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Alachua County commissioners voted to change a regulation that prevented a Hawthorne family from replacing their severely mold-infested home, however, the family still faces hurdles in finalizing replacement.

The University of Florida Board of Trustees voted unanimously Friday morning to approve a plan that requires incoming students to show proof of health insurance. Students who apply for the fall 2014 semester will be required to have health insurance for enrollment, though students who enter UF before fall 2014 will be grandfathered into current requirements, which do not include health insurance.

The Israeli soldier Sergeant Gilad Schalit has been freed after more than five years in captivity in Palestine. His freedom came in the form of a swap for…

Meadowbrook, a private, family-operated golf course located on Northwest 98th Street in Gainesville was announced temporarily closed on July 8. The course closed due to excessive flooding and lack of water drainage from Tropical Storm Elsa. Since then, it has not reopened.

The university’s beleaguered president, Kent Fuchs, said Friday in a campus-wide email that he was asking the school’s conflict-of-interest office to reverse its decision and permit the testimony. At least one of the professors confirmed that he was subsequently approved to testify.

The Gainesville-Alachua County Association of Realtors (GACAR) had a food drive in hopes of raising $5000 in addition to the food donations. The proceeds…

Six bird-watching kits are now available at Alachua County libraries. The kits include a backpack, binoculars, a guidebook and more.

Researchers at the UF Genetics Institute have identified a gene that allows corn to grow in acidic soil. The gene could benefit tropical countries that cannot feed their population.

The festival wound down around 3 p.m., to the crowd chanting “East side! East side!”