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Athens residents may see a new income tax levy on the May 2022 election ballot to build a new fire station, possibly on Athens north side near Stimson Avenue. Athens

Oak Hammock Preserve, which will feature 168 townhomes, drew protest from area residents worried about traffic on SE 38th Street in Marion County.

City Council votes to end vaccine program; it also approves zoning changes.

VSU 2021 Graduates say goodbye to VSU May 5, 2021 164 Views Yet another class of graduating seniors will be crossing the stage at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium to receive their degrees on May 7 and 8. Here are just a few out of the many graduates. Jenna Becton, Bachelors of Science Degree with a Major in Biology from Hahira, Georgia “Planning to go to Veterinary school to become a veterinarian. I will miss all my friends that I have made in my sorority, Alpha Sigma Alpha, and I will miss leading a...

Stancil, 75, has been spending most of his time on the family’s homestead, which has been in his family since 1919. Stancil recently met with the Star-Banner at his property to talk about how Marion County growth is approaching his backyard. “It was all wooded when I grew up here,” said Stancil, who was born in 1946 at what was once known as Munroe Regional Medical Center. “A new development would change the whole dynamics of this community.” The proposed development, if approved by...

The proposed expansion of Deer Path North, located east of Baseline Road and south of Ocala Heights off County Road 314 (Northeast Seventh Street), has cleared a major hurdle and now will go before the County Commission for final approval. If approved, the Deer Path North Phase Two expansion will add 135 single-family homes on 34 acres. The property is owned by HTM Developers, LLC, with Matthew P. Fabian listed as the groups registered agent on the state SunBiz website. The property is adjace...

LAKELAND — On Monday, the Lakeland City Commission will rule on a controversial Morgan Creek Preserve expansion already tied up in a lawsuit at the county level.  Commissioners will hold a public hearing concerning a portion of the expansion of the Morgan Creek Preserve near Medulla, Hamilton and Pipkin roads. If approved, owner English Creek LLC would be able to develop 56 single-family detached homes on about 35 acres.  Combined with homes already approved by Polk County, there will be ...

LAKELAND — The only neighbors Billy Friend has dwelling behind his house either have four legs or wings. And that’s how Friend would prefer it to stay. He and other residents of the Medulla Road area of southwest Lakeland live on lots averaging about five acres. They now see their bucolic lifestyle threatened by the proposed English Creek subdivision, which would place 85 houses on about 45 acres. The proposed development, with a planned entrance near Medulla Road and Hamilton Road, would ...