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Alachua County has once again called on artists to fill the gaping hole a Confederate soldier statue left behind.
Read More »County Ups The Ante In Search For Art To Replace Controversial Confederate Statue
Alachua County Is Only Now Getting Up To Speed On Enforcing Age Restriction On Tobacco Sales
Alachua County raised the legal tobacco age from 18 to 21 last October, but full enforcement has been slow to get under way.
Read More »More Hotel And Mid-Rise Apartment Construction Is On The 2020 Gainesville Horizon
The building has sat empty for more than three years, southwest of Gainesville’s downtown restaurant and nightlife area, but a developer now has its eyes on the Jones B-Side restaurant property.
Read More »Ibram X. Kendi Returns to Gainesville
Now founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University in Washington, he visited Gainesville to promote his latest book “How to Be an Antiracist.”
Read More »UF Celebrates The Reopening Of La Casita And The Institute Of Black Culture
Though the project took longer than expected, visitors can now say the process was delayed, but never denied.
Read More »Gainesville Looks To Add Masonic Lodge To Local Historical Registry
The lodge, 215 N. Main St., was built in 1908 and is a part of the U.S National Register of Historical Places.
Read More »Wawa Reveals Dates For Five Gainesville Site Openings Including State’s First Non-Gas Location
A giant goose costume, a hoagie building competition and hard hats and shovels marked the occasion Tuesday as Wawa held two groundbreakings to celebrate its expansion to Gainesville.
Read More »Downtown Gainesville Crosswalk To Be Painted With A Rainbow Amid Some Church Members’ Concerns
Gainesville’s Public Works Department this week is painting rainbows within a crosswalk at the intersection of NE First Avenue and NE First Street.
Read More »Shorthanded Gainesville Police Department’s Officers Finally Have A New Contract. Here’s What It’s Been Like For Them To Patrol The City On A Saturday Night
In a police department that’s understaffed, it is hard to not get overwhelmed on a Saturday night.
Read More »This Is The Part Of University Avenue That Will Be Closed To Cars For 2019 Gator Game Days
It's the third year that the city will close this stretch during games.
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