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Gypsies dance at the Hoggetowne Medieval Fair on Saturday. The Alachua County Fairgrounds will be moving to a site two miles north of the Gainesville Regional Airport in a few years for a total cost of $24 million.
The Hoggetowne Medieval Faire will be moving, but not for a few years.
The sounds of crashing swords, the smell of fried foods and the sight of royalty transformed the Alachua County Fairgrounds into a medieval world this weekend.
David Buth, 46, an Alachua County resident, dresses as Azog, a 446-year-old Orc from Moria, for the 26th annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire on Saturday afternoon.
For most voters, the 2012 Florida Republican Presidential Preference Primary and Gainesville city elections are on Tuesday. But for thousands of early voters in Alachua County, the elections have already happened.
David Brown drove his golf cart past half-assembled tents and clothing racks packed with purple-and-blue wizard robes.
[Editor's Note: This story has been changed to reflect a correction. If you are changing your address within the county you can change it on voting day. If you switching from an out-of-county address to an address in the county then you have to vote with a provisional ballot, except uniformed service personnel and their family members.]
As UF Homecoming festivities swamp the streets on and around campus this weekend, Gainesville Police are planning to increase patrols in the city.
After a hiatus in 2010 because of unpaid debts, the Alachua County Fair has returned this year. The fair will continue through Saturday at the Alachua County Fairgrounds on Northeast 39th Avenue.
Fried butter, spinning amusement rides and performing seals heralded the Alachua County Fair's first weekend, attracting thousands.
The Hoggetowne Medieval Faire may be in jeopardy if the Alachua County Commission decides to move the county fairgrounds to Newberry.
Gainesville and Newberry officials are trying to persuade the Alachua County Commission to put the Alachua County Fairgrounds in their respective stomping grounds.
Former Gators swimmer Lily Ramirez, 21, was arrested Monday night for cocaine possession and resisting an officer without violence at the Alachua County Fair Grounds.
Former Gators swimmer Lily Ramirez, 21, was arrested Monday night for cocaine possession and resisting an officer without violence at the Alachua County Fair Grounds.
The Alachua County Fair, which was canceled in 2010 for the first time in 40 years due to financial problems, may be moving from its current location in east Gainesville to Newberry depending on a decision from the Alachua County Commission.
The Alachua County Commission has once again opted to postpone the decision to move county fairgrounds from its current location in east Gainesville to Newberry.
After a year's hiatus, the fair is back in town.
We've made it through another week.
The annual Florida Writer's Festival has returned for the 62nd consecutive year.
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