W E ST O RA N G E T I M E S &
Observer Celebrating 110 years in West Orange
YOU. YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VOLUME 83, NO. 38
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
Knowledge is power
With new software, Ocoee police and residents can track local crime statistics. See 6.
Whirled peace
Attorney removed from police negotiations A comment about police officers from an attorney representing Winter Garden was publicized on social media. GABBY BAQUERO STAFF WRITER
After comments attributed to an attorney representing Winter Garden in negotiations with the Fraternal Order of Police were published on social media, the city has removed Jeffrey Mandel from its negotiating team. WINTER GARDEN
SEE POLICE PAGE 4
YOUR TOWN NEWSPAPER WINS AWARDS
Jennifer Nesslar
Isabella Scherer, a fifth-grade student at Thornebrooke Elementary School, relaxes among the pinwheels as part of the school’s annual “Pinwheels for Peace” display. Students wrote messages on their pinwheels to share their ideas of peace in the world.
ARTS & CULTURE
Waterleigh apartments coming to Horizon West If all permits are received, construction on the first apartment phase in Village H’s Waterleigh neighborhood could begin in early 2017. DANIELLE HENDRIX STAFF WRITER
West Orange musical will feature costumes used on Broadway.
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Horizon West’s Village H is set to expand again with a proposed request to build the first phase of apartments in the Waterleigh planned development. Situated between Avalon Road HORIZON WEST
and State Road 429, just south of Seidel Road, applicant VHB, Inc. plans to build 252 multi-family residential units as part of the overall Waterleigh development. There already are 3,600 new homes in the Waterleigh community, situated on more than 1,400 acres and focused on a lakefront lifestyle. The new apartments
are another piece of the development plan, with much of Village H being part of the Waterleigh neighborhood. The other two properties, Springhill and the Zanzibar property, complete the village, which is bordered on the west by Lake County. SEE WATERLEIGH PAGE 4
The West Orange Times & Observer won 16 awards at the Florida Press Association’s 2015 Better Weekly Newspaper Contest for excellence in journalism. Those awards included five first-place awards: n Agricultural and Environmental Writing, Amy Quesinberry Rhode n Community History, Michael Eng n Feature Story (Non-Profile), Michael Eng n General News Story, Michael Eng n Sports Column, Steven Ryzewksi Other awards included second-place honors for Best Obituary; Health, Medical and Science Reporting; Local Government Reporting; Outdoor and Recreation; and Portfolio Photography. The paper earned third-place awards for Agricultural and Environmental Writing; Arts and Entertainment Reporting; Feature Story (Profile); Multimedia Storytelling; Sports Feature Story; and Sports Section.