Ocala News
Ocala Business Leaders visited one of their members business, Climate Control. Pictured are some of the representatives that were in attendance. From left: Mick Ritter, Rachel West, Louie WiseIII (CEO Owner) and Dylan Wambles. Not pictured was Jerry Elkins who is on the mend from surgery. Climate Control is located in the Intec Building on NW 4th St.
Columbia Bank celebratied their one year anniversary by having a ribbon cutting. CEP / Ocala Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors, friends and customers attended. Columbia Bank is located on Silver Springs Blvd.
City of Ocala business offices will be closed Wednesday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.
Post Date:06/20/2018 1:10 PM
OCALA, Fla. (June 20, 2018) – City of Ocala business offices will be closed Wednesday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. There will be no residential collection for sanitation, yard waste or recycling routes Wednesday, July 4.
Residential sanitation collection regularly scheduled for Wednesday, July 4 will be collected Thursday, July 5; collection regularly scheduled for Thursday, July 5 will be collected Friday, July 6. Continue reading
OCALA, Fla. (June 18, 2018) – NW First Avenue, from NW First Street to NW Second Street, will be closed Monday, June 18 through Thursday, Aug. 2. This closure is to accommodate work being done on the exterior side of the Marion County Courthouse.
All necessary devices will be in place to re-direct traffic. Detour will be as follows:
Northbound traffic will go east onto NW First Street, north onto NE First Avenue, west onto NW Second Street, back onto NW First Street.
Southbound traffic will go east onto NW Second Street, south onto N Magnolia Avenue, west onto W Silver Springs Boulevard, back onto NW/SW First Avenue.
The splash pad at Citizens’ Circle, 151 SE Osceola Ave., is now open to the public following a temporary closure for maintenance.
Post Date:06/18/2018 10:51 AM
OCALA, Fla. (June 18, 2018) – The splash pad at Citizens’ Circle, 151 SE Osceola Ave., is now open to the public following a temporary closure for maintenance that began in late May. This splash pad, along with the splash pad at Lillian Bryant Park, 2200 NW 17th Pl., are free and open to the public daily from sunrise to sunset, unless otherwise noted.
For more information, please call the City of Ocala Recreation and Parks Department at 352-368-5517.
The City of Ocala Recreation and Parks Department will host the Future Stars Basketball program Mondays through Saturdays, June 4 through July 7 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Post Date:05/31/2018 1:56 PM
OCALA, Fla. (May 31, 2018) – The City of Ocala Recreation and Parks Department will host the Future Stars Basketball program Mondays through Saturdays, June 4 through July 7 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the E.D. Croskey Recreation Center located at 1510 NW Fourth St. Games will take place Saturdays, June 9 through July 7 at 8 a.m. at the E.D. Croskey Recreation Center.
This program will teach participants the fundamentals of basketball, teamwork and sportsmanship. It includes four weeks of games, a one-week tournament and one championship game per age division. Continue reading
Fishing off Aruba: Bob Irwin of Bob’s Coins & Jewelry, Inc. and Wendy Netherclift of TomL Publishing LLC pictured in Aruba on a fishing trip. Bob said he wanted to target a Marlin and that’s what he did. The Marlin weight was approximately 450-500 lbs 12’ long, the largest Marlin the Charter Boat Captain had ever seen on that side of the island. It was caught and release. They were fishing in 1600 feet of water. The trip also caught 8 tuna 70-80 lbs and 5 tuna 20-30 lbs.
The Ocala Art Group (OAG), established in 1950, remains the oldest group of its kind in Central Florida. Recently the OAG has been fine-tuned and will continue to preserve the freedom of artistic expression in Ocala and the surrounding area.
Our members extend their desire for artists of all levels in and around Ocala to join us in the new and revised Ocala Art Group.
You are invited to attend our next meeting that will be held at the Ocala Public Library, 2720 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Conference Room B, Ocala, FL 34470. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 13th at 11 a.m. Continue reading
The Biggest Fish [24 inches]: Joy Ennis
The Second Biggest Fish [23 inches]: Mary Morand
The Oldest Fisherman: Robert Bulter 93 years old
The Sponsorship was Nelson‘s Lawn Service, Greater Hopewell Baptist Church, Carlos Nieto [ASB Financial] also donated chips, Cala Hills Endodontics.
Clay Electric Cooperative Inc, Dustin Echols. The prizes was donate by Tom Loury, Trophy’s by B J Trophies and thanks to the city of Ocala.
Ocala Business Leaders, Clark Yandle (left) and Floyd Hershberger shared information on how the North Magnolia Merchants Association got started. The North Magnolia Merchants association was created 21 years ago with the mission to improve the North Magnolia, affectionately named the “Miracle Mile”, resulting in growth and promotion of businesses in this area. The members of this association have worked hard to make improvements to policy and have included their local government in the process. The Magnolia Business District offers a unique old-fashioned, “hometown business” feel, where owners work their own counters, and still answer their own phones.
“Making the Miracle Mile Great Again!”
