The park is marketed by the City of Hawthorne, Weyerhaeuser, the Hawthorne Area Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Gainesville Chamber of Commerce as a potential manufacturing, industrial or commercial site.
Read More »Gainesville Community Members Rally As Student Financial Aid Bill Progresses To Florida Senate Floor
SB 86 is now placed on calendar for its third and final procedural reading, where the full state Senate will vote on the bill before it reaches the House. Dates for those final readings have yet to be announced.
Read More »Santa Fe College Hopes For Revenue Increase In New Fiscal Year
Santa Fe College is hoping to see an increase in revenue during the new fiscal year.
Read More »Gainesville Police Advisory Council Discusses Use Of Police Body Cameras
The Gainesville Police Advisory Council discussed Wednesday the process of internal and external GPD investigations as well as when officers should turn on their body cameras. Advisory council member Keyon Young’s voice boomed into City Hall via Zoom as he demanded that Gainesville Police Department officers’ body cameras be on …
Read More »New Way Of Living: Florida College Students Reflect On Anniversary Of Pandemic Campus Shutdown
Lost lives. Lost jobs. Lost classrooms. Lost opportunities. Lost time with families. A lost year.
Read More »Community College Enrollment Plummeting, Impacting Gainesville Residents
Amid the pandemic, Santa Fe College has seen a decrease in enrollment of student in the fall and springs semesters.
Read More »Gainesville Resident Melia Speed Spotlights Local Black Leaders
Speed notes that people tend to focus on people like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, but she wants to showcase people in Gainesville and Alachua County who also accomplished greatness.
Read More »In Alachua County, Cuban Tree Frogs Proving To Be Troublesome Neighbors
Most frogs nationwide are suffering from habitat destruction, climate change and pollutants. But in Alachua County, the most significant threat to native frog species is the Cuban tree frog.
Read More »President Paul Broadie II Recounts His First Year Leading Santa Fe College
One year later, Broadie reflects on what he’s learned from a year of adapting and the challenges that remain.
Read More »Nicole Harris Named 2021 Alachua County Public Schools Teacher Of The Year
An English and African American history teacher at Gainesville High School, Harris, 34, was introduced during the event by a former student, Briyona Lawrence, a founding member of ‘Canes on Da Mic, a literacy arts and civic engagement organization the instructor established.
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