The Dragonfly Shops & Gardens
An Old Towne fixture for 15 years, Dragonfly Shops & Gardens is located inside a vintage 1920’s home converted into a retail store. The shop sells unique gifts, beads and vintage pieces, plus the largest selection of miniatures and fairy...
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Old Towne Film Festival
Dan Parks, founder of the Old Towne Film Festival, left his Missouri home seven years ago looking for the Los Angeles dream. He hoped to make movies that would inspire people and share an empowering message with the world.
Dan began...
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Paula McCance (left), former president of Town & Gown, and Kathy Dunlap, current president, are pictured in the Town & Gown Garden located in front of Chapman University’s Elliott Alumni House. The organization supports students through their Endowed Scholarship Fund, as well as various campus...
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Paula McCance (left), former president of Town &...
Members of the McCandless family stand in front of the Orange Plaza Fountain, which was damaged during a police chase in March. McCandless Tile is renovating the fountain, originally tiled by Charles McCandless. Pictured back left are great grandchildren Devon and Dahlia Davis standing in...
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Members of the McCandless family stand in front...
Rocket Launch President Mike Wheeler (left), Vice President of Marketing and Advertising Erin Gibbons and Vice President of Public Relations Dan Nasitka meet in the agency’s Old Towne office, which they opened in 2020. The trio used their creative experience to launch a full-service marketing...
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Rocket Launch President Mike Wheeler (left), Vice President...
For just shy of 40 years, Don Wilson, route owner and independent operator for Alpine Fresh, USA, has delivered water to homes and businesses throughout Southern California and the City of Orange. He got his start in the industry when he was just 13 years...
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Before Doug Turner was known as “Farmer Doug,” a leader of Orange Home Grown’s Education Farm, he was an electrical sales engineer with a dream of teaching. Despite the unlikely connection between the worlds of engineering sales and farming, Doug’s journey to becoming a farm...
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Skaters of all ages enjoy roller skating at Holiday Skate Center. Pictured here on the rink are (front row, from left) Everett, Asahi, Addison, Lucy, Estee, Scott Sackin and Barbara Collins. In the second row are Amelia (left) and Elena, and in the third row...
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with the Orange Arts Council and Chamber of Commerce
114 - Mar / Apr 23
Orange will soon have its very own Artwalk thanks to the efforts of these dedicated folks. Pictured here in The Hilbert Temporary are (from left) Jack Carlisle, Connie Chan, Ben Finley (back), Madison Aust, Judy Schroeder (back), Tina Leigh Heiland, Elizabeth Holloman, Mary Platt and...
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New Orange Mayor Strives to Boost Customer Service
114 - Mar / Apr 23
Mayor Dan Slater
The bedridden woman Dan Slater went to visit once a week in the early 1980s had difficulty speaking, but the smile on her face remains vivid in his memories. Slater and his college buddies visited the 90-year-old woman and numerous others at...
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Mayor Dan Slater
The bedridden woman Dan Slater...