Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: First digital Black Heritage Trail Map for Alachua County hopes to secure phase two funding. “The digital map will launch by early December this year along with a complete renovation …
Read More »The Point, Nov. 27, 2023: ‘Forever chemicals’ found in Newberry water
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • Mainstreet Daily News: GPD searches for two suspects involved in shootings near UF. “Even though the threat was not directed at the UF campus community, UFPD sent out a UF Alerts message …
Read More »The Point, Nov. 21, 2023: Alachua County considers shipping container homes for homeless
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Alachua County investigates a proposal for permanent shipping container housing for the homeless. “The housing units will be crafted from recycled shipping containers. The containers are used as the structural …
Read More »The Point, Nov. 1, 2023: What happens to books after the Friends of the Library book sale?
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: A difficult path: How volunteers, waste workers save old books from going to the landfill. “It’s been almost a week since Alachua County’s Friends of the Library fall book sale …
Read More »Angel’s Story: One family’s journey from Venezuela to Miami
No car is in the house’s driveway, only gravel dampened by rain. The living room is minimalistic, with a white leather couch backed against the wall and an old-fashioned clock hanging above it. The busted door does not close. The vehicles outside zoom over the wet asphalt, and it sounds …
Read More »Community ID program pushes back against monetary setbacks: ‘We are not closing our doors’
Jamileth Sequeida, 31, said she wishes it were easier to be in the U.S. “In here, it is just too hard,” she said. “I just want to go.” Along with her husband, Sequeida embarked on a 21-day journey across the U.S. border from Nicaragua nine months ago. They traveled light, …
Read More »Legal experts say DeSantis’ efforts to shut down pro-Palestinian university groups are likely illegal
Legal experts expressed skepticism over a move by the DeSantis administration to shut down pro-Palestinian student organizations on college campuses in Florida by employing a state law intended to punish groups that provide material support to terrorists. The experts cited a 2010 Supreme Court case that ruled the federal version …
Read More »Pro-Palestinian protesters rally near UF entrance for Israel’s de-occupation of Palestinian territories
Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside the University of Florida on Monday evening to call for the de-occupation of Palestinian territories. Laila Fakhoury, a Palestinian business owner, led the protest near the northwest entrance to the University of Florida campus near Heavener Hall using a megaphone to rally the crowd’s chants for …
Read More »The Point, Oct. 23, 2023: Gainesville celebrates pride festival downtown
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: “Can’t Drag us Down”: Gainesville celebrates pride. “Surrounding patrons with vibrant color and rich sound, the festival had undertones of making positive change for the community.” • WUFT News: Media …
Read More »The Point, Oct. 17, 2023: Commission considers proposal to replace City Hall ponds
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: City Commission considers landscaping proposal for City Hall Plaza ponds. “The two ponds, now empty, would be replaced with grass and concrete as part of a $35,000 beautification plan under …
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