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The Target store at The Standard building announced recently that it would be closing, but some area residents aren’t taking the news too hard.
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Soil ceremony honors five lynching victims in Waldo
WALDO – Residents from across Alachua County joined city officials Saturday to honor five lynching victims from the Waldo, Hawthorne, Campville and Rochelle areas. The event drew about 100 people of all ages and backgrounds. The Rev. Marie Herring with Dayspring Missionary Baptist Church had a reminder for the residents …
Read More »Imagine Gainesville project seeks more resident voices
A Gainesville advisory board is seeking more resident voices to help set guidelines for affordable homes, quality education, good-paying jobs and thriving neighborhoods by 2030.
Read More »Lynching victims to be remembered through soil collection ceremony
Five lynching victims from Alachua County communities will be remembered with a soil collection ceremony next month. The five African American victims killed between 1889 and 1926 were from Waldo, Hawthorne, Rochelle and Campville. Three of the victims were identified as George Buddington, Henry White and Charles Willis. A boy …
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