After nearly six months of renovations, the branch added 3,200 square feet to their 5,000 square-foot location, doubled the amount of parking spots and created a larger meeting room and two more study rooms. Renovations for the Tower Road location are expected to start in January.
Read More »Newberry High’s Criminal Justice Program To Get $1.2M In Equipment
The donation was set aside by James Coats, CEO of the Gainesville business Phalanx Defense Systems.
Read More »High Springs Fire Department Receives $30,000 Equipment Grant
The City of High Springs Fire Department was awarded an equipment grant worth more than $30,000 from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation on Thursday.
Read More »Alachua Sheriff’s Office Launches Annual Campaign to Promote School Bus Safety
Local law enforcement officials will launch an annual campaign to spread awareness of school bus safety to drivers.
Read More »High Springs Children’s Ministry Scrambles to Find New Location
Witnesses of Christ Ministry High Springs downtown is searching for a new location for after-school activities after discovering that the building the ministry currently rents is for sale.
Read More »Teen Dead From Apparent Drowning At Blue Springs
Officials say a Tampa Bay area teen is dead from apparent drowning after a visit to a north Florida spring. The Tampa Bay Times reports that 16-year-old Terry Marshall died Saturday at a Gainesville hospital.
Read More »Celebrate Earth Day In And Around Gainesville
If you're heading out for Earth Day festivities this weekend, WUFT has list of activities throughout the region to celebrate mother Earth.
Read More »Don’t Worry About These Business Closures, High Springs Officials Say
The closure highlights a problem noted on the Facebook group High Springs Florida News, with the original poster listing a couple of business closures and another saying that High Springs "is a place where small-business loans go to die."
Read More »Newberry High School Receives Statewide Recognition For Criminal Justice Program
Newberry High School placed first, out of 13 schools, at the Florida Public Service Association State Leadership conference for its criminal justice program.
Read More »High Springs School Receives Bomb Threat
The High Springs Fire Department sent out a tweet about 1:30 p.m. on the threat.
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