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Some six thousand miles separate the cities of Gainesville, Florida, and Duhok, Kurdistan, Iraq, but the two are ready to reignite a long-distance friendship.
Read More »Gainesville, Iraqi City Of Duhok Re-Up Sister City Agreement
Committee Discusses Historical Marker To Commemorate Victims Of Lynching In Gainesville
The Confederate soldier statue that once stood outside the Alachua County Administration building will be replaced with a historical marker at the end of May.
Read More »Gainesville Resident Melia Speed Spotlights Local Black Leaders
Speed notes that people tend to focus on people like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, but she wants to showcase people in Gainesville and Alachua County who also accomplished greatness.
Read More »Black Communities Concerned About Pending Alachua County Commission Decision On New Archer Solar Farm
Archer residents in historically Black farming communities are speaking out against the proposal to build a solar farm along Southwest County Road 346. The plan — from Gainesville Regional Utilities and Origis Energy — intends to bring Gainesville closer to its goal of moving toward 100% renewable energy by 2045.
Read More »Untold Florida: Why Is North Main Street, North 8th Avenue Intersection So Crooked?
For a city with mostly straight, numerical roads, the intersection provides some confusion for Gainesville drivers.
Read More »Oakmont Neighborhood Will Soon Have A 46-Acre Tortoise Reserve
The new reserve includes a two-mile walking trail, a bike rack and informational signage describing the local flora and fauna. ICI Homes plans to open the site on May 23.
Read More »With One School Name Change Down, Gainesville Activists Push To Topple Other Confederate Reminders
After successfully advocating for the relocation of a Confederate statue and changing the name of a local school, Gainesville activists are now eyeing further changes.
Read More »Gainesville Great Invader Raider Rally Makes COVID Adjustments
The 2021 rally has an event page on Facebook that includes informational videos about how to identify and remove six different invasive plants that are prevalent in Gainesville: coral ardisia, air potato, skunk vine, cat’s claw vine, Caesar’s weed and sword fern.
Read More »Gravesites, Churches and Cantaloupe: Pinesville’s History Vital to Florida’s Fabric
It’s an unincorporated area comprised of about 230 homes near Archer Road and U.S. Route 41 and roughly between Archer and Jonesville in western Alachua County.
Read More »Watch Live: Second Trump Impeachment Trial Proceeds In The Senate
A Trump conviction is very unlikely. Democrats would need 17 Republicans to join them in voting yes to convict Trump. In an earlier vote on the constitutionality of the trial, only five Republicans broke with their GOP colleagues, a vote that likely foreshadows the intentions of most Republican senators in the trial.
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