Tag Archives: Silver Springs

Sen. Nelson spent Tuesday afternoon at Silver Springs with representatives from Marion County to bring attention to a problem that is literally growing every day. That problem is algae.

A Texas country musician crashed an SUV into a semi-trailer in Ocala early Tuesday morning and has cancelled shows in Louisville, Ken., and Scheller, Ill.

More than 250 animals in Silver Springs Nature Park must relocate before Oct. 1, following a Florida Cabinet decision to make it a state park.

Tourism representatives in Ocala and Marion County are hoping to gain public input about future tourism initiatives at workshops hosted this month.

The fourth annual environmental art and film festival, Cinema Verde, will welcome all film and art enthusiasts this February at Zuzu Jolie restaurant and banquet hall in downtown Gainesville, Fla.

Palace Entertainment announced Wednesday that Florida’s oldest theme park, Silver Springs, in Ocala, will be absorbed into the state park system. The animal exhibits and some amusement rides may be eliminated.

A video round-up of local, state and national stories for readers in North Central Florida.

From Florida Department of Environmental Protection The Florida Cabinet, sitting as the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, approved the modification of a lease agreement between Palace Entertainment and the state of Florida Wednesday, allowing the Silver Springs theme park property to become part of Florida’s state park system on …

The Park Service is holding a meeting Monday at 7 p.m. at Ocala's Vanguard High School to get public input about the plan to turn Silver Springs into a state park.

Locals spoke out Tuesday against the amount of water requested by a billionaire-backed farm expanding throughout North Central Florida.