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Farmers across north central Florida are adjusting to worsening drought conditions as limited rainfall continues to dry out soil and complicate crop production heading into the spring growing season.
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Business owners in Newberry are working to manage the positive and negative aspects of the city’s growth.
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Gainesville’s Midtown district is welcoming a new restaurant: Dal Moros Fresh Pasta To Go.
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In 1987, Congress established March as Women’s History Month to honor the successes and sacrifices of U.S. women.
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A Williston landmark, the Ivy House Restaurant, is close to reopening after being closed for two and a half years following a destructive fire.
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Across Gainesville, florists, grocery stores and specialty retailers are preparing for what many describe as their Super Bowl, a single week that can shape not only the month’s revenue but, for some businesses, a meaningful portion of the year’s earnings.
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Small home-based bakeries across north-central Florida have been busy in the days leading up to Saturday. For these dessert business owners , Valentine’s Day isn’t just a holiday. It’s one of the most important business days of the year.
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U.S. Bank court documents show that The Oaks Mall is under receivership after its owners at Brookfield Properties have failed to repay the remaining $78 million balance on a 2012 loan.
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Rising prices are not only affecting shoppers. They are also impacting small local businesses that depend on this season to stay afloat.
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Residents at Social 28 Apartments on Southwest 13th Street say they are living with constant construction they claim wasn’t advertised. Complaints from tenants, who are mostly college students, include traffic, construction noise, elevated utility bills and scaffording covering the north building.
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Alachua Greens grows and delivers leafy produce to local establishments as far as St. Augustine. Though he owns the business with his wife, Lisa Sanders, a doctor at the University of Florida, the farm is, for the most part, a one-man operation. Patrick Gruninger does everything from planting the peat moss plugs to cleaning out the algae.
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The Publix Super Market at Tower Square is slated for demolition and reconstruction. The proposed plan, currently under review by Alachua County, would replace the 30-year-old building.