YOUR TOWN: Hannah Swayze and Tim Freed join Observer staff

The West Orange Times & Observer and the West Orange Observer have welcomed two new employees to its editorial staff. 

Tim Freed joins the West Orange office as managing editor, and Hannah Swayze as news editor for the two weekly publications.

Freed joins the West Orange office after six years with the Winter Park/Maitland Observer. Swayze came to Central Florida from Tennessee after almost two years at the Johnson City Press, a daily in Johnson City, Tennessee.