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Scenes like this have become more ordinary throughout Alachua County over the past month due to the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Read More »Soccer Fans Take In 2018 World Cup Matches From Alachua County Pubs
Alachua County Votes To Buy Weiss Property, Open Trails Within A Year
That 12-month trail-opening timeline was part of his motion Tuesday night to have the county spend $2.9 million for its share of a joint $4.4 million purchase with the City of Gainesville.
Read More »Haile Farmers Market To Celebrate 20 Years As A Saturday Gathering For Community
Chef Anthony Scaife considers himself a member of many families. In his nine years at the Haile Farmers Market, he has watched babies grow into children and children develop into young adults, all from under the nylon tent where he sells his crowd-pleasing fresh-pressed juices. “Here’s the one thing about …
Read More »Gainesville Physician, Ex-Wife Indicted for $4 Million in Health Care Fraud
Gainesville physician and former Reliant Family Practice Owner Erik Schabert, along with his ex-wife and former office manager Mika Kamissa Harris, have surrendered on a federal indictment charging them with health care fraud.
Read More »Alachua County Elementary Schools Need Space And Money
Many of Alachua County's elementary school students are attending class in portables due to overcrowding and rapid growth in the western part of the county.
Read More »Unlocked Cars At Haile Plantation Burglarized
Police say they received a significant amount of calls — 17 in total — this morning about vehicles burglarized overnight in the Haile Plantation area in Gainesville.
Read More »In Photos: Haile Plantation Hosts Annual ‘Light The Village’ Event
Crowds gathered in the Haile Plantation Village Center on Friday as business owners there opened their doors for the annual Light the Village event.
Read More »Why The Box, Cox?
Cox Communication's six-month long effort of transitioning to an all-digital platform requires clients to get a mini box in order to make their company go completely digital.
Read More »SWAG To Create Child Care and Early Education Center
The Southwest Advocacy Group's child care and early education center sets out to minimize Alachua County's learning gap.
Read More »SWAG Center Creates Community When Nobody Else Would
The SWAG Family Resource Center provides services to residents of poverty-stricken neighborhoods. Through educational opportunities, employment assistance and childcare programs, the non-profit organization helps communities that are bare of opportunity.
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