A holiday tradition - Ocala Gazette
Nov 26, 2024 · Symphony Under the Lights is celebrating its 21st anniversary this year with the free annual concert under the oaks at Tuscawilla Park. The event, which will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 6, is presented by Jenkins Auto Group with support from the city of Ocala and Florida Express Waste & Recycling. The Ocala Symphony Orchestra and members of the…
December 13, 2024 digital edition - Ocala Gazette
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People in the Marion County Jail are suffering. This is why it …
Nov 21, 2024 · After nearly two years of pressing the Marion County Sheriff’s Office for more details surrounding the Nov. 25, 2022 death of inmate Scott Whitley in the Marion County Jail, on Sept. 23 “Gazette” reporters finally were allowed to watch a security video showing what transpired in Whitley’s cell that day. Pursuant to a court …
Holiday hilarity - Ocala Gazette
Dec 4, 2024 · Four years ago, John Allsopp landed back in Ocala after he built a 30-year career as a working actor in Los Angeles, where he performed in more than 20 national commercials and many films and television shows. His claims to theatrical fame include acting in “CSI,” “General Hospital,” “All My Children,” “Lizzie McGuire” and “Murder, She Wrote.” An Ocala native,…
Ocala Civic Theatre announces 2024-2025 season - Ocala Gazette
Apr 23, 2024 · Bookended by blockbuster musicals, with plenty of magic and mystery in between, Ocala Civic Theatre’s (OCT) 2024-2025 season lineup got a rousing reception from around 180 theatergoers at the 74th Season Reveal Party on April 15. For OCT Executive and Artistic Director Greg Thompson, the best part of the reveal event was “the people in the house.” “We had a…
Unique spin on an old classic - Ocala Gazette
Nov 25, 2024 · A talented group of 13 young actors ages 9 to 18 is bringing a most unique holiday gift to local audiences in coming weeks. The Trunk & Trek Troupe of the larger Community Stages group will perform “Christmas in Oz” on Dec. 8, 9 and 14, at three locations in Ocala. The 45-minute family-friendly musical will offer catchy songs and…
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Reining in a championship. The Fireman, a quarter horse owned by Peter and Courtney Morgan, captured the 2024 National Reining Horse Association’s Level 4 Open Futurity, with rider Kaci O’Rourke the first woman to win the title.
Ocala no longer expected to hold record for ‘largest Buc-ee’s’ …
Jun 17, 2024 · Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tosses Beaver Nuggets from Buc-ee’s to people in the crowd as he talks about the future construction of a new Buc-ee’s and the new, planned Diverging Diamond Interchange at I-75 and Northwest 49th Street in Ocala during a press conference in the auditorium at the Southeastern Livestock Pavilion in Ocala, Fla. on Friday, April 7, 2023.
Business news briefs - Ocala Gazette
Dec 17, 2024 · Ocala hospitals accredited for breast health services HCA Florida West Marion Hospital and HCA Florida Ocala Hospital have received accreditation under the American College of Surgeons National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United States, after skin cancers. Programs accredited by the NAPBC follow a model of multidisciplinary ...
Ocala pastry chef competes again on TV - Ocala Gazette
Nov 4, 2024 · With a wave of a magic wand, Ocala chef Yohann Le Bescond is appearing on the Food Network’s new series “Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking,” which will premiere on Nov. 14. Perhaps the connection was fate as Le Bescond said his favorite character from the popular books and movies was the wizard Dumbledore, headmaster of the Hogwarts School of …