Gainesville and Alachua County are at odds over the city's proposal to annex the Finley Woods development area southwest of Gainesville, with the two governments now headed for conflict resolution.
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Micanopy pastor Chris Stokes is working to turn a vacant portable-classroom building in the small Alachua County city into a community center. He hopes to have it up and running by August.
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Florida Power & Light announced on Wednesday that it has decided on Alachua and Putnam counties as two of the eight locations for its planned $130 million solar centers.
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A Seminole Elder's body waits in a morgue while his family members figure out what to do with his remains after construction of the Sabal Trail Pipeline disturbed a nearby burial ground.
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Dough Religion Pizza and ooZoo Bar will close their doors when they run out of supplies sometime this week. The building housing the pizza joint and bar is being sold to an undisclosed buyer, a decision coming just weeks after Burrito Brothers next door had to stop selling after 40 years.
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The City of Gainesville will take its first step toward more affordable and accessible internet coverage.
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After years of not seeing her community represented at city meetings, Ty Loudd decided to hold her own discussion, the State of Our Black Community.
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A group of residential and business property owners are objecting to Collier Companies’ proposal for a license agreement giving them exclusive use of city parking lot #2. The owners, situated in the Pleasant Street Historic District, cite issues with parking, lack of fair policy and transparency, and putting private gain above public benefit as reasons to object to the city of Gainesville leasing lot #2 to Collier Companies.
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A proposal for an outdoor trail in place of old railroad tracks is underway in High Springs and Newberry.
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Scientists at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition developed a device that would allow people previously restricted by wheelchairs to stand upright and walk. He got the idea one faithful morning in one of his reclining wheelchairs, drinking tea. It came to him all at once he said. The …
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