Eleanor Blair remembers selling her first two paintings at the Santa Fe College Spring Arts Festival in the early 1970s, an arts fair she participated in every year until the pandemic. “I’m very excited to see how it’ll go,” Blair said referring to the festival’s return. “All being outside, the …
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For one Gainesville bus driver, it’s the holiday season year-round. January through December, Steven Sowders displays “happy holidays” on his bus header to celebrate a national holiday, big or small, every day. Sowders has worked for the Gainesville Regional Transit System for nearly eight years. For most of that time, …
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Gainesville city leaders are hoping to leave a controversy surrounding the RTS transfer facility in the past. Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown is once again the target of controversy. Brown’s name has been brought up again by local government leaders and community members after she pleaded guilty in May to …
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Orange detour signs, endless green mesh fabric and road closed signs cover the University of Florida’s campus as it undergoes construction of 17 projects. This includes upgrades to campus buildings as well as a new football facility and undergraduate dorm. With constant construction these projects have caused road closures and …
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Transportation, homelessness and food insecurity are just a few things keeping children from achieving in school in Alachua County.
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Ridership on RTS buses, Campus Connector Shuttles and SNAP vans has dropped by a third relative to this time last year. The drop in ridership is likely due to a lack of demand for services.
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Reporters set out to gather reactions to the unfolding situation from more than a dozen of those still finishing up in-person work and class meetings on Thursday.
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Those who live in the city's District 3 will decide between incumbent David Arreola and challenger Jennifer Reid.
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Registered voters who live in the city's District 2 will decide between incumbent Harvey Ward and challenger David Walle.
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