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Strong Roots Movements opened three new garden beds at the CDS Family & Behavioral Health Services' youth shelter.
Read More »Strong Roots Movement Teaches Organic Gardening At Gainesville’s Youth Shelter
Bell Schools Showcase Special Needs Students’ Digital Arts At Exhibition
Bell Elementary School and Bell High School hosted an art exhibition Tuesday for parents, faculty and school board members to appreciate work created by special needs students. A grant from Suncoast Credit Union provided 17 Gilchrist County special needs students the opportunity to express themselves through digital art. The grant …
Read More »Fruit Bats Get Live-Cam Showcase At Lubee Conservancy
A local bat sanctuary is changing the way we look at bats.
Read More »Family-Owned Farm In Gilchrist County Selling Free-Range Turkeys For Thanksgiving
A small, family-run farm in Trenton is getting locals ready for Thanksgiving with its humanely raised turkeys. The farm has already sold 75 turkeys since October.
Read More »Study Predicts Monkey Population Boom In Silver Springs State Park
The macaques are just one of Florida's many nonnative wildlife species, and they're also a tourist attraction.
Read More »Waldo Burglaries Prompt Citizens Crime Watch
Waldo City Manager Kim Worley announced during a city council meeting Tuesday that she will hold a crime watch training in January with the ACSO as a result of a high number of burglary reports this Fall.
Read More »The Greyhound Racer: Lee Forzly Loved The Dogs As Family, Will Vote ‘No” On Amendment 13
Lee Forzly trained the No. 2 greyhound in the country in 1993. Now out of the business for nearly a decade, she plans to vote 'no' on Amendment 13.
Read More »Volunteers Look To Uproot Invasive Plant Spreading Across Florida
While festive looking, the ornamental plant coral ardisia, also known as the Christmas berry, is an invasive plant species spreading across Florida and into the South. Volunteers are now trying to control the spread before it becomes a full-blown outbreak.
Read More »Steinhatchee Marinas Prepare For The Worst With Hurricane Michael
Hurricane Michael heads for Steinhatchee, a town that was ravaged by Hurricane Hermine only two years ago. The local marinas prepare hastily while residents lie low.
Read More »Gourmet Rodent Breeds Global Exotic Pet Business In Newberry
The Gourmet Rodent is home to 75,000 animals ranging from ball pythons and corn snakes to arachnids, frozen mice and scorpions. The city of Newberry made zoning changes to accommodate the exotic pet business, which owner Mike Layman says is the largest in the world.
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