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SweetBerries Eatery hosts 4-year anniversary party
By Chase Musselman | Feb. 5, 2017With live music and drinks, SweetBerries Eatery and Frozen Custard celebrated its four-year anniversary Friday.
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ACSO: Man leads car chase, crashes three times
By Meryl Kornfield | Feb. 5, 2017Driving a stolen car filled with drugs, fake money and a gun, a Gainesville man led police on a chase that included crashing into a police car, the Alachua County Sheriff's Office said.
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UF professors discuss rising sea levels, climate change
By Maddie Harlow | Feb. 5, 2017UF professors urged about 100 Gainesville residents Friday to consider ways to combat climate change.
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UF professor, best-selling author talks racism in America
By Sophie Rose | Feb. 5, 2017UF student Gabrielle Garcia listened intently Sunday as she learned of the racism that plagues U.S. history.
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UF alerts issued after gunman robs gas station, gets away
By Meryl Kornfield | Feb. 3, 2017A search for a masked gunman who robbed a Chevron gas station on West University Avenue ended Friday night after Gainesville Police said officers couldn’t find him.
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Students petition for UF as sanctuary campus
By Paige Fry | Feb. 2, 2017Update: 2 p.m. Friday
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YMCA loses members after flip-flopping about closure
By Molly Vossler | Feb. 2, 2017After announcing it would close down — and later stating it wouldn’t — many members of Gainesville’s YMCA have left, one member said.
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Senate bill proposes one-price tuition for state universities
By Molly Vossler | Feb. 2, 2017In the near future, UF students may be able to take as many credit hours as they’d like without paying an additional fee.
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FHP: Woman drives into ditch, says she’s dead
By Meryl Kornfield | Feb. 2, 2017An Alachua woman drove drunkenly into a ditch Wednesday and told police she was dead, Florida Highway Patrol said.
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High-school band raising $100,000 to march in D.C.
By Jamie Shapiro | Feb. 2, 2017A group of 120 instrument-wielding high-schoolers are raising money to play in the streets of Washington, D.C.
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Photo shoot to fundraise for shelter
By Alexa Roma | Feb. 2, 2017Valentine Mercury is like any other user of Instagram, except he’s a dog.
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National flag football league comes to city
By Harrison O’Keeffe | Feb. 2, 2017The country’s largest flag football league is coming to Gainesville in April.
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Karma Cream reopens at new location, now serves beer
By Max Chesnes | Feb. 1, 2017After eight years spent just blocks from campus, a Gainesville coffee shop has moved closer to downtown — and now it serves beer.
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Gainesville businesses raise money for ACLU
By Molly Vossler | Feb. 1, 2017John Osbron chatted with his girlfriend and his sister Wednesday night as they waited to hear four local bands play in support of immigrants.
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Two students to compete in Intel international science fair
By Brooke Bajgrowicz | Feb. 1, 2017Two Gainesville High School students will travel to Los Angeles after winning Best in Show at a regional science fair.
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Gainesville to aim for better internet
By Spencer Thompson | Feb. 1, 2017The Gainesville City Commission announced Wednesday its plan to improve internet speed in the city.
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Police: Man arrested for cooking meth near kids
By Meryl Kornfield | Feb. 1, 2017By the time the cops came knocking in December, Roy McCoy Cone had developed a toxic regimen, his wife told Gainesville Police.
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Dance Alive National Ballet presents ‘Robin Hood’ at Phillips Center
By Taylor McLamb | Feb. 1, 2017Dance Alive National Ballet will perform “Robin Hood” this weekend at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, giving Gainesville residents a chance to experience English folklore’s most famous outlaw firsthand.
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Burrito Bros. sells out, has second busiest day
By Max Chesnes | Jan. 31, 2017For the second consecutive night, Burrito Brothers Taco Co. ran out of food Tuesday, its second busiest day in 40 years.
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UF student reflects on Boy Scouts dreams, now possible
By Jimena Tavel | Jan. 31, 2017While Nate Quinn grew up selling Girl Scout cookies, he dreamed of being a Boy Scout instead.
