Residents push for more speed bumps, city says no
By Adrianna Paidas | Apr. 9, 2012Some Gainesville residents are concerned about drivers whizzing through their neighborhoods.
Some Gainesville residents are concerned about drivers whizzing through their neighborhoods.
When reserving an outside table for two in Gainesville, your plus one could be your dog.
A new study may be done at the area around the Cabot/Koppers Superfund site that is different from previous studies that measured toxic contamination.
A group of Gainesville residents are suing Gainesville Regional Utilities to get a city power agreement thrown out.
Students may be able to satisfy early morning munchies at downtown food trucks if commissioners change a city law — a move that competing restaurants endorse.
The Gainesville Public Safety Committee decided Wednesday night to recommend the City Commission ban smoking in Bo Diddley Community Plaza.
City officials may crack down on football gameday parking.
Standing like a soldier reporting for duty, Alachua County Sheriff Sadie Darnell waited as the County Commission decided her office would keep control of the county jail.
Gainesville-area residents can learn more about the plight of farmworkers at events put on as part of National Farmworkers Awareness Week.
The city has halted its decision to allow the sale and consumption of alcohol in a downtown parking lot.
A former hotel, once a sanctuary for travelers, may soon be a safe haven for people seeking treatment for drug and alcohol abuse.
The Alachua County Commission’s hopes to switch from Gainesville Regional Utilities to another utility provider got a reality check from County Attorney David Wagner.
Yvonne Hinson-Rawls resigned from her position on the Gainesville Housing Authority Board of Commissioners in order to focus on city business.
After seeing a PowerPoint presented by those affected by the toxins released from the Cabot-Koppers Superfund site, the Gainesville City Commission took action Thursday night.
After shelling out $179,000, the Alachua County Commission is one step closer to deciding whether to add more staff and services to the county’s jail.
The Gainesville City Commission will discuss Thursday whether to allow alcohol to be sold in an outdoor parking lot downtown.
Susan Fairforest stood in front of the Gainesville City Commission dressed in a floor-length black dress.
Tensions ran high Thursday night as a commissioner questioned a fellow commissioner’s decision to start his own website about the city’s biomass contract.
The Gainesville Public Safety Committee decided Wednesday to ask the City Commission to let downtown food trucks and other vendors stay open until 3 a.m. and to let businesses sell alcohol on a parking lot there.
The Town Crier will be live tweeting the Gainesville City Commission runoff elections tonight. Follow us at @gvilletowncrier for by-the-minute coverage of the election results.