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Starting Tuesday, there will be a fence that outlines the camp for the purpose of preventing new people from moving in.
Read More »Dignity Village To Close Down As Grace Marketplace Gets New Funding
Nature Preserve Shared By Alachua County And Gainesville Opens To The Public
Seven hundred fifteen acres that was once slated to be a residential area in Alachua County instead opened on Saturday – National Public Lands Day – as Four Creeks Nature Preserve.
Read More »Gainesville City Commission Selects Lee Feldman As New City Manager
The manager's position is among the city's most important and highest paid, with Lee Feldman's recent predecessors earning annual salaries of just over $200,000.
Read More »Gainesville City Commission Takes Last Steps Toward Selecting New City Manager
Each candidate was interviewed one-by-one in front of the public. If a majority vote between the seven commissioners can be reached, they will announce their pick Friday.
Read More »Gainesville Commissioner Simmons Hosts State Of The District Discussion For District 1
District 1 is comprised of historically black neighborhoods like Porters and Pleasant Street, along with much of East Gainesville.
Read More »Emotions Run High At City Meeting About Changing Gainesville’s Inequity
About 20 people gathered in the auditorium to voice thoughts on how to go about making a resolution to officially mark the city’s commitment to address its past and to discuss fostering equity in general.
Read More »Gainesville City Commission Passes Immigration Enforcement Policy Resolution, But There Is Not Much More It Can Do
GPD’s current policy on foreign nationals says officers don’t have the authority to enforce federal immigration law violations.
Read More »Alachua County School District Plans To Put Prairie View Back In Use During Construction On Other Schools
During a joint meeting Thursday between the Alachua County Commission and the School Board of Alachua County, the district announced its intention to again start using Prairie View Elementary.
Read More »Gainesville To Host Second Community Meeting On Clarence R. Kelly Community Center Renovations
The City of Gainesville's Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department will host its second community meeting on the proposed design for the building on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the center, located at 1701 NE 8th Ave.
Read More »Health Facilities Evacuated As Dorian Looms
Florida officials said Monday that 72 nursing homes and assisted living facilities and seven hospitals on the state’s East Coast had been evacuated in preparation for Hurricane Dorian. Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Mary Mayhew told reporters that only four of the long-term care facilities were evacuated because they …
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