Newberry

Newberry residents will head to the ballot box in April and decide whether they want their small town to continue growing at a breakneck pace, or if they want to place checks on the city’s growth.

It only took two weeks for Newberry commissioners to decide who should fill the outgoing city manager’s seat, and they didn’t have to look far.

Dawn Beachy, 70, a Gainesville native, spearheaded the project in hopes of educating people about the history of racial terror in Alachua County.

The Alachua County Commission plans to vote Tuesday on a final budget to fund a new community park on the former West End Golf Course property.

Newberry residents are passionate about many community issues. But no topic has been quite as contentious as the ongoing conversion of Newberry Elementary School into a charter school.

The owner of a local tree service is trying to calm concerns from a neighbor over what he plans to do with 85 acres in western Alachua County.

A spokesperson for Newberry Education First was arrested on Thursday on charges related to inappropriate communication with a 15-year-old boy.

There’s a movement to turn its public schools into charter schools and in April, an election for three of the five city commissioner positions were canceled when only the incumbents ran for office.

Though the state has ruled the teachers’ vote to convert Newberry Elementary School into a charter school successful, confusion has risen with some disputing that verdict.