Once a booming mining town about 15 miles East of Gainesville, Newberry these days is generally on the quieter side. But on this city election day, downtown Newberry is buzzing. There’s only one race this year — commission seat four — because the other seats up for election were uncontested. …
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Arab Americans in Alachua County worry their community will not be accurately counted in the results of the 2020 United States Census.
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Discussion of the project was terminated in 2019. Now, the idea is back on the table. On Thursday, Alachua County and High Springs officials discussed the future of the project in a joint meeting.
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The Equal Justice Initiative and the ACCRP are partnering to provide students with a racial justice essay scholarship contest.
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Now in the 2020-2021 school year, school districts have decided to allow proms and graduations since positivity rates continue to decrease. Universal Orlando has cancelled Grad Bash and Gradventure celebrations and plans to resume hosting these events in spring 2022.
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The Alachua County Public School Board on Wednesday discussed a decrease in enrollment and how it will affect the annual budget.
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UF Health's second mass vaccination event this week brought thousands of people to the University of Florida’s Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Wednesday.
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Nearly a thousand IDs have been issued by the Human Rights Coalition since 2018, including 73 since the start of this year.
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A new Dollar General is set to be built on the land that the Battle of Micanopy was fought on during the Second Seminole War.
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The sculpture was entered in a competition to replace a confederate statue that was on the west lawn of the Alachua County Administration Building.
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