Tag Archives: Newberry

As students trickle out of the city after exams, streets are empty and the city of Gainesville becomes a ghost town. But instead of wallowing in the emptiness, there is a variety of events to be visited.

When reflecting on the aftermath of Wednesday's fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, Gainesville professionals said people shouldn't worry.

Newberry High School wins $15,000 prize for first place win in the Lexus Eco Challenge. The money will be split up between the students, their school and their adviser.

Newberry Nations Park will host its grand opening baseball tournament Friday through Sunday. Its 16 baseball fields make the park one of the largest complexes in the country.

Students at the Academy of Criminal Justice at Newberry High School received high honors at the Florida Public Service Association's state conference. Their teacher, Patrick Treese, also came home with an award for director of the year.

When it comes to creative political campaigning, you might say Gainesville mayor hopeful Peter Lars Johnson is barking up the right tree.

Newberry will host a grand opening baseball and softball tournament March 22-24 at Nations Park.

Newberry welcomes the new Green Initiative and becomes Tree City USA

For a few hours Saturday afternoon, I-75 was closed in both directions after a cattle car transport crash on southbound I-75 near mile marker 387. Florida Highway Patrol and Alachua County Sheriff's officers were on scene and attempting to clean up the site and get traffic moving again.

The United States Olympic Committee was in North Central Florida Monday, visiting Newberry's Easton Sports Complex to consider its archery facility for a role as an official Olympic training site for the 2016 summer games.