MOUNT DORA — Residents and visitors will kick off the holidays on Sunday with Light Up Mount Dora and then celebrate further with events that will take place Friday and Dec. 2. Light Up Mount ...

Light Up Mount Dora is going to be in full swing this weekend, and FOX 35's John Brown is hosting the event! Chris Carson, Mount Dora's Cultural and Special Events Manager, joins FOX 35's Deborah ...

MOUNT DORA, Fla. — City leaders decided to cancel this year's Light Up Mount Dora because of concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual event attracted a record crowd last year. “Last ...

Foundry makes bronze gator to 'guard' Mount Dora lighthouse Stephen Hudak, The Associated Press SANFORD — Reptilian behemoth "Old Joe" stretches 15 feet from nose to tail, weighs about 1,200 ...

Reptilian behemoth “Old Joe” stretches 15 feet from nose to tail, weighs about 1,200 pounds and boasts a menacing mouth of teeth.

“Old Joe” the Mount Dora alligator cost $52,000 to design, sculpt and bronze, an expense split between two private donors, dentist Loyd “Mike” Kiernan and Richard MacSherry, a ...