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Prescribed Burns in Ocala National Forest (WRUF AM850 Gainesville)
It's prescribed burning season in the Ocala National Forest. Forest spokeswoman, Heather Callahan says the reason for the burns is to protect those in the forest. Normally, the prescribed burns would have already begun...but Callahan says the dry weather has...
Read more...What's it like to live in the forest' (The Gainesville Sun)
Those living in Ocala National Forest enjoy nature and family.
Read more...Notable residents who died this year (The Ocala Star-Banner)
In 2008, Marion County lost philanthropists, members of the clergy and activists. All were leaders of their community and all changed the social landscape of the Ocala area during the time they spent here.
Read more...Top news stories that affected our community (The Ocala Star-Banner)
Your local news in 2008 featured tragedy, elections, tax talk and, of course, a recession. It seems there was more bad news than good this year.
Read more...StubHub Launches Tickets for Trees to Help Restore National Forests of Florida (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN FRANCISCO----StubHub, the world's largest ticket marketplace, has launched its “Tickets for Trees” program, an effort to plant a tree for every ticket purchased on StubHub for the 2008-09 NFL post-season.
Read more...Verizon Wireless Installs New Digital New Cell Site near I-4 Corridor in Central Florida (Centre Daily Times)
Verizon Wireless has installed a new digital cell site in Polk County to enhance service to residents and businesses in Davenport and along the busy Interstate 4 corridor.
Read more...Artist Uses Ocala Forest As His Studio (WFTV 9 Orlando)
OCALA, Fla. -- The world is his idea lab. His home is his canvas. Charles Whiteman is a thin, cheerful 73-year-old who lives with his 66-year-old wife Patricia deep in the Ocala National Forest.
Read more...Young pilots, powerful planes made for crowded air space over Florida (The Villages Daily Sun)
The young boy could hardly believe his eyes and ears — terrific noise, then maddened flames and billowing smoke. At the center of the inferno, a pilot trapped in a warplane that spiraled out of the sky.
Read more...Ocala Forest celebrates centennial (The Ocala Star-Banner)
Youthful yells of exuberance mixed with the sounds of live music and bustling crowds at Camp Kiwanis on Saturday at a daylong festival celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Ocala National Forest.
Read more...For painter and quilter, love and art are enough (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
In this economy, buyers are few, but these artists don't mind.
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