Lady Lake Commissioner Treva Roberts says she left the Oct. 6 meeting after a speaker called homosexuality a mental illness, following more than a year of public comments from First Baptist Church of Lady Lake.
The city wants to gather public input on a proposed trail to connect the Osceola Avenue trail downtown to Silver Springs State Park.
CareerSource Citrus Levy Marion’s next job fair in Ocala will reserve its first hour for U.S. veterans, active-duty service members and their families.
A realtor, a downtown interviewer, a mattress-selling firefighter, and an artist are building local audiences in completely different ways.
Neighbors and the family whose earlier application was rejected raised questions about consistency after commissioners unanimously granted a reasonable accommodation for three goats on an R-1 property.
Genesis Construction will install the shelters with benches and solar lighting, using federal capital money rather than this year’s SunTran operating budget.
The former Central Elementary School at 512 SE Third St. in Ocala, later used as the Marion County Public Schools district office, closed in December 2022 and is now the subject of community meetings as the board considers selling the property.
Tuesday’s agenda closed a Northwest 49th Street lawsuit with $225,000 and $125,955 deals and authorized eminent domain if talks fail on two other parcels.
The residential club costs $18.85 a month and includes a decal, a newsletter, members-only events and a say in downtown advocacy.
He told city council on Tuesday that the city is also working with the attorney general on kratom enforcement, a Children’s Alliance education series and an ordinance the city attorney hopes to bring forward in the next couple of weeks.