David Sandlin did not set out to be a blacksmith, and he certainly didn’t set out to be the president of the Florida Artist Blacksmith Association (FABA). Even so, he will be busy Nov. 4-6 overseeing the FABA Conference in Gainesville. “I held my hand too close to the fire …
Read More »Days For Girls opens new sewing center
The Alachua County chapter of Days For Girls held a grand opening ceremony Sunday to celebrate their new sewing center in Gainesville.
Read More »Florida Standards Assessments’ replacement increases testing time
Alachua County Public Schools began taking standardized tests with the new Florida Assessment of Student Thinking less than a month into the school year. Students in voluntary prekindergarten through 10th grade will participate in this assessment three times a year. Florida Assessment of Student Thinking replaces the end-of-the-year Florida Standards Assessments and monitors student progress in the fall, winter and spring. Each cycle tests students’ knowledge of the entire year’s material in English Language Arts and mathematics, according to the Florida Department of Education. But critics of the new assessment say more time spent testing means less instructional time.
Read More »The Point, Sept. 30, 2022: Hurricane Ian: The scale of devastation, statewide impacts and how you can help
The storm has moved on from Florida, but its impacts are here to stay in many communities.
Read More »How to help Florida disaster victims
Hurricane Ian has left thousands of Florida residents struggling with basic needs, and many organizations are making donation and volunteer opportunities available to the public. Gov. Ron DeSantis encourages the public to make monetary donations to enable relief organizations to do their work. Within the last 24 hours, people have donated more than $2 million to Florida hurricane relief efforts. The Category 4 hurricane shifted its course to the east before making landfall just after 3 p.m. Wednesday, catching residents off guard. Many people who could not evacuate are experiencing flooding and infrastructure failure.
Read More »Internal affairs and independent investigations find no policy violations in Gainesville Police K9 maiming of Terrell Bradley
The investigations found no policy violations in the arrest of Terrell Bradley, the Gainesville resident who lost his eye to a K9 after running from a traffic stop.
Read More »Florida judge faces criticism following order in Trump case
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is facing sharp criticism following her decision this week to grant a request by former President Donald Trump’s legal team for an independent arbiter to review documents obtained during an FBI search of his Florida property last month. Cannon on Monday authorized an outside …
Read More »The Point, Aug. 31, 2022: The new Alachua County School Board isn’t prioritizing a superintendent search
The Gainesville Sun reports the interim will likely continue in the role for the foreseeable future.
Read More »Florida Democrats target DeSantis over his comments about the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago
Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidates called out Gov. Ron DeSantis for comments he made after an unprecedented FBI raid Monday at the Palm Beach home of former President Donald Trump.
Read More »UF Graduate Assistants United protest in an eight-month fight to earn a livable wage
According to a survey taken by University of Florida Graduate Assistants in August 2021, 72% of respondents say they cannot cover all of their living expenses, 50% say they cannot afford or had to delay medical care and 29% say they have been unable to purchase or had to delay …
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