Mount Dora News

Published: Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 6:32 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 6:32 p.m. Whether it is putting on talent shows or taking students on college tours, Sleepy Hill Middle School physical education teacher Corey Tumer is always on the go and usually doing something for children.

Thanksgiving weekend is the traditional kickoff of the Christmas season and is the perfect launching pad for some of the area's most lavish holiday displays.

One woman said she heard gun shots, and Clayton was found dead just inside his ajar front door.

MT. DORA, Fla. -- A man was found dead in a home in Mt. Dora on Wednesday morning and investigators say he was shot to death.

The IceHouse Theatre production of Little Women had a welcome guest last weekend -- New York producer Randall Wreghitt, who produced Little Women on Broadway and, in another life, used to perform occasionally in Central Florida theater.

With the election runoff ahead in Mount Dora, we need to get focused on the best choice.

This week I had the pleasure of dining at PizzAmore in Mount Dora and if you enjoy fresh ingredients, cozy and intimate settings and great service, you're going to love this fine restaurant.

The recession is putting a crimp on Christmas in Orlando. For the first time in memory, there'll be no Christmas tree at City Hall.

Fresh off the Orlando Fringe presses, the complete list of who's up for the Fringe lottery next week.

Tour some of the most elaborately decorated homes in Mount Dora. Photo: Courtesy of Grand Southern Events.com The annual Mount Dora Christmas Tour of Homes invites you to come in and see six of the most festive and beautifully decorated homes in all of Mount Dora.

The Ancient City Antiques and Collectibles Club will visit Dora Renninger's Antiques and Collectors Extravaganza in Mt.

To the 6,311 people who took the time to vote in last Tuesday's municipal elections, we applaud you.

To celebrate its production of the musical version of Little Women , Mount Dora Theatre Company is offering a Little Women afternoon tea and social Saturday afternoon at Lake Receptions.

If you're planning on dining out this Thanksgiving Day, Mount Dora is serving up traditional Thanksgiving dinners as well as creating savory specials around one of America's favorite holidays which happens to be all about the food! Here are a couple of the fine restaurants and a brief description that will certainly whet your appetites.

Witherspoon Lodge in downtown Mount Dora earned placement on the National Register of Historic Places alongside the downtown district of Mount Dora as well as other prominent landmarks in the community.

As modems fed their vote totals into the Lake County Supervisor of Elections main computer Tuesday night, political careers were started, revived, continued and interrupted.

Once again, it's the most wonderful time of the year and with it comes the first in a series of articles about holiday happenings throughout downtown Mount Dora during the most joyous season of all.

The combination of nature's glory and man's creativity will be in full flower this weekend in Mount Dora.

By Amy K.D. Tobik November 04, 2009 The children huddle around clue No. 3, game sheets in hand, earnestly trying to solve the great mystery of the 7-acre live corn maze.

Counting all of Lake County's votes took little more than an hour Tuesday night after the polls closed at 7 p.m. because of low voter turnout.