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The fourth annual Fight Toxic Prisons will be in Gainesville from June 14-17. Free workshops and other events will be open to the public.
Read More »Fight Toxic Prisons Group Holds Fourth Annual Convergence In Gainesville This Weekend
Alachua County Will Have Bilingual Ballots And Poll Workers At 2020 Elections
Voting in the 2020 election will be a little easier for Spanish-speaking voters in Alachua County. They will no longer need to use Spanish sample ballots as a reference when voting.
Read More »City of Alachua Elections Results Are In
City of Alachua elections were held Tuesday to decide the Mayoral and City Commissioner seats resulting in a runoff between Pelham and Coerper for mayor, and Wilford with the Commissioner seat 2.
Read More »Mayor Lauren Poe, Commissioner Adrian Hayes-Santos Celebrate Re-Election
Mayor Lauren Poe and District Four Commissioner Adrian Hayes-Santos will serve another term after winning re-election Tuesday. They celebrated their victory together with a crowd that included most of their colleagues.
Read More »City Of Gainesville Begins Work To Solve Food Insecurity
People bounced around ideas Tuesday night at the Alachua County Library Headquarters Branch, all intended to solve one of Gainesville’s most pressing problems — its widespread lack of food security.
Read More »Dozens Of Felons Register To Vote In Alachua County
About 50 ex-felons registered to vote in Alachua County on Jan. 8 under Amendment 4.
Read More »Gainesville Organizations Offer Free Taillight Clinic With Community ID Drive
Two Gainesville groups are teaming up this weekend to help local residents avoid potential legal troubles.
Read More »2018 Transgender Day of Remembrance Held In Gainesville
Holding tealight candles set in palm-sized glass jars, about 100 people gazed silently upon the stage as 300 names resounded Tuesday night at Bo Diddley Plaza in Gainesville.
Read More »Waldo Burglaries Prompt Citizens Crime Watch
Waldo City Manager Kim Worley announced during a city council meeting Tuesday that she will hold a crime watch training in January with the ACSO as a result of a high number of burglary reports this Fall.
Read More »Florida Youth Voter Turnout Increases With New Early Voting Sites
Sporting a baseball cap and a Florida Gators hoodie, Matthew Hunter walked into the University of Florida’s J. Wayne Reitz Union on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, excited to vote for the first time. His heart sank just a bit when he first saw the line of others waiting to vote …
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