Due to a resurfacing project, NE Third Street will experience intermittent lane closures from NE Osceola Avenue to NE Eighth Street beginning Monday, April 9.
OCALA, Fla. (April 3, 2018) – Due to a resurfacing project, NE Third Street will experience intermittent lane closures from NE Osceola Avenue to NE Eighth Street beginning Monday, April 9. Partial lane closures are expected from NE Osceola Avenue to NE Tuscawilla Avenue; full lane closures will take place from NE Tuscawilla Avenue to NE Eighth Avenue. Construction for this phase of resurfacing NE Third Street is expected to conclude on Tuesday, May 15.
All necessary devices will be in place to re-direct traffic. Construction will take place Mondays through Fridays from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. During construction times, travelers may experience noise, dust and heavy equipment within the project area.
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As part of the 2018-2019 Ocala Outdoor Sculpture Competition, the City of Ocala hosted the Tuscawilla Sculpture Stroll Celebration Saturday, March 17 at the Tuscawilla Art Park.
OCALA, Fla. (March 23, 2018) – As part of the 2018-2019 Ocala Outdoor Sculpture Competition, the City of Ocala hosted the Tuscawilla Sculpture Stroll Celebration Saturday, March 17 at the Tuscawilla Art Park, 223 NE Fifth St. During this event, awards were presented in the following categories:
- Best in Show – Robustae by John Gamache, Ocala, FL
- Second Place – Job by Claudia Lauster, Naples, FL
- Honorable Mention – Navigator by Mike Hansel, Middletown, RI
- People’s Choice – Metal Elephant by James Futral, Fort Myers, FL
Volunteers will assist with cleaning headstones, raking leaves, picking up fallen tree limbs and cleaning up debris.
OCALA, Fla. (March 28, 2018) – The Friends of the Historical Evergreen Cemetery, Sons of Confederate Veterans Pvt. William R. Milton Camp 741 and the United Daughters of the Confederacy Marion Dragoons Chapter 2311, in partnership with the City of Ocala Public Works Department, are sponsoring a Greenwood Cemetery volunteer cleanup day Saturday, April 7 from 8 a.m. to noon.
Volunteers will meet at Greenwood Cemetery located at 1393 NE Third St. at 8 a.m. Volunteers will assist with cleaning headstones, raking leaves, picking up fallen tree limbs and cleaning up debris.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans, the Friends of the Historical Evergreen Cemetery and the City of Ocala, encourage volunteers to support the restoration and beautification of Greenwood Cemetery.
For more information, please contact the City of Ocala Public Works Department at 352-351-6723.
By Tony Powell
“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.” — Proposed Virginia Constitution, 1776.
“The Second Amendment is really about state militias being strong enough to resist any attempt by the Federal government to destroy us. Reading the debates and legal wranglings from the time of the Constitution’s drafting makes this very clear.
Last month (March 2018) we talked about ‘The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution’ which says.”A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Seems simple enough, but, apparently, there are as many opinions as to its meaning as there are people who have read it. (And, of course plenty who have never read it, but they have an opinion anyway. Continue reading
By Chief McKinstry
Next time you are in a car driving through a residential neighborhood, try this experiment: glance at your speedometer when you’re in the middle of a block. You will probably find it is pretty easy to reach or top 25 mph.
To someone on foot or in a golf cart, navigating narrow streets and unprotected intersections, it feels like you’re driving too fast. And they’re probably not wrong. As you cruise up to 25 mph (on streets outside a school zone), try to imagine that a golf cart swerves into your lane, or a ball rolls right in front of you with a kid chasing it. Or that someone with an armful of groceries opened a car door without looking, or that a pedestrian in dark clothes stepped into a poorly lit intersection. Would you be able to stop in time? Maybe, maybe not. It would depend on how soon you saw whatever you were about to hit.
Then drop your speed to 20 mph. With that small change, it becomes much easier to halt the momentum of 3,000 pounds of metal. Continue reading
Question:
I have been reading about the new Florida gun law which prohibits local governments from enacting laws regulating firearms. This makes gun regulations equal throughout the state. My county prohibits the discharge of of any firearm except at a range. Does this new law mean that I can now do some target shooting on my own property so long as I shoot safely?
Answer:
Depends on county rules. In Marion County, you need a minimum of 10 acres and one really good backstop – then there are the distances to certain institutions like churches and schools, etc. The laws you are talking about were local gov’t can’t enact stiffer regs on buying and owning guns than what the state has.
Bread cast on the water comes back to you. The good deed you do today may benefit you or someone you love at the least expected time. If you never see the deed again at least you will have made the world a better place – And, after all, isn’t that what life is all about?
By TomL
Let me start from the beginning. I believe the school shootings are because of something that happened at school to set it off but it started at home! Most school shootings are about bullying and belittling a child or teenager in front of others. I am an eye witness to the bullying that goes on at school. I went to school in Broward County School system 100 years ago, time frame slightly off, but it has not changed.
In the school shooting incident in Broward County the officials were sufficiently warned: Law Enforcement was warned, FBI was warned, School Officials were warned, School Officials warned others, everyone was warned. In this case they simply needed to enforce the law. They did not! There are many suggestions on why they did not stop this young man. They are excuses. One reason given was local law enforcement stop making a lot of arrests so it would look like crime went down. Now isn’t that interesting? Someone wanted to get re-elected, instead they should be put in jail.
When I went to school in Broward County it was many years ago. I went to school first five grades in a school that had all twelve grades. You want to talk about bullying. Actually I witnessed a couple of teachers getting bullied, one deserved it. Continue reading
By Florida Senator Baxley
The 2018 Legislative Session has come to an end! We have worked hard to secure good policy for our constituents and the people of Florida. During our time in Tallahassee this year, some big issues were addressed: protecting our schools and seniors, more clarity on our freedom of speech, permanent increase for bright futures funding, and increased focus on mental health and the opioid crisis.
As a result of the terrible tragedy that occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14th, the legislature was forced to take a very serious look at how our schools and students are protected. After weeks of talking with those on the front lines in education, law enforcement, our court system, and mental health experts, the Florida Legislature passed and Governor Rick Scott signed into law the Marjory Stoneman Douglas School Safety Act, a comprehensive plan to address mental health issues and implement safety measures to protect our students. This bill, SB 726, creates the Office of School Safety within in the Department of Education, permits a sheriff to establish a Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program, and creates the mental health assistance allocation to assist school districts in establishing or expanding school-based mental health care, among several other provisions. Continue reading
