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Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: City of Gainesville holds corridor walks as it declares a traffic ‘crisis’. “According to a document that outlines the city’s project limits, about 86% of the crashes resulted in an …
Read More »The Point, Jan. 6, 2023: Camp Crystal Lake makes changes after scrutiny last year
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WUFT News: Alachua County School District makes changes to Camp Crystal Lake after last year’s scrutiny. “Following last year’s internal investigation into the camp’s management and use of taxpayer funds, the school …
Read More »Gainesville man who fled country after child porn arrest back in custody
A Gainesville man accused of soliciting minors for nude photos and videos was apprehended in the Dominican Republic by U.S. Marshals and transported back to Alachua County early last week after violating the conditions of his bond by allegedly fleeing the country for the Caribbean, court records show. The Gainesville …
Read More »New sandwich shop is first bite at restaurant business for Haitian immigrant
It started with the $5 mini chicken sandwich sold at a local coffee shop. Now, 30-year-old Shelton Seraphin, who is from Haiti, is seeking a bigger bite of the American business success story by opening his first sit-down restaurant earlier this month. Customers can now gobble-up tasty sandwiches with names like the Rooster Deluxe, Blue Bird and Angry Bird at Germain’s Chicken Sandwich Shop. Then stepped up to a food truck and became the purveyor of Gainesville’s most famous chicken sandwich.
Read More »The Point, Oct. 11, 2022: Students interrupt Ben Sasse’s visit to UF campus
About 300 protesters cut short the presumptive new campus president's meeting with students.
Read More »The Point, Aug. 5, 2022: Gainesville commissioners take first step toward citywide single-family zoning change
The vote Thursday night followed hours of public comment, in support and opposition.
Read More »The Point, June 1, 2022: Alachua County Fire Rescue Halts Service on One of its Rescue Units amid Staffing Struggles
Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • WCJB TV20: A unit at Alachua County Fire Rescue is being taken out of service due to a lack of firefighters. “The department has relied on mandatory overtime to make up for …
Read More »The Point, May 26, 2022: Florida’s special session wraps with passage of bills to aid property insurance problems
The session lasted three days and saw swift action on insurance policies and condo safety.
Read More »Police: Former Florida Lawmaker Arrested In Haiti On Weapons Charge
A police official in the coastal community of Miragoâne, who declined to be identified, said former Rep. Al Jacquet, 40, D-Palm Beach, was in custody on a charge of illegal possession of a weapon.
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