Newberry

After losing their toddler daughter to drowning in 2025, a Newberry couple is on a mission to make life-saving swim lessons accessible to every family.

Business owners in Newberry are working to manage the positive and negative aspects of the city’s growth.

Barnyard antics served as a perfect setting for the annual Alachua County Youth Fair & Livestock Show, where young agriculture enthusiasts spent almost a week showing off their prize livestock, poultry, crafts, youth projects, and farm products in an educational space.

The Bryer Patch, a fourth-generation family-owned produce and flower u-pick at The Boyd Farm in Newberry, held the 4th Annual Strawberry Festival on Saturday.

The Florida Department of Education voted Wednesday afternoon to deny Alachua County School District's appeal and grant the charter conversion application for Newbery Community School.

Joel Searby, the former leading advocate for converting Newberry public schools to charter schools, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday for various child sex crimes.

Track Line Rail LLC, a Texas-based company that grinds old railroad ties into a mulch used as fuel for cement kilns, moved into Newberry in January. It began operating immediately, Newberry staff said, and without city, county or state permits. Neighbors worry about its environmental and health impacts.

Donald Long won the City of Newberry commission seat four, filling a vacant seat left by Tim Marden, who left his seat open to run for mayor.

Mailers and ads from outside Newberry’s borders criticizing mayoral candidate Tim Marden have led to mud-slinging both Marden and his opponent say they don’t want any part of.

Newberry residents will head to the ballot box in April and decide whether they want their small town to continue growing at a breakneck pace, or if they want to place checks on the city’s growth.