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The Gainesville City Commission has adopted an initiative aiming for a 75 percent recycling rate by 2020, 90 percent by 2030 and “zero waste” by 2040.
Read More »Gainesville Businesses Strive To Be Waste Free
Melrose Residents Seeking No-Wake Ordinance In Midst Of Hurricane Season
Still dealing with damage from Hurrican Irma, residents around Lake Santa Fe are asking for a no-wake ordinance along the edge of the lake.
Read More »Alachua County, Gainesville Leaders Discuss Controversy Over Gainesville Traffic Stop
Alachua County commission and Gainesville city commission discussed an incident that happened Wednesday morning with an 18-year-old driver.
Read More »Former UF TAPS Employee Pleads No Contest In Fraud Case
Former UF Transportation and Parking Services employee Tiffany Robinson pleaded no contest in the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court Thursday morning, with a minimum possible sentence of 8 years, 11 months of jail time for grand theft and aggravated white collar crime, according to court records. Robinson was arrested and charged with …
Read More »Restoration Begins For Private Cemeteries Affected By Hurricane Irma
It has been nine months since Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida, and yet some Alachua County residents are still picking up the pieces of its devastation.
Read More »Alachua County Votes To Buy Weiss Property, Open Trails Within A Year
That 12-month trail-opening timeline was part of his motion Tuesday night to have the county spend $2.9 million for its share of a joint $4.4 million purchase with the City of Gainesville.
Read More »Alachua County, Gainesville To Decide on $4.4M Purchase Of 700 Acres
What was once to be a 700-acre planned development on Gainesville’s northern edge will likely soon be a conservation and parks area.
Read More »ACLC Advocates On Behalf of OPS Workers Before UF Board of Trustees
While noting a lack of wage increases, and seeking greater Social Security contributions and paid leave, the OPS employees’ main complaint was being treated as temporary workers despite working full time.
Read More »SWAG Reveals The CHILD Center For Early Learning
The CHILD Center, located just down the street from the SWAG Family Resource Center, will be a place where residents can bring children zero to five years old for affordable preschool and childcare.
Read More »Plane Made Emergency Landing On Interstate 75
A plane made an emergency landing on I-75 forcing multiple lane closures.
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