The Gainesville Historic Preservation Board conducted its monthly meeting at City Hall on Tuesday to vote on the future of the Thelma A. Boltin Center. In a 5-1 vote with one abstention, the board decided to preserve the building’s auditorium, while demolishing and renovating the east wing under conditions recommended …
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Sarah Lauerman took an interest in French culture and was intrigued by the sport of pétanque. She wanted to learn how to speak French and engage with the culture further, so she started a club around the sport. Now Lauerman is the president of Gainesville Pétanque, a club she started in 2017 with informal meetings. It has since grown to include 50 members and is played at two public courts in north Gainesville. And she had the sport included in the Gainesville Senior Games.
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The historic Thelma A. Boltin Center, a once bustling entertainment space for Gainesville residents, now lies silent as the building slowly succumbs to the trials of time. Located at 516 NE 2nd Ave. and built in 1943 as part of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal initiative, the community center has …
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The Gainesville City Commission passed an amendment Tuesday that allows people convicted of sexual offenses involving children under age 16 to live closer to schools, day care centers and parks, reducing the prohibited radius from 2,500 feet to 1,000 feet. The amendment also establishes a cut-off date that was previously …
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The Gainesville City Commission currently has five of its six charter officer positions vacant. City Auditor Ginger Bigbie tendered her resignation earlier this month. Four of the city’s charter officer positions are currently held by interim staff, and when Bigbie leaves in January, just one charter officer position will be held by a non-interim.
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The lights have gone out on Ed Bielarski’s run for Gainesville mayor as Gainesville City Commissioner Harvey Ward prevailed according to Alachua County supervisor of elections. Bielarski was the former general manager of Gainesville Regional Utilities and was motivated to campaign after being terminated from his position by Ward and …
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WUFT · Gainesville’s busking scene The City of Gainesville is paying street musicians to perform downtown in hopes of bringing more life and color to the city. “More art, more music, more people getting together as human beings without tearing each other’s heads off in free and open spaces,” said …
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Participants on Saturday cautiously walked through a maze of tightly arranged clay pieces. Afropop music plays as artist Eugene Agyei explained his interactive art. The clay figures are a visual representation of the obstacles immigrants face coming to a new place, he said. Agyei hosted “Complex Journey,” an interactive art …
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