DEBUTS NEW OCOEE.ORG The city of Ocoee has debuted a newly designed website that is easier to navigate and more aesthetically pleasing. Designers also have added enhanced security features so users’ information is safer. To check out the city’s new site and see what it has to offer, visit ocoee.org.

CFX hosts informational meeting for future east-west connector The Central Florida Expressway Authority is conducting a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a roadway connecting Lake County and West Orange. GABBY BAQUERO NEWS EDITOR

Presently, there are few options to reach Lake County from West Orange, the most accessible of which is State Road 50. But with the continual growth in West Orange, Lake County and Clermont, it is expected the road-

way will be unable to adequately support future traffic demands. In anticipation of this, the Central Florida Expressway Authority has been conducting studies to create another east-west connector roadway. CFX held its first public inforSEE CFX PAGE 6

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If you’re going out of town, make sure to pack a copy of the newspaper so you can enter our It’s Read Everywhere photo contest. PAGE 16.


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