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Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you • Gainesville Sun: Democratic congressional candidate Tom Wells found guilty by jury for resisting officer. “The incident stems from a Jan. 30 event held at the University of Florida’s Flavet Field during the …
Read More »Turnout At Peanut Festival Helps Fund New “Williston Wonderland” Holiday Attraction
The Williston's annual Central Florida Peanut Festival's success inspired the chamber's Christmas events committee chairman, Michael Langston, to do something different from years past.
Read More »Cerebral Palsy Doesn’t Stop Gainesville Man From Helping, Inspiring Those Around Him
Jeff Suggs is one of the youngest residents at The Village and by all accounts one of the kindest.
Read More »Florida Voices: Vietnam Veterans | Tony Magnifico, Marines, 1967 to 1969
Tony Magnifico is a U.S. Marine veteran of Vietnam, boxing trainer, retired construction worker and husband to a Vietnamese woman he met on a return trip to the country.
Read More »Florida Voices: Vietnam Veterans | Terry Coons, Army, 1969 to 1970
The depiction of the Vietnam War in popular culture just isn’t for Terry Coons. He lived it, as a member of the Army’s 23rd Infantry Division in 1969 and 1970. This memory from those 13 months has never left him: A young Vietnamese girl in a nearby village was burned …
Read More »Florida Voices: Vietnam Veterans | Lewis Alston, Marine Corps, 1969 to 1970
Lewis Alston’s military career was over by age 19. His time as a reconnaissance scout in the U.S. Marine Corps ended after he was wounded, but he faced what turned out to be a 15-year struggle to leave “a dark place — very, very dark.” He’s battled the effects of …
Read More »Florida Voices: Vietnam Veterans | Scott Camil, Marine Corps, 1965 to 1967
His story is well known within the Gainesville veterans community, but after all these decades, Scott Camil will still sit down to show and tell those willing to listen about his evolution from well-trained soldier to peace activist. He was twice wounded as a Marine in country, then again by …
Read More »The Villages Cut Down Water Use Following Water Shortage Order
The Southwest Florida Water Management Company issued a phase one water shortage, affecting water use in The Villages. This is the first shortage issued in more than six years.
Read More »Apartment Fires In Ocala Prompt Response From Red Cross
Two separate fires in Ocala apartment complexes resulted in the evacuation of 49 people from their homes Tuesday. Ocala Fire Rescue and the Red Cross helped to provide immediate assistance to the victims.
Read More »3 Booted Dignity Village Residents Allowed Back In, Panel Decides
A hearing was held Wednesday to decide whether three Dignity Village residents who were previously kicked out would be allowed back in the Gainesville homeless community, with the three-person panel deciding all of them would.
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