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Coalition collects coats for homeless

By Adam Pages on October 11th, 2012 | Last updated: December 20, 2012 at 4:36 pm

With temperatures dropping, Alachua County residents are starting to bundle up. But the 2,100 homeless in Alachua County sometimes have a difficult time staying warm during the cold months. To help the homeless combat the cold, the Alachua County Coalition for [...]

Cold weather residents take respite in Florida

By Tom Krynski on December 8th, 2011 | Last updated: September 10, 2012 at 10:17 am

Florida sunshine attracts nearly one million North Americans and Europeans to our state to escape frigid winters at home. While some native Floridians complain about the “snowbird” demographic, traditionally Northern senior citizens, they provide a much needed economic boom to [...]