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During the holiday season, the church tries to feed as many people as donations and budget allow. To do so, it depends on Bread of the Mighty.
Read More »Gainesville Food Bank, Feeding Community Year-Round, Is Ready For Holiday Action
Hope Squad Comes To Alachua County High Schools For Suicide Prevention Training
Hope Squad is a new nationwide program that trains students for peer-to-peer counseling to prevent suicide attempts among high schoolers, and the program is coming to Alachua County.
Read More »More Alachua County Students Vaccinated Against Flu With The Return of Flu Mist
To keep more children out of hospitals and protect the community from preventable disease, county health officials are targeting high-risk populations and hot spots where the flu is most contagious.
Read More »Keith Perry Holds On In Tight Race For District 8
Keith Perry, R-Gainesville, will retain his District 8 State Senate seat.
Read More »The Youth Vote: What’s Happening In Alachua County Schools to Heighten Election Knowledge?
As of Monday, more than 5 million Floridians voted by mail or cast a ballot during the state’s early voting period – exceeding the 3.19 million voters who voted before Election Day in 2014. Among those voters, 70,426 were in Alachua County.
Read More »FDA Cracking Down On E-Cigarettes As Vaping Among Teens Reaches ‘Epidemic Proportions’
The FDA gave five major e-cigarette companies an ultimatum to curb teen use of e-cigarettes in 60 days or the agency could halt the sale of flavored pods.
Read More »Andrew Gillum’s High School Adviser Predicts Years Ago He Would Be Florida’s Governor
Linda Awbrey was Andrew Gillum's adviser when he was a student at Gainesville High School in the late 1990s. She predicted in 1997 that Gillum would eventually be elected governor.
Read More »Alachua County Schools Facilities Crisis And Tax Referendum On Forum Agenda
Troubled with roof leaks, broken air-conditioners and overcrowding, Alachua County Public Schools officials assert that a districtwide facilities crisis adversely affecting how students learn.
Read More »Tom Petty Song “Gainesville” Released In Advance Of New Box Set
“Homegrown in the headphones” is the opening line and “Gainesville was a big town” is the refrain in Tom Petty’s latest song, an homage to his hometown released Thursday.
Read More »Florida Voices | Juan Galvis: From Laborer To Owner
From laborer to new company owner, a Gainesville construction worker is now building a seven-story apartment complex in Midtown. Here’s how he got there.
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