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Tag Archives: Alachua
Gainesville Correctional Institution to become homeless assistance center
By Rachel Genovese on February 25th, 2013 | Last updated: February 25, 2013 at 3:55 pm
Members of the County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry are traveling to Atlanta to visit the Gateway Center, a homeless assistance center housed in a former jail, to see what improvements should be made in Gainesville.
In the News: tutoring profits, eyeball wars, Alachua Co. texting rules, phone/cable tax overhaul, pope resigns
By Dana Edwards on February 11th, 2013 | Last updated: February 18, 2013 at 9:29 am
With millions at stake, tutoring lobby goes into action – Every year for nearly a decade, private tutoring companies have made millions in Florida because the federal government required school districts to hire them. That was in danger of changing [...]
Alachua County voters to decide on “Fix Our Roads” sales surtax
By Front Page Edition on August 10th, 2012 | Last updated: October 25, 2012 at 11:15 am
By Stephanie Denardo – WUFT-FM On the November 6, 2012 General Election ballot, voters in Alachua County will decide whether to pass the Fix Our Roads Alachua County sales surtax. The sales surtax is on the ballot to create a [...]
Caring for Florida’s neglected, unwanted horses
By Front Page Edition on August 9th, 2012 | Last updated: September 20, 2012 at 1:36 pm
By Liana Charles – WUFT-FM Mill Creek Farm is a retirement home for horses. Located in Alachua, Florida, the farm has been a safe haven for retired, abused, neglected and unwanted horses since 1984. Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Liana Charles reports [...]
Softball tourney brings excitement, visitors to Alachua
By Blake Alderman on August 2nd, 2012 | Last updated: March 28, 2013 at 3:31 pm
It’s a repeat performance for the City of Alachua as it hosts the 2012 Babe Ruth Softball World Series, for players 12 and under, starting Friday. WUFT-FM’s Blake Alderman reports on what this means for the area.
Fireworks and fun on tap in Alachua
By WUFT News on July 4th, 2012 | Last updated: March 30, 2013 at 1:58 pm
Fourth of July celebrations are taking place in many locations. But for one north Florida city, residents take a grreat deal of pride in their event. Here’s chair of the city of Alachua fireworks celebration, Adam Bucari:
Bicycling across America to help others with spinal cord injuries
By Front Page Edition on June 28th, 2012 | Last updated: September 27, 2012 at 1:24 pm
By Donna Green-Townsend – WUFT-FM Nearly five years ago Mark Stephan from suffered a horrific spinal cord injury in a bicycle accident in Chicago. Though he was told he would be a quadriplegic and never walk again, the determined athlete went into six [...]
Alachua talks about its alcohol sale policy
By Stephanie Denardo on June 6th, 2012 | Last updated: March 28, 2013 at 4:08 pm
A final reading for an ordinance to change selling times of alcohol on Sundays in the city of Alachua is scheduled for the end of this month. Florida’s 89 point 1 WUFT-FM’s Stephanie Denardo spoke with Adam Buchari assistant to [...]
Small local elections can have a big impact
By Front Page Edition on April 10th, 2012 | Last updated: October 4, 2012 at 5:29 pm
By Maria Tridas – WUFT-FM Local elections have begun in Alachua, Newberry and High Springs. Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Maria Tridas has more on the signifance of small town politics.
