“Amahl and the Night Visitors" performed in Winter Park
Resident puts on performances
Singer and vocal coach spreads her song across the community in holiday performances.
Winter Park paper shops celebrate card mailing traditions
Celebrate sending traditions
While the Internet buzzes with holiday greetings and new ways to share events, there’s nothing like getting a card in the mail, paper shop owners say.
Winter Park Harvest Festival connects people through local food
Harvest Festival bridges gaps
The Winter Park Harvest Festival has helped grow the local food movement by connecting residents to their area’s own farmers.
Winter Park YMCA launches Stewart L. Colling Endowment Fund
Funding youth scholarships
On Thursday, Nov. 1, the Y along, with the Collings and more than 100 members of the community, came together to launch the Stewart L. Colling Endowment Fund.
Learning Tree preschool turns 40
Q&A with Sandy Varnell
The Learning Tree started 40 years ago as an outreach ministry to help support the church family and community’s needs of affordable and reliable child care.
Maitland gets first female fire chief
Niesler now Maitland chief
Kim Neisler has worked with the department since 1982 and was announced as Maitland’s first female fire chief on Oct. 6.
Winter Parker one of first female military pilots
One of first female pilots
Patricia Chadwick Erickson was part of the second class of women to learn to fly military aircraft as part of the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II.
Nemours Children’s Hospital built by families
Maitland mom helps hospital
Family-centered care is at the heart of the Nemours Children's Hospital philosophy.
Park Style: Kendall and Kendall Studio
Stylist follows mom
Kendall and Kendall Hair Color Studio owner started helping her mom, the original owner of the Winter Park salon, when she was 9 years old.
Autumn Arts Festival in Winter Park this weekend
Autumn Arts Festival preview
Artists from Winter Park, Maitland and Central Florida gather in Winter Park’s Central Park at the Winter Park Autumn Art Festival this weekend.
Meet the Park Avenue Fashion Week judges
Meet Fashion Week judges
The Harriett’s Park Avenue Fashion Week judges have careers across all facets of fashion, including clothing designers and celebrity stylists.
Local Holocaust survivor wins national award
Holocaust survivor wins award
Helen Greenspun recently won USA Network’s Characters Unite Award,after being nominated by the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center in Maitland.
Q&A with poet and teacher Elaine Person
She's a writer and teacher
Elaine Person teaches writing courses throughout the tri-county area, including the Winter Park and Maitland public libraries.
Upstanders take a stand against bullying
How to be an 'upstander'
There are a growing number of organizations in local schools and communities urging children to be 'upstanders' rather than bystander when it comes to bullying.
Little Free Library opens at Fleet Peeples Park
Free Library opens in park
Little Free Libraries work as a free market exchange location for books. One opened in Fleet Peeples Park Sept. 1.
