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Flexibility on the stage Zaileen Cosme has four roles in Central Florida Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker.’ 19.
YOUR TOWN ANTI-CORRUPTION FILM SHOWING IN WINTER GARDEN RepresentUS is hosting a free screening of “Unbreaking America,” a 12-minute film narrated by actress Jennifer Lawrence about “solving the corruption crisis in our country.” The film will be shown at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, at Little Hall, 31 W. Garden Ave., Winter Garden. A discussion will be held afterward about the film and RepresentUS’s anti-corruption initiatives. For information, visit represent.us/ anticorruption-act.
Lasting impression Dr. Bob Foster, who worked in downtown Winter Garden for six years before relocating to South Main Street, is retiring after 62 years of dentistry. STORY ON PAGE 4.
OCPS concludes start-time survey The Orange County School Board will discuss the results and what to do next at a work session Nov. 14. Dr. Bob Foster kept in his office a framed copy of a newspaper article and accompanying photo from 2008.
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Orange County Public Schools is one step closer to making a decision on new start times. The district held one of its last community meetings answering questions about potential new school start times Wednesday, Oct. 30, at Olympia High School, just a day before an online survey period for Orange County families came to a close. District 4 Orange County School Board Member Pam Gould said feedback given by OCPS families will be a key factor in the School Board’s decision. The discussion stemmed SEE SURVEY PAGE 6 PRSRT STD ECRWSS US POSTAGE PAID WINTER GARDEN, FL PERMIT NO. 81
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Ocoee introduces grant program for neighborhoods The City Commission appropriated $12,000 in the FY 2019-20 budget for the program, which assists neighborhoods seeking to make improvements. ERIC GUTIERREZ STAFF WRITER
PAYING TRIBUTE July in November Heritage Festival honors memory, legacy of Julius “July” Perry. SEE PAGE 3.
Ocoee residents seeking to make certain improvements to their neighborhood will be able to get a little help from the city starting in January. The City Commission appropriated a total of $12,000 into the budget for Fiscal Year 2019-20
for the Neighborhood Matching Grants Program before voting unanimously to implement the program during the Oct. 15 commission meeting. The grant is intended to assist Ocoee neighborhoods seeking to make improvements related to entry beautification and identiSEE GRANT PAGE 4