A new coalition of community activists has formed in opposition to the Wild Spaces Public Places Referendum that is on the ballot again this year,
Read More »City of Gainesville To Ban Smoking In Public Parks
The Gainesville City Commission has moved forward to draft an ordinance to ban smoking in public parks, punishable with a $25 fine.
Read More »Burrito Brothers Banking On Local Support
Construction on West University Avenue and 14th Street is preventing customers from accessing their beloved burrito bar. But locals are doing everything possible to ensure owner Randy Akerson’s Burrito Brothers Taco Co. is here to stay. Alumnus Dev Gupta has been a customer of the 40-year-old restaurant since his freshman year of college …
Read More »Six Months Later, Defeated Gainesville City Commission Candidate Is Still Challenging His Opponent
Konish filed the suit to dispute Hayes-Santos' residential eligibility to serve as a city commissioner.
Read More »Robert Hutchinson Earns More Than 60 Percent of Vote In County Commission’s Democratic Primary
Hutchinson will have to face write-in candidate Sarah Payne Bliss on the November ballot, but he is not worried.
Read More »Get To Know North Central Florida’s Democratic Delegates
The Democratic National Convention kicked off in Philadelphia Monday. Thousands of delegates from around the country are gathered to choose the party's candidate for the 2016 presidential election. Here are North Central Florida's Democratic delegates.
Read More »MTPO Tells I-75 Task Force: No New Highway In Alachua County
Suggestions for new corridors for transportation and ways to improve existing corridors were expressed at the Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization meeting.
Read More »Gainesville Woman May Have To Move After GRU Billing Increase
After not being charged for wastewater services for a year, she received a bill for $700.
Read More »Five Vie For City Manager Position, To Be Decided Thursday
Come Thursday, the city of Gainesville will have a new city manager. The seven-member Gainesville City Commission interviewed the five finalists for the position on Tuesday.
Read More »Hayes-Santos Wins District 4 Seat Over Konish
Adrian Hayes-Santos is Gainesville's newly-elected District 4 City Commissioner. He beat out candidate Jim Konish in a landslide victory.
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