After putting aside plans for a different site in Gainesville, the Alachua County Commission voted Wednesday to relocate the county fairgrounds and extension services to Newberry.
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County officials within the past month approached the property owner, Beazer East, about the idea of leasing or selling the 86-acre parcel just north of NW 23rd Avenue.
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A former University of Florida English professor will publish a 300-page book on the history of Waldo and its people this fall.
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City and county officials have tried for two years to make it so bus riders won’t have to cross the dangerous street.
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Crime incident data for the past two years downloaded from the city of Gainesville’s open data site shows the top locations with the most reported incidents in 2017 were Gainesville’s three Wal-Mart stores.`
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Residents of the senior mobile home park in east Gainesville are expressing concerns about safety in their community.
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Alachua County Public Schools is holding a food drive to collect and distribute food boxes to families in need during the holiday break.
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Satchel's Pizza also caught fire and was nearly destroyed in early 2012, but it reopened later that year with the help of a fundraiser.
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A person died Wednesday morning following an incident in which a semi-truck carrying jet fuel flipped on US Highway 301, according to the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office. ACSO spokesman Brandon Kutner said 8,000 gallons of jet fuel were spilled. The incident occurred on the 11500 block of NE US Highway 301. …
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Ralph Rutledge of East Gainesville had four tumors on his vocal cords. Lung cancer. As a regular patient, he spent close to six hours a week on a bus.
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