At last week’s Florida Board of Education meeting in Lakeland, Marion County Superintendent Heidi Maier expressed that while she is proud of the progress Marion County public schools have made since 2016, she remains concerned about Evergreen Elementary, one of the remaining two D schools in Marion County.
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Dignity Village is set to close by 2020. While housing options are being provided for the homeless people who live there, some are expected to reject the help.
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On April 18, the Alachua County Development Review Committee approved the church's development plan for a 27,000-square-foot Rock Worship Center. That approval has apparently forced the closure of mountain biking and walking trails behind it.
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Since the 2011 closure of the national bookstore chain, Borders, the future of retail bookstores looked grim. The competitive world of online book sales and e-readers have forced bookstores to adapt. Third House Books and Coffee, 113 N Main St., is one such independent bookstore in Gainesville planning on further changes. …
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The Golden Peanut Co. branch in High Springs, Florida, locked its doors on Friday after 84 years of buying, drying and shipping peanuts across the southeastern United States.
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The city of Gainesville plans to renovate the restrooms at Kiwanis Challenge Park. Renovations are expected to begin July 13 and should be completed in the next 60 to 75 days.
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