Chanae Jackson came to Lincoln Middle School ready to voice her dissatisfaction. “We don’t trust you, and we don’t trust you for a good reason,” she said. Jackson, a local activist, was spurred to participate because of issues she had with her father’s experience with the UF Health system as …
Read More »Gainesville Mayor Harvey Ward delivers 2023 State of the City Address
Mayor Harvey Ward reflected on accomplishments in 2022 related to housing programs, the local economy, sustainability efforts, neighborhood services, and inclusivity at the 2023 State of the City Address, which was held at the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention Tuesday.
Read More »Juneteenth 5K Walk brings out the Gainesville community
Fearing Mother Nature might have her way, participants of Gainesville’s Juneteenth Freedom Walk got a reprieve as cloudy skies played peek-a-boo with the sun Saturday morning. “The walk provides an educational experience in the community where you see people across the community come together to learn some of the real …
Read More »The Point, May 26, 2022: Florida’s special session wraps with passage of bills to aid property insurance problems
The session lasted three days and saw swift action on insurance policies and condo safety.
Read More »Racial Justice Essay Contest Invites Students to Take Part in a Better Future
The Equal Justice Initiative and the ACCRP are partnering to provide students with a racial justice essay scholarship contest.
Read More »Gainesville And Duhok Students Design Sister City Sculpture As Potential Confederate Statue Replacement
The sculpture was entered in a competition to replace a confederate statue that was on the west lawn of the Alachua County Administration Building.
Read More »Gainesville, Iraqi City Of Duhok Re-Up Sister City Agreement
Some six thousand miles separate the cities of Gainesville, Florida, and Duhok, Kurdistan, Iraq, but the two are ready to reignite a long-distance friendship.
Read More »‘Everything Started Going Crazy’: North Florida Girl Scouts Selling Cookies Amid A Pandemic
Like almost every industry or organization with storied traditions nationally, the Girls Scouts is adapting to the pandemic by offering new ways for its girls to sell cookies. The sales account for each troop’s efforts to provide the programs essential to their existence.
Read More »P.K. Yonge School Opens New Secondary Facility
Wide-eyed P.K. Yonge students returned to campus Wednesday, encountering a new three-story learning space.
Read More »Alachua County School Board Postpones Reopening To Aug. 31
The first week of school, Aug.24-Aug.28, will now be used as teacher planning days.
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