Some 60 vendors held a family trick-or-treat event at the Shoppes at Thornebrook on Friday, an effort to introduce the open-air shopping center to a new arrivals and increase business.

The Dunnellon City Council will vote on Monday, Oct. 27, on whether to send a letter to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection opposing Texas-based Track Line Rail’s draft air permit for a railroad tie grinding site. The company tried to establish its first Florida site in Newberry earlier this year but now plans to set up shop in Dunnellon.

“We can’t keep going,” Christensen said. “We need exposure. We need funding. People need to be aware.”

When rates fall, sellers can also benefit.

Marveling spectators with floats begins with good design and planning.

Many small businesses across the country are having to make the tough choice of whether to pass the costs resulting from tariffs on to the consumer, or to eat the costs themselves.

Renovations to the Gainesville City Hall Plaza officially began Tuesday after the city commission’s initial approval of the reconstruction plan in 2023.

Married couple Ben Roland and Sarah Luther run Braze Ranch together in Waldo, Fla. Their second annual Fall Festival kicked off on Oct. 4, running through Oct. 26.

“There’s a bigger demand when we’re winning. People wanna celebrate, wanna eat more, wanna drink more, when we’re winning. When we lose, we tend to go into somber moods, and people try to stay away from doing those things,” Wehbe said.

UF/IFAS officials say a new crop is growing in popularity for both commercial and recreational plant growers: bamboo.