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The Villages Department of Safety reported responding to at least 86 accidents involving golf carts in 2018. Sixty-three of these involved injuries.
Read More »In The Villages, Home To Thousands Of Golf Carts, Golf Cart Seat Belts Are Rare
GRACE Marketplace To Get Crosswalk To Bus Stop
GRACE Marketplace will finally be getting a crosswalk for residents to safely reach the bus stop across NW 39th Avenue.
Read More »Residents At Gainesville Homeless Shelter Ask For Crosswalk On 39th Avenue
City and county officials have tried for two years to make it so bus riders won’t have to cross the dangerous street.
Read More »Untold Florida: Have You Seen My Cow?
For those growing up in towns like Shiloh and Micanopy, wayward cows are simply a way of life, but as sprawl sets in, local law enforcement must establish "cow protocols" to herd those bailing bovines back home.
Read More »Tioga Residents Voice Frustration With Construction On SW 8th Avenue
Bill Califf moved to Tioga in the 1970s, and didn’t have to search hard to find vacant land.
Read More »Greener Pastures In Sight For Alachua Horse Sanctuary After Irma
Irma has left a destructive trail of flooding, power outages and gas shortages across Florida. And while many people got in their cars just before it hit and fled north and west to safety, Paul Gregory stayed home to care for Mill Creek Farm's 140 horses — and Lady Guinevere the hound.
Read More »In Photos: A Safe Haven For Horses
Located in Alachua, the Retirement Home for Horses serves as a safe haven to horses of many different backgrounds.
Read More »Meet The 2017 Gainesville City Commission District 3 Candidates
Two candidates hope to be elected to Gainesville City Commission to represent District 3, which ranges from 34th Street to I-75.
Read More »Newberry On The Road To Becoming Golf Cart Friendly
Mimicking the wildly popular Villages retirement community to the South, Newberry residents may soon be able to cruise about town in their open air, environmentally friendly golf carts.
Read More »After Hurricane, Flagler County Businesses Brainstorm Solutions To Closed Beaches And Roads
The disaster has brought the community together, and that's what's going to make it rebound faster.
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