Tag Archives: Gainesville

Despite all the controversy caused by a Gainesville Pastor to burn Qurans last week, the pastor says he wouldn’t change how he went about his plans. Now the World Evangelical Alliance is calling on Pastor Terry Jones to apologize for International Burn a Quran Day. But as WUFT’s Empriss Campbell …

Amidst the chaotic media frenzy at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville over whether Pastor Terry Jones would or wouldn’t go through with burning the Quran on September 11th there was a more somber event unfolding at the Gainesville Regional Airport. Army Specialist Jamie Page came home Thursday from …

On the night before the Dove Outreach Center’s original plans to burn Qurans, the Gainesville community filled the Trinity United Methodist Church to send a message of peace and tolerance. Michael Gillespie was there. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/peacegathering.mp3]

The Gainesville community held an interfaith service at a church in downtown Gainesville on Wednesday, September 8th, to show unity and disagreement with the actions planned by the Dove World Outreach Center. Jon Perry reports. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/interfaithservice.mp3]

U.S. Democratic Senator Bill Nelson met with elected leaders from Gainesville and Alachua County on Thursday afternoon to discuss the superfund plan for the contaminated Cabot-Koppers site in Northwest Gainesville. The Environmental Protection Agency has released a plan to clean up the 90-acre site, once used for wood treatment — …

Gainesville-based band, Morningbell, plays tonight at the Bo Diddley Community Plaza in downtown Gainesville. Their fourth album, “Sincerely, Severely” was recently released and reporter, Brittany Thompson spoke with bass guitarist and back-up vocalist, Eric Atria about their music. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/morningbell.mp3]

The limit on the number of people the St. Francis House can feed in one day has been lifted for Sunday, July 4th. The house has obtained permission from the city to feed more people. St. Francis House will be providing traditional American meals for the holiday. This comes one …

Santa Fe College and members of the Gainesville community send care packages to Florida soldiers serving in Iraq and Kuwait every month. As Erica Cordell reports, on Wednesday “Operation Care Pak” sent more than 18 packages to show support for the troops. [audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/3carepak.mp3]

Massachusetts is now reconsidering its position on wood-burning power plants, after a new study found use of New England forest biomass emits more greenhouse gases than coal. Activists in the state are pushing a ballot question, restricting the amount of carbon dioxide the power plants can emit. Gainesville was recently …

A recent study in Massachusetts might be adding fuel the biomass plant debate. The six-month study by Massachusetts state environmental officials found biomass-fired electricity would result in a three-percent increase in carbon emissions compared to coal-fired electricity by 2050. The Florida Public Service Commission approved Gainesville’s proposal to build a …