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Author Archives: Dana Winter
Support for breast-feeding on rise in Gainesville and elsewhere
By Dana Winter on December 19th, 2012 | Last updated: January 14, 2013 at 3:21 pm
Breast-feeding can be a daunting task for a new mother. Across the nation, groups like La Leche League are bringing women together to help each other on a peer-to-peer basis.
Blood need in Gainesville area constant
By Dana Winter on December 18th, 2012 | Last updated: December 17, 2012 at 2:12 pm
Because of Gainesville’s hospital Shands being so prominent in health care for Florida, there is always a need for blood in the area to help with surgeries, trauma and cancer patients.
Peaceful Paths hosts event helping those affected by domestic abuse
By Dana Winter on December 7th, 2012 | Last updated: December 7, 2012 at 6:48 pm
Peaceful Paths has announced its annual Adopt-A-Family event where donors are paired with a domestic abuse-affected family and bring them gifts off of the family’s “wishlist.”
Marion County Schools celebrate Veterans Day by staying in school
By Dana Winter on November 12th, 2012 | Last updated: December 5, 2012 at 4:36 pm
Students and veterans involved in day dedicated to veterans.
Alachua County begins processing absentee ballots
By Dana Winter on October 25th, 2012 | Last updated: December 20, 2012 at 4:01 pm
The Alachua County Supervisor of Elections office has received more than 30,000 requests for absentee ballots. The Canvassing Board reviews these requests and has already returned more than 11,000.
“The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” opens at Ocala theater
By Dana Winter on September 6th, 2012 | Last updated: March 28, 2013 at 1:42 pm
The Ocala Civic Theatre presents “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” a Broadway musical about a bordello on a chicken farm.
Power outage at polls didn’t stop voters
By Dana Winter on January 31st, 2012 | Last updated: March 28, 2013 at 4:56 pm
An RTS bus hit a tree causing a limb to interfere with an electrical wire producing power outages at precincts 23 and 59. Although the power outage was brief, Supervisor of Elections Pam Carpenter says voting at those precincts continued [...]
