The state invested about $27 million into sprucing up Hawthorne, including an updated water system, a new fire station, dramatically improved park facilities, a new downtown road and a popular wellness center.
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Across Florida, people struggle to find accessible dental care. Here's what Dr. Frank Catalanotto, the former dean of the UF College of Dentistry and a current professor, is doing to change that.
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The manager's position is among the city's most important and highest paid, with Lee Feldman's recent predecessors earning annual salaries of just over $200,000.
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Each candidate was interviewed one-by-one in front of the public. If a majority vote between the seven commissioners can be reached, they will announce their pick Friday.
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Lonely shopping carts litter the sidewalks far from their intended place in Gainesville.8
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The lawsuit argues that arresting people who identify themselves as homeless if they are sleeping or resting while awake in outdoor areas is cruel and unusual punishment and violates their humans rights to due process under the 8th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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A recent article on 247wallst.com found that Gainesville has the highest poverty rate – 30% – in Florida.
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At last week’s Florida Board of Education meeting in Lakeland, Marion County Superintendent Heidi Maier expressed that while she is proud of the progress Marion County public schools have made since 2016, she remains concerned about Evergreen Elementary, one of the remaining two D schools in Marion County.
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According to Gainesville city staff, there is no factual or legal basis for the city to be a part of the pending litigation.
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By Brendan Rivers “Climate change will affect the Department of Defense’s ability to defend the Nation and poses immediate risks to U.S. national security.” – DoD Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap, 2014 Naval Station Mayport sits 15 miles east of Downtown Jacksonville at the mouth of the St. Johns River. One of two major naval installations in Jacksonville, Mayport is home base for the Navy’s third-largest fleet, along with more than 15,000 active-duty personnel and 32,000 of their family members. Any
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