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Alachua Police arrested and charged a Santa Fe High School student with two counts of carrying a concealed weapon on campus and one count of aggravated assault today.
Read More »Oak View Band Director Named Alachua County Teacher of the Year
Lori Pirzer, band director at Oak View Middle School, was named Alachua County's 2016 Teacher of the Year Thursday night. Pirzer will go on to represent Alachua County in the statewide competition for Florida's 2017 Teacher of the Year.
Read More »These Are Alachua County’s Top Teacher Nominees of 2016
The finalists are non-core subject teachers — a first.
Read More »RISING ABOVE: Motivated By Painful Past, Alachua Native Champions Suicide Prevention
Jeannette Rizzi has written a one-woman show, hosts a podcast, and is working on a documentary she hopes will get picked up by HBO. But the Alachua native's motivation for her life's work is rooted in a tragic loss that sent shockwaves through the small-town community two decades ago.
Read More »MLK Day Celebration Presents Scholarship, Honors Gainesville Community Leader
Monday morning, people gathered around Martin Luther King Jr.'s memorial statue downtown to see Vivian Haynes inducted into the MLK Commission of Florida's Hall of Fame.
Read More »Newberry High School Band Places First In Division At Marching Band Festival
(Photo credit: Kim Walsh-Childers) The NHS Band of Pride placed first in the 1A division at the Kingdom of the Sun Marching Band Festival at North Marion High School on Nov. 9 and will compete at the state competition Saturday.
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