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Satchel’s Pizza to rebuild Lightnin’ Salvage Enterprises
By David Hoffman | May 29, 2017When Satchel Raye thinks of fire, he doesn’t feel defeat — he sees a new opportunity.
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Local organization to donate 150 ‘starter libraries’ to kindergartners
By Kasey McElheny | May 29, 2017Gainesville kindergartners will begin accumulating their first personal collection of books this week.
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Gear Up Florida stops by in GNV as part of 850-mile trek
By David Street | May 29, 2017Last week, about 40 fraternity brothers stopped in Gainesville to take a break from an 850-mile bicycle ride through Florida.
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New child care center to open in southwest Gainesville in 2018
By Samantha Brown | May 29, 2017City officials and community members celebrated the groundbreaking of southwest Gainesville’s first affordable early childhood education center last week.
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UF alumnus included on Forbes Brasil’s ‘30 under 30’
By Catie Wegman | May 24, 2017When Andres Andrade arrived to Brazil in 2013, the then 26-year-old never imagined that four years later he would be one of the country’s most successful businessmen.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SF student arrested after trapping professor in office
By David Hoffman | May 24, 2017A 19-year-old Santa Fe College student tried to force a math professor to give him a make-up exam Monday afternoon.
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UF Health North spends about $85 million on expansion
By Catie Wegman | May 24, 2017UF Health North in Jacksonville opened the doors to its brand new inpatient tower Tuesday.
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CITY COUNTY COMMISSION
County Commission votes to relocate Confederate statue
By David Hoffman | May 24, 2017Amid the humid weather, steady rush-hour traffic and loud honks from cars passing by, protesters and counter-protesters stood on opposite sides of University Avenue and Main Street chanting back and forth.
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Local artists and musicians come together to ‘Keep Art Alive’
By Michelle Lam | May 22, 2017Local artists and musicians came together this weekend to keep the arts alive.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
GPD: Credit-card skimmer found in a Waldo Road gas pump
By David Hoffman | May 22, 2017At about 9 a.m. Thursday, Gainesville Police detectives and state inspectors met at a West Newberry Road parking lot to launch Operation Clean Sweep.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
UF employee held at gunpoint by another driver while on Williston Road
By David Hoffman | May 22, 2017The other side of a pointed gun was the last thing a 19-year-old Williston resident and UF employee expected to see on his trip to Gainesville for a doctor’s appointment Thursday.
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Alachua County experiences fifth fire in past two months
By David Hoffman | May 22, 2017Kelly McPherson felt a sense of relief Friday night. The 10-acre wildfire that erupted in Levy Prairie, one of her field sites, was contained the same day it sparked up.
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Mural painted to end stigma surrounding mental health
By Sammi Brown | May 22, 2017As a resource for emotional expression and healing, a group of local community members promoted mental health awareness by painting a mural on the 34th Street Wall.
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Middle schoolers present handmade rockets at NASA
By Daniela Garrido | May 22, 2017More than 200 sixth-grade students in Gainesville visited NASA to present rockets they constructed in a middle-school science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) project to professional engineers.
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BUSINESS
Limited-edition artwork depicts city landmarks
By Catie Wegman | May 22, 2017Local organizations in Gainesville are selling a limited number of custom prints depicting historic businesses, restaurants and landmarks as a way to raise money for nonprofit groups in the area.
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K-12 EDUCATION
Alachua County School Board hires new superintendent
By David Hoffman | May 17, 2017After more than half a year of searching for a new superintendent for Alachua County Public Schools, some community members are unhappy with the outcome.
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Days for Girls opens sewing center in Gainesville
By Catie Wegman | May 17, 2017A center dedicated to sewing reusable feminine products for women in developing countries will open in Gainesville today.
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CITY COUNTY COMMISSION
Historic lion statue given name after more than 100 years
By Jessica Gonzalez | May 17, 2017After more than 100 nameless years, a historic lion statue in Gainesville has been given a name.
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BUSINESS
Local Burger King reopens for 60th anniversary
By Adam Turner | May 17, 2017Sixty years ago, Burger King founders James “Jim” McLamore and David Edgerton visited one of their Gainesville stores on 13th Street.
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Teen from Gainesville ballet company accepted to Juilliard
By Eman Elshahawy | May 17, 2017A teenage dancer who has logged hundreds of hours dancing in Gainesville was presented with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: The Juilliard School.
