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Ride-hailing app Lyft brings competition to Gainesville
By Molly Vossler | Mar. 19, 2017For the first time, Uber will have competition in Gainesville.
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Search continues for Ocala cobra following escape
By Molly Vossler | Mar. 19, 2017After disappearing from an Ocala home a week ago, a 2-foot-long cobra has popped up on Twitter.
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Grand opening for Cade Museum set for 2018
By Scottie Andrew | Mar. 19, 2017Gainesville residents will have to wait five more months for the new Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention to open.
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GPD: $40,000 Bobcat construction vehicle almost stolen
By Meryl Kornfield | Mar. 16, 2017Gainesville Police arrested an Ocala couple Thursday who traveled to Gainesville to steal a Bobcat construction vehicle.
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Gainesville bars, clubs offering deals for St. Patrick’s Day
By Shannon Claflin | Mar. 16, 2017It’s St. Patrick’s Day, that time of year when hordes of revelers drink green beer and celebrate their (oftentimes nonexistent) Irish heritage.
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Flaco’s painting returned
By Meryl Kornfield | Mar. 15, 2017Flaco’s Cuban Bakery was closed for the night when employees spotted a white trash bag by the front door Wednesday.
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Police: Man caught peeking into sorority
By Meryl Kornfield | Mar. 15, 2017Gainesville Police arrested a local man Tuesday night after witnesses saw him peeking through the windows of a UF sorority house.
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APD: Gas station clerk steals lotto tickets, cash
By Meryl Kornfield | Mar. 14, 2017A Kangaroo gas station clerk ran out of luck Monday when he was arrested for stealing about $1,364 worth of winnings from lottery tickets, Alachua Police said.
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APD: Man drives drunkenly, urinates on himself twice
By Meryl Kornfield | Mar. 14, 2017After being pulled over for driving drunkenly on the wrong side of a highway, a Newberry man urinated his pants in front of a police car, Alachua Police said.
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Warren, Democrats celebrate city commission victories
Mar. 14, 2017In the wake of the low voter turnout in Tuesday’s local commission election, three commission candidates celebrated their victories as election officials began to look for ways to increase turnout.
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UPD: UF transportation worker wrote fraudulent checks
By Meryl Kornfield | Mar. 14, 2017A UF Transportation and Parking Services employee was arrested Monday for cashing $8,401.75 in fraudulent checks she had written to herself, Univeristy Police said.
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Gainesville prepares for potential frost, record cold
By Spencer Thompson | Mar. 14, 2017Gainesville may see record-breaking temperatures early Thursday as farmers across the city prepare for potential frost.
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Meet the Candidates: Gainesville's City Commission election
Mar. 13, 2017Voting for City Commission is today from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The races on the ballot are commissioners for District 2, District 3 and At-Large Seat 2.
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Candidates for At-Large Seat 2 City Commission
By Molly Vossler | Mar. 13, 2017Jenn Powell decided to run for a City Commission seat just over three months ago.
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Candidates for District 2 City Commission
By Paige Fry | Mar. 13, 2017Perry Clawson felt the city commission wasn’t listening to Gainesville residents, so he decided to get involved in local government.
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Candidates for District 3 City Commission
By Meryl Kornfield | Mar. 13, 2017David Arreola wants to represent immigrants in Gainesville.
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Pi Day Deals and Events
By Isabella Arjomand | Mar. 13, 2017In celebration of National Pi Day, pizza restaurants are prepping deals throughout Gainesville.
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Papa John’s employee fired after domestic violence joke
By Molly Vossler | Mar. 12, 2017A Papa John’s Pizza driver was fired over Spring Break after writing a joke about domestic violence on the inside of a box of double chocolate chip brownies.
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At Hand Camp in Starke, kids with disabilities find haven
By Martin Vassolo | Mar. 12, 2017People always stare at Cameron Haight’s hands.
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‘Collective Power’: Local women participate in international strike
By Michael Smith | Mar. 9, 2017On the edge of UF’s campus Wednesday afternoon, a protester asked a group of about 50 how far the U.S. has progressed toward gender equality since the 1970s.
