The Jacksonville-based Semper Fidelis Society erected a memorial in Jacksonville in honor of the military who lost their lives in the Beirut bombing of 1983. The memorial will be dedicated in Evergreen Cemetery November 10, 2019, the 244th birthday of the United States Marine Corps.
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Lee Feldman, Gainesville’s new manager, begins his job today but he won’t be spending all his time in City Hall’s fourth-floor office.
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In August, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees declared the outbreak a public health emergency and urged health providers to begin more intensified efforts to screen and vaccinate the public.
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Keynote speaker Schuyler Bailar’s coming out story was the culmination of an entire day of festivities held at UF and in downtown Gainesville.
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Gainesville’s Public Works Department this week is painting rainbows within a crosswalk at the intersection of NE First Avenue and NE First Street.
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There are no emergency blue lights on fraternity row, located on the southwest end of campus near Lake Alice.
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Peanuts make up 1.7% of Florida’s crops, but crop yields are down from last year.
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In 2016, the Florida Gateway College became part of the Second Chance Pell Pilot Program. Now, three years later, 47 inmates walked at the first college graduation inside a Florida prison.
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Sebastian Gil enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps after his family was deported in 2017.
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The General Conference of The United Methodist Church upheld its long-standing ban on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriage during a special session in February.
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