Six months after Florida state legislators passed House Bill 657, which approved speed detection systems to enforce school-zone speed limits, Altumint, a public safety technology company, completed a report on road safety. Speed detection systems are “portable or automated fixed systems used to detect a motor vehicle’s speed using radar, …
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Approximately 20 community members spoke at last Tuesday’s policy discussion at Alachua County Administration headquarters to voice their concerns about the development of a proposed golf course in southwest Gainesville. The meeting lasted approximately three hours and ended with the commission approving a special area study, which outlines the minimum …
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It’s been almost a week since Alachua County’s Friends of the Library fall book sale ended, but for volunteers and book lovers alike, the hardest part of the work is just beginning: throwing away books into the dumpster. “Paperback books that can’t be sold are recycled,” said Ellen Smith, a …
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Since 1987, Watson C&D, a company that operates a construction landfill in Archer, hasn’t passed Alachua County inspections. In August, the latest violation included oil leaks on the ground from a fuel storage container, which can contaminate the groundwater, according to an inspection report. The inspections are completed every 24 …
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Five months after a housing development plan was approved, homeowners are still trying to find a way to shut it down. The Gainesville 121 development plan was approved by the Gainesville City Commission in April. City commissioners voted 6-1. Mayor Harvey Ward was the only one who voted against the …
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Environmentalism and religion may not seem like they have much in common, but a growing number of local places of worship advocate for environmentalism.
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