The City of Archer will install new touch read water meters after misreadings and miscalculations of their former analog meters led to complaints about over-billing.
Read More »Alachua County Fuels Biodiesel Trucks With Recycled Waste Vegetable Oil
(Image credit: Sarah Ross / Flickr) Alachua County uses its waste vegetable oil to fuel diesel-powered trucks, saving the county up to $2 on a gallon of fuel.
Read More »How Alachua County Plans To Improve Foreclosure Rates
Alachua County is now accepting offers on two homes it purchased and renovated through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program in an effort to reverse the impact of foreclosure rates.
Read More »North Floridians React to Obama’s Speech on Syria
President Barack Obama delivered a speech Tuesday that urged America to involve itself in the Syrian conflict and take a stand against the use of chemical weapons. Some locals were supportive of Obama, but others still weren't convinced.
Read More »Immigration Reform Group Campaigns in North Florida
An advocacy group for immigration reform stopped in North Florida Tuesday as part of a nearly month-long campaign targeting communities. The Farmworker Association of Florida Inc. has traveled statewide throughout August and September to visit 27 districts from Lake Worth to Maitland to Gainesville, to persuade the community and slow-to-reply lawmakers …
Read More »Charles Chestnut Reflects On His Experience At The March On Washington
The first African-American school board member in Gainesville describes the atmosphere at the March of Washington and what it was like to be a part of the historic moment.
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