The air in McPherson Complex Auditorium in Ocala, once stale with bureaucracy, surged with something much more urgent upon the introduction of Item 7. Items 1-6 on the Marion County Commission planning and zoning agenda – ensnared in traps of technical jargon and dusted with mundane details – didn’t hold …
Read More »‘Stop the turnpike’: Inverness residents call for city council to pass no build resolution
Buttons, bumper stickers, shirts and signs — all adorned with calls to “save it, don’t pave it” and “stop the turnpike” — were the accessories of choice for several Inverness residents on Tuesday evening.
Read More »Dixie County is still recovering from flood damage with hurricane season around the corner
With hurricane season on the horizon, rainfall already rolling in and relief efforts up in the air, Dixie County residents are bracing for this summer to be as wet as the last.
Read More »Potential Florida turnpike extension risks historic Black community
Potential construction on the Florida Turnpike could affect Royal, one of the oldest Black communities in the state.
Read More »Potential Florida Turnpike extension threatens rural land
There are four separate proposals to the Florida Turnpike that would extend the interstate from Wildwood through combinations of these counties: Citrus, Levy, Marion and Sumter. Each of the routes would pave over large swaths of rural land.
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