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The Gainesville City Commission voted 4-3 to consider reverting the city’s open container ordinance back to how the city regulated alcohol prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. This bans open-canned alcohol outside businesses, as well as parks and streets.
Kristin Smollack woke up sweating. Lying in her metal bunk at GRACE Marketplace, a Gainesville homeless shelter, the 38-year-old was suffering severe dehydration. Hot flashes came in waves, and her body ached with muscle cramps.
Chanting biblical Psalms and hymns in the choirs and quartets of his family church, one pastor’s kid began living his musical dream at an extremely ripe age.
Guitar-lined walls surrounded Gavan Duffy’s cozy bedroom that birthed a band. Jack Glickstein, whose knowledge was limited to the ukulele, had a great deal to glean from his roommate’s wide skill set.
Alachua County resident Catherine McGuire dreamed of living the ‘van life’ since van lifestyles videos started trending on TikTok during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A deadly July 30 shooting raised several questions about the future of gun safety around university campuses — particularly in Florida — with the passing of HB 543.
I joined The Independent Florida Alligator before I even moved to Gainesville. I didn’t know what life would look like for the next four years, but I knew that I wanted this paper to be a part of it.
On a hot summer day, Cross Creek residents gathered in front of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ house and celebrated the late author’s birthday.
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Mónica Trejo Aretes migró a los Estados Unidos hace 19 años, trabajando como limpiadora de casas para mantener a sus cuatro hijos. Hace tres meses, la residente de 35 años de Haines City, Florida, inició su propio negocio, un mercado de frutas y verduras llamado Produce Martin.
Mónica Trejo Aretes migrated to the United States 19 years ago, working as a house cleaner to provide for her four children. Three months ago, the 35-year-old Haines City, Florida, resident started her own vegetable fruit stand business, Produce Martin.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has continued to grow in prominence as the 2024 United States Presidential Election slowly approaches. DeSantis, who announced he would run for president May 24, has used the state’s 2023 legislation session to mold Florida politics and boost his national campaign.
About 41 bills failed to pass the 2023 Florida legislative session and local marginalized communities are now facing the consequences.
Jordan Marlowe has taught at Newberry High School for 17 years and piloted the school’s African American history class. He’s served as the class’s instructor since its inception four years ago.
In the 2024 general election, voters will decide whether district school board candidates should run under a political affiliation.
When Tina Days, a 44-year-old mother of four, drives through Gainesville to deliver DoorDash orders, she is always taken aback by the increasing number of lavish apartment complexes cornering UF's campus.
It’s just after dawn, and the woods are drowsily still. The sunlight filters through the trees, and the croon of the mourning dove gently shakes the world awake. There’s movement in the tall grass up ahead. With a breath and a bang, Missie Schneider has her dinner.
Editor’s note: Based on mission descriptions in the “Eyes of the Eighth” by Patricia Fussell Keen and additional research, this is the most likely series of events.
On a typical Friday night, the High Springs community would line up, clamoring to catch the premiere of the latest local love story while listening to the distinct pop of everyone’s favorite movie snack. But now, scarfing down buttered popcorn as the lights dim on a Friday night is another piece of fiction.
UFORA residents are unsure when they can move in as the school year creeps up.
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