Of the thousands of tons of recycling processed each year by the Alachua County Materials Recovery Facility, some of those items cannot be recycled.
Read More »FEMA Urging Floridians To Prepare For Hurricane Season 2018
FEMA is urging Florida residents to prepare now for the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins June 1.
Read More »Utility Company Sorts Out Facts And Myths For Apartment Residents On Usage Costs
Many student tenants in off-campus apartment are confused about their monthly utility costs. However, the utility company and an apartment manager offer advice on ways to save.
Read More »Local Fundraiser Helps Fight Child Hunger In Gainesville
Food baskets will be delivered to the schools today, March 22, before children will leave for the break on March 26.
Read More »Alachua Conservation Trust Seeking To Preserve More Of The Santa Fe River
The Santa Fe Preserve Project is collaborating for the first time with Conserve with Us, a funding organization that launched six months ago, dedicated to conserving natural land.
Read More »Plans For Development Near Northwest Gainesville Walmart On Hold To Balance Environmental Interests
Potential rezoning would allow for single residential, multi-family residential, mixed-use development and conservation management areas on the site containing wetlands and nearly 1,200 acres of planted pines. But that rezoning may not happen anytime soon.
Read More »Loud, Late and Littered: Lake Geneva Parties Continue Despite County Ban
Just three months after the Clay County Commission banned motor vehicles from driving at night on the dry lakebeds of Lake Brooklyn and Lake Geneva, some residents of Keystone Heights are complaining that nothing has changed.
Read More »Florida Lawmakers Approve Increased Funds For University Construction
Florida lawmakers approved a 45 percent increase in spending for university and college construction and maintenance for the 2018-19 academic year, totaling $487 million. The largest project on the list is $50 million for a data-science and information-technology building at the University of Florida.
Read More »Official Urge Precautions Amid Eastern Equine Encephalitis Outbreak in Levy County
An outbreak of Eastern Equine Encephalitis has been reported in Levy County where a farm lost all of its chickens and emus last week.
Read More »13 Movies You Didn’t Know Were Filmed in North Central (and Other Areas) of Florida
With the Oscars right around the corner, many of us are thinking about movies we love. While viewing this year’s Best Picture nominations may be the best way for some to prep for Sunday’s Oscar telecast, some film fans may simply choose to re-watch their definition of classics. It may …
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