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With the lack of police, Waldo has seen an increase in speeding along its main thoroughfare. Now the city aims to make the streets safer with FDOT's Complete Streets project.
Read More »Waldo Aims To Curb Speeders With Complete Streets Project
Where In The World Is John Belushi? The Disappearance Of A Melrose Landmark
For nearly five years, two statues have greeted visitors outside of an old art gallery along State Road 26 in Melrose. The sculptures depicting the likenesses of John Belushi and Dan Akyroyd’s characters Jake and Elwood from the 1980 film The Blues Brothers have become a local landmark, but now the one of the sculptures is missing.
Read More »100 Stories From WUFT That Kept You Informed In 2018
Corrine Brown began her prison sentence, Alachua County and Gainesville leaders squabbled over seemingly every issue large and small, and six weeks into the new year, the Valentine’s Day school shooting in Parkland changed much about what was to unfold. It was a busy year in local and statewide Florida …
Read More »George Starke Jr. Celebrated For Ending UF’s Segregation In 1958
It was 1958, and someone from The Florida Alligator advised George Starke Jr., the university’s first African-American student, to wait in order to minimize distraction or disruption.
Read More »The Conservative Immigrant: MiYong Fitzpatrick Has Her Small Business In Mind
MiYong Fitzpatrick immigrated to the United States from South Korea in 1982. She owns a tailor shop and a laundromat in Starke, Florida and plans to vote according to her conservative values this midterm election.
Read More »Nostalgia-Tinged Music Video For ‘Gainesville’ Shows Tom Petty’s Intersection With City’s Past
Tuesday is the one-year anniversary of Petty’s death, and the official music video for “Gainesville” – part of his new “An American Treasure” box set – was released Monday.
Read More »A Q&A With The Van-Loading Man Named Sandy From Tom Petty’s New Song ‘Gainesville’
Sandy Stringfellow said he was “the first official roadie” for Mudcrutch, a forerunner band to Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
Read More »State Follow-Up Audit Finds Starke Still Has Much That Needs Fixing
A follow-up operational audit the state sent to the city last month showed that only eight of the 35 problems identified in 2014 had been resolved.
Read More »Which North Central Florida Lawmakers’ 2018 Bills Are Now Law?
A list of the laws and projects that legislators representing local counties were able to get through the Florida legislature in 2018.
Read More »Some Waldo Residents Looking For Easier Access To Healthier Food Options
Waldo, Florida, is not considered officially as a food desert on the USDA’s most updated food desert map from 2015. However, the town has a limited amount of options for grocery shopping, especially for residents without a car, or for the families relying on SNAP benefits.
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