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Gainesville-developed app helps customers communicate
By Niko Pifferetti | Aug. 7, 2013Emiliano’s Café was slammed.
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Why finding off campus housing is hell
By Kali Kavouklis | Aug. 6, 2013Before this last month I has never had to fool with off campus housing. I still lived at home and my boyfriend lived on campus in graduate housing. When we decided graduate housing had turned into too much of a hassle, we started the search for an apartment. We didn’t realize how much of a hell it would turn into.
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Moving exposes missed connections
July 31, 2013I felt an inkling of regret walking past the empty apartment downstairs. I had wanted to introduce myself to my neighbors, a man and woman in their mid-20s who shared a car covered in video game-themed stickers.
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The packing check-list for college
By Michelle Champalanne | July 30, 2013Packing for college for the first time as a freshman can be stressful and tough. Most of you haven’t experienced life in Gainesville yet, and know whether or not to bring just one more sweater.
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Making the move a bit easier
By Katherine Kallergis | July 16, 2013Maybe you’re about to start your first week of college; or maybe you’ll be returning to the same apartment with the same roommates. Regardless of how you’re feeling (dread, excitement, stress or otherwise), it’s important to start the year with your room and your roommates on a good note.
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Summer B semester means business
By Rebekah McMurrain | July 8, 2013The transition from Summer A to Summer B at UF has its ups and downs for local businesses. Although many students return home, incoming freshmen continue to keep Gainesville lively.
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Netflix gems to add to your queue
By Maria Llorens | June 13, 2013It’s turning out to be pretty rainy summer in Florida, so you’re probably spending some quality time with Netflix your laptop and some fuzzy blankets.
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Hobby Lobby to replace Stein Mart near Oaks Mall in 2014
By Michaela Bisienere | June 10, 2013Stein Mart, at 6111 Newberry Road, announced it will close its doors, and a new Hobby Lobby craft store is expected to take its place.
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Wingstop expands with two more locations
By Gebria Booker | May 22, 2013Homestyle chain restaurant Wingstop isn’t chicken about expanding in Gainesville.
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New internship, new you
By Barbara Dimajo | May 13, 2013It’s now officially the start of summer, and while some are taking classes or working, others are getting ready for their first day at a new internship --hoping to leave an impression that screams professional and prepared.
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The best Gainesville thrift store discoveries
By Karilla Dyer | Apr. 11, 2013If you are a Gainesville resident looking to pop some tags with only twenty dollars in your pocket, then you will find no shortage of thrift store options available to you.
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Funky, unique businesses in Gainesville part 2
By Charlene Hewitt | Apr. 8, 2013Gainesville's full of one of a kind places. Here's part 2 of local quirky businesses.
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Startups thriving at Innovation Hub
By Jenna Hostetler | Sep. 11, 2012Innovation Hub director Jane Muir credits the center’s early success to entrepreneurs, employees and students who are investing their talents in Gainesville. She said UF and Santa Fe College students are taking full advantage of the 48,000-square-foot business incubator and its resources.
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Startups thriving at Innovation Hub
By Jenna Hostetler | Sep. 11, 2012Innovation Hub director Jane Muir credits the center’s early success to entrepreneurs, employees and students who are investing their talents in Gainesville. She said UF and Santa Fe College students are taking full advantage of the 48,000-square-foot business incubator and its resources.
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EnCoSpace offers rentable office space for new businesses
By Ayana Stewart | Sep. 9, 2012EnCoSpace, located on East University Avenue, provides rentable office space for Gainesville startups. Customers have the option to work in an open area with other people or in private office spaces.
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UF student crashes car into apartment building
By Benjamin S. Brasch | Aug. 29, 2012A week into the semester, a UF graduate student and university employee has already hit the wall.
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Police searching for apartment complex shooter
By Chris Alcantara | July 23, 2012Gainesville Police are investigating a shooting that occurred Monday afternoon at an apartment complex near Archer Road.
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Deputy Dilemma: Wrongful police shooting deserves serious review
July 16, 2012For 26-year-old Andrew Lee Scott of Lake County, Fla., that decision would lead to his death.
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Gainesville man shot dead after he threatened police with knife
By Chris Alcantara | June 24, 2012At around 2:45 p.m., Ghulam Yahya Mujtaba, 62, threatened to stab another man with a knife in a laundry room at an apartment complex at 935 SW Ninth St., according to police.
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Apartment fire claims lives of two dogs
By Michael Scott Davidson | June 11, 2012The 50-year-old walked out of his door at the Cottages on Market Street expecting to find roof damage and a rogue oak branch. Instead, he saw his neighbor’s kitchen window engulfed in flames.
