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Gainesville community leaders respond to the mass shooting in Orlando. Blood banks are asking for people to make appointments to donate.
Read More »Gainesville Community Leaders React To Mass Shooting; Blood Banks At Full Capacity
CDC Warns Swimmers To Take Precautions Before Jumping In
Memorial Day marks the beginning of the summer swimming season for many throughout North Central Florida. The CDC warns swimmers to take their own precautions before jumping into the water.
Read More »How Florida Organic Growers Tries To Help Those In Food Deserts
Florida Organic Growers (FOG), a nonprofit food organization, is trying to end the problem of food deserts by partnering with local farmers markets using a new government-funded initiative called Fresh Access Bucks.
Read More »Funding Troubles Has Gainesville Homeless Shelter Worried
The city now doesn't fund the center except for its cold-night shelter — which allows up 95 people to stay during nights below 45 degrees and receive blankets and a hot breakfast — and the county has made cuts, too.
Read More »Alachua County High Schools Possible New Lunch Option: Food Trucks
Plans are underway to decide on whether to have a single truck rotating among the county's seven high schools starting this fall.
Read More »Why Aren’t All Of Gainesville’s Midtown Bars Recycling?
Many bars in midtown are not recycling, a violation of Gainesville's commercial recycling ordinance.
Read More »Five Vie For City Manager Position, To Be Decided Thursday
Come Thursday, the city of Gainesville will have a new city manager. The seven-member Gainesville City Commission interviewed the five finalists for the position on Tuesday.
Read More »Where Will Alachua County Place Its Historic Lion Statues?
The lions were salvaged before demolition of the historic Alachua County Courthouse in the 1950s.
Read More »Don’t Worry About These Business Closures, High Springs Officials Say
The closure highlights a problem noted on the Facebook group High Springs Florida News, with the original poster listing a couple of business closures and another saying that High Springs "is a place where small-business loans go to die."
Read More »Repairs Begin On Gainesville’s Historic Downtown Clock
The Historic Seth Thomas clock in downtown Gainesville is finally being repaired after it stopped ticking on June 25.
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