Newberry residents broke bread together on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, after watching a premiere video of the town’s pastors delivering a unified message: Compassion isn’t divided by race. Newberry High School students compiled clips from the town’s Community Dinner on the Grounds event in November – Newberry’s latest effort to …
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Corrine Brown began her prison sentence, Alachua County and Gainesville leaders squabbled over seemingly every issue large and small, and six weeks into the new year, the Valentine’s Day school shooting in Parkland changed much about what was to unfold. It was a busy year in local and statewide Florida …
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Brenda Whitfield has lived in Newberry all her life. (Joshua Baker/WUFT News) Brenda Whitfield has heard stories of lynchings in Alachua County since being in middle school. The lifelong Newberry resident recalls her great-grandmother’s tales of people being hanged at “Lynch Hammock,” the site of several long ago extrajudicial killings …
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Faith, fellowship and forgiveness: The newest chapter in Newberry's winding journey for truth and reconciliation. From the Newberry Six lynchings in 1916 to the first year of desegregation in the town, Newberry has a lot to reconcile.
Read More »Officials in High Springs replaced a pipeline in February to improve water quality. But residents aren't confident that it's improving due to frequent boil water notices and discolored and odorous water.
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The Gainesville City Commission is having to start over in its search for a solution.
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In a nearly 400-page book on the history of Waldo, only a few lines allude to the town's namesake.
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Gainesville wants its city commission to keep watching the city’s utilities.
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Jessica Baker, 46, of Newberry learned her love of politics from her father, who taught her to think critically about national and local issues.
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It’s late October and the many local pumpkin patches have painted Alachua County orange. Each patch has something more than pumpkins to offer, whether it is food, activities or the hours that the patch is open. One pumpkin patch at Gainesville Church of God served as a fundraiser (location …
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