Mayor Lauren Poe will face off against challengers Marlon Bruce, Jenn Powell and Jennifer Reid for re-election. Bruce, Powell and Reid are each hoping to energize voters for their first political office.
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The program this month began using a $10,000 grant from the American Library Association that would help it expand and offer tutoring services to more people.
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Raiford is Union Juvenile Residential Facility currently holding 24 young men from ages 13 to 18. For the next few months a team of theater and education workers from Gainesville will make weekly visits to the detention center to help rehabilitate these young men.
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Alachua County School District has asked for $1.2 million in grants to further assist schools in need.
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Santa Fe College is planning to expand Blount Hall, a move that will also improve the current Center for Innovation and Economic Development. Santa Fe College President Jackson Sasser said this expansion could benefit small businesses all across Gainesville.
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Wheeler romped to victory over Scott Costello in the county’s second district in northwest Gainesville, making her the only woman on the 5-member board.
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Stetson Cooper, a democratic socialist living in Republican Ocala, has no qualms expressing his political views in the primarily red town.
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Sharon Burney raised and supports her 35-year-old daughter who suffers from renal failure and seizures. She looks to her elected officials to expand Medicaid and bridge the income gap.
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Myra Terwilliger Elementary School will face the possibility of closure if it doesn’t receive a C or higher letter grade for the 2018-19 school year, after receiving a D for the past three years.
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In his first bid for re-election, state Rep. Chuck Clemons, R – Newberry, will face off against Democratic challenger Jason Haeseler to represent District 21 in the Florida House of Representatives. The district includes all of Dixie and Gilchrist counties, as well as a portion of Alachua County. State. Rep. …
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