The Gainesville Sun, WUFT and the Bob Graham Center for Public Service will host a public program at 6 p.m. on June 13 in the Pugh Hall Ocora that will examine the ongoing negotiations between Gainesville Regional Utilities and the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center.
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City officials celebrated Gainesville's immigrant community yesterday, declaring May 1 as "Immigrant's Rights Day," during May Day festivities at Bo Diddley Plaza.
Read More »The owner of Ultimate Towing, sat in on a meeting Tuesday between Mayor Lauren Poe and City Commissioner Adrian Hayes-Santos as they discussed the issues surrounding Gainesville's towing policies.
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At Monday’s Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization for the Gainesville Urbanized Area meeting, local commissioners and the mayor considered improvements to local bike lanes and I-75.
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The Gainesville community held two neighborhood clean-ups as part of a community-wide service project called The Big Event Saturday.
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Chairman of the Alachua County School Board Robert Hyatt penned a letter to Mayor Lauren Poe Monday detailing all the ways Gainesville Regional Utilities' possible purchase of Gainesville Renewable Energy Center could negatively affect public schools.
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The results of the 2017 Gainesville City Commission general election brought defeat for incumbent Craig Carter of District 3, re-election for Helen Warren for the At-Large seat and a win for Gainesville native Harvey Ward Jr. for the District 2 seat.
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Daniel E. Becker was sworn in as Gainesville’s newest postmaster on Thursday morning in front of the city’s general mail facility. Becker has more than 23 years of experience working for the United States Postal Service.
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James Thompson, a Gainesville citizen, has been working to update the city's free speech laws since a contested event at Artwalk. Due to his work, procedures have been changed, but laws have not. Thompson initially planned to wait to push the issue, but thinks with the increase in demonstrations, Gainesville must clarify its position now.
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Groundbreaking on the first cohousing community in Florida began in January. Future residents, who are also the investors, look forward to a communal life in which they share the responsibility of running and maintaining their neighborhood.
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