A Gainesville staple for more than 40 years, Burrito Brothers has struggled for months after business decreased due to the construction of an apartment complex next door. This Saturday, the restaurant will close its doors for the final time.
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Students and the public met at Turlington Plaza to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of infamous Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz. The rally comes in the wake of sightings of at least two men walking on UF's campus with swastikas on their clothing.
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A man wearing a swastika armband was met by a crowd of 200-plus protesters Thursday at the University of Florida.
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Hundreds gathered outside of Gainesville's Hobby Lobby store on West Newberry Road Saturday in solidarity with the national Women's March on Washington.
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As president-elect Donald Trump was sworn into office, students and residents throughout Gainesville showed resistance to his presidency through a walkout of University of Florida students and a gathering at Gainesville City Hall.
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Protesters and members of Sacred Water Camp were released from the Suwannee County Jail Tuesday following their arrests on Monday. They had been charged with misdemeanor trespassing at the Sabal Trail Pipeline construction site.
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A noose was found in a classroom this morning at the University of Florida as students arrived there for class.
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In light of the Pulse Nightclub shooting,the recent mass shooting at a Fort Lauderdale airport and the fatally shooting of an Orlando police officer, the Florida Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence unveiled proposed gun-safety legislation at a press conference in Tallahassee on Tuesday.
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A 20-foot tree, a well-known obstacle for disc golfers at Northside Park, was removed for display as part of The Thomas Center's annual tree-lighting ceremony.
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Well-known Gainesville pizza restaurant, Satchel's Pizza, reopened Friday after a fire destroyed it's salvage shop. The store opened at 11 a.m. and sold salvageable souvenirs and accepted donations for charred T-shirts and bandannas that had survived the fire.
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