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First Friday Art Walk returns to downtown Ocala
First Friday Art Walk returns to downtown Ocala this week, bringing local artists, music, and more to the heart of the city. The event will take place on Friday, November 6, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., around Ocala’s Historic Square and downtown. The event is free and open...
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Ocala group crafting comfort for vets and children through thousands of blankets, hats, other handmade goods
Over a year after setting out to craft lap blankets for others, a dedicated group of crafters in an Ocala retirement community has donated dozens of their handmade afghans to military veterans, patients undergoing medical treatments, and children facing crisis situations across Marion County. Last year, Lt. Col. Joseph Brown...
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First Avenue Bar & Bistro Opens in Former La Cuisine Space in downtown Ocala
OCALA, FL (352Today.com) – When First Avenue Bar & Bistro was announced, my first thought was immediate: This had to be special. It was taking over the former home of La Cuisine, the French restaurant whose farewell Facebook post was filled with hundreds of comments from locals who had marked birthdays, anniversaries, and ordinary Tuesday nights at its tables. La Cuisine’s chapter had been a meaningful one. The name on the door has changed. The culinary chapter on that corner has not closed.
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Ocala waives one-year rezoning pause for commercial tract, second waiver since 2022
OCALA, FL (352today.com) – The City of Ocala’s building code contains a deliberate pause after a rezoning, so the city and neighbors are not immediately asked to reconsider the same land. City council can waive that one-year waiting period with a vote of at least three members. Since January 2022, the city has received only two such requests. It approved both. In both cases, according to City of Ocala Public Information Officer Greg Davis, the minutes show that “no further discussion occurred following staff presentation.”
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City Council clears former city attorney to represent developers on Heath Brook rezoning despite past DRI work
OCALA, FL (352Today.com) – In the November 3, 2026, agenda for the Ocala City Council, a letter was attached to agenda item 10a under “General Business” from Robert Batsel Jr., who is a partner at the Ocala firm Gooding, Batsel, Hartley & MacKay, where he focuses on land use, zoning, and real estate development. He previously served as Ocala’s city attorney until late 2022; under Florida Bar Rule 4-1.11 and the Guidelines for Former City Attorneys that city council adopted in 2023, he remains restricted from representing private clients in matters in which he participated “personally and substantially” while working for the city unless council first gives its informed consent.
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Speeding driver with suspended license arrested on County Road 466
A man arrested Wednesday evening after a police officer caught him speeding on County Road 466. Mark Dylan Tendler, 34, of Homosassa, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of driving with a suspended license. According to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Department, an officer was conducting stationary radar...
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Ocala Homeowner Adrian Overby Says a Water Treatment Company Dumped Salt and Water on His New Lawn and Killed It After He Canceled Within Three Days
An Ocala couple said a water treatment crew dumped salt on their new sod after they canceled in three days. Liberty Water later apologized and hired a lawn service.