With the upcoming county commission elections just over a month away, residents of Melrose look for candidates with ideas to improve the town, should they be elected on Aug. 28.
Read More »Melrose, Florida: Who Governs A Town With No Mayor?
Melrose is an unincorporated community that had a population of 6,708 residents as of 2016. What makes this town different from similar towns is its jurisdiction: four counties (Alachua, Bradford, Clay and Putnam) have jurisdiction over different areas in Melrose and it has no mayor.
Read More »How Will $100 Million A Year In New State Funding For Land Conservation Affect Alachua County?
With $100 million a year Florida has budgeted for land acquisition and conservation, Alachua County could have the funding to buy 13,351 acres of land for future parks.
Read More »Loud, Late and Littered: Lake Geneva Parties Continue Despite County Ban
Just three months after the Clay County Commission banned motor vehicles from driving at night on the dry lakebeds of Lake Brooklyn and Lake Geneva, some residents of Keystone Heights are complaining that nothing has changed.
Read More »Keystone Heights’ Lakes Might Get State Funding For Water Replenishment, But Not Everyone’s Happy
Senate bill 204 aims to allocate $50 million to lake restoration in Keystone Heights.
Read More »New Clay County Fallen Veterans Monument Honors ‘Our Boys’
A monument unveiled Monday in Green Cove Springs lists the names of 66 veterans and Clay County natives killed in the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Global War on Terrorism.
Read More »Florida Voices: Vietnam Veterans | Gary Newman, Navy, 1964 and 1967 to 1968
Historians generally connect the significant expansion of U.S. involvement in Vietnam back to an incident in the Gulf of Tonkin in August 1964. Gary Newman was there. Today, he is president of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1059, as well as Chapter 1080 in Union Correctional Institution. The past …
Read More »Hurricane Irma Recovery Updates For North Central Florida
Live Blog Hurricane Irma Original Post Schools: Alachua County: closed through Tuesday Clay County: district schools and offices will remain closed through Wednesday, September 13th College of Central Florida: closed Friday and Monday Dixie County: closed Friday and Monday Duval County: early dismissal Thursday and closed Friday Hernando County: closed Thursday and Friday …
Read More »Clay County School Opens Children’s Closet For Students
A Clay County school has partnered with a nonprofit organization to provide clothing for students in need.
Read More »Shadowlawn Elementary Students’ Work To Be Archived
Students in a sixth-grade class at Shadowlawn Elementary School will have their writings added to the Kerlan Collection, an archive of children's literature at the University of Minnesota.
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