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Fall 2025 Issue
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Cover story:
A conversation with John Brantley, an Ocala sports icon and Forest's prodigal son of 50 years, now back to bring the Wildcats a return to prominence.
The Ocalan's Fall 2025 print edition will be available in mid-October. The Ocalan is a subscription-based publication geared toward educated readers and those with an affinity for all things Ocala. If you would like to be among the local literati with a keepsake issue, hit the subscribe button in the top menu for your copy to be delivered directly to you.
What's inside:
Ocala's Skyline: How long before downtown Ocala sees some vertical growth?
Whatever happened to the church wedding? The most sacred of vows rarely take place in the holy sanctuary any more as couples opt for beaches, barns and backyards. Will the church wedding era ever return?
Propaganjah: This Ocala band plays reggae with a Caribbean soul in spite of their caucasian hues.
Actor Scott Fitzgerald: His life was always in radio, but his calling has always been the theatre.
Photographer John D. Elliott: His latest exhibit reveals the universality of the human condition.
Also, our popular departments!
The Ocalan Art Edit
You Might Be Old Ocala
This & That
Preferences of an Ocalan
They Said It
Ocala Stories with Buddy Martin
The Amateur Plume
