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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.
Read More »Alachua County Unveils Mobile Classroom For Parent Academy
The Duval Early Learning Academy has introduced the first of four mobile classrooms in partnership with Alachua County Schools. The second will be available in April.
Read More »What Would It Cost to Modernize Alachua County’s Public Safety Radio System?
When a firefighter or police officer responds to an emergency somewhere in Alachua County, it's good to know they can communicate by radio without problem. That's not always the case right now.
Read More »New Holiday Decorations? Here’s Where You Can Recycle Those Old Lights
Alachua County is encouraging residents to donate or recycle old or broken holiday lights in an effort to divert them from the landfill.
Read More »Physics Bus Rolls Into Gainesville To Spark Creativity and Science
Physics Bus Gainesville is a new non-profit organization rolling into Gainesville this spring. It uses air dryers, microwaves and old projector TVs to raise the publics interest in science.
Read More »Community Pays, Government Paves Roads
Tired of cars sending up clouds of dust when driving by, High Springs residents took action to get four local roads paved. About 75 percent of residents polled were willing to pay higher property taxes to fund the construction, but some are fighting against it, citing the costs as unnecessary.
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