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Street artist hosts mural-painting workshop
By Carly Breitbart | Oct. 30, 2016The previously plain wall outside Leonardo’s 706 was covered in green, orange and blue paint Friday afternoon.
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Civic Media Center celebrates Halloween with zombie ride, concert
By Molly Donovan | Oct. 30, 2016The night before Halloween, cobwebs stretched across the floor-to-ceiling bookshelves inside Gainesville’s Civic Media Center, which celebrated its 23rd anniversary Sunday.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
GPD searching for suspect after attempted assault near campus
By Martin Vassolo | Oct. 30, 2016Police are looking for a man after a woman reported an attempted sexual assault near campus early Sunday morning, University Police said in a UF timely warning emailed out Sunday night.
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UF students, Orlando residents gather to hear Obama speak
By Melissa Gomez | Oct. 30, 2016Julianna Johnson, 18, emailed her professor Wednesday asking if she could turn in her assignment by email.
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911 Report: October 31, 2016
By Martin Vassolo and Caitlin Ostroff | Oct. 30, 2016Update: This story has been updated to reflect that the charges against Jackson Kilcoyne were dropped as of July 5, 2019.
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Grim grinning votes: Be aware of voter suppression
Oct. 30, 2016Halloween is a time for goblins, ghosts, witches, wizards and other spooky creatures to come out. But still the scariest thing is voter suppression.
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Living in fear: Students challenge landlords over rights
By Morgan Rynor | Oct. 27, 2016Kyle Mitchusson noticed something was off as he walked through his newly rented one-story home last year.
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Someone sprayed swastikas on his Trump sign — but he won’t take it down until Election Day
By Caitlin Ostroff | Oct. 27, 2016The day after the general election, Ronnie Sartain will remove the 5-foot purple swastika spray-painted on his garage door.
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UF pharmacy student uses Instagram to promote clothing drive for homeless
By Lauren Ayers | Oct. 27, 2016Through a new Instagram campaign, a first-year UF pharmacy master’s student is hoping to kick-start clothing donations to the Gainesville homeless community.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Two arrested for burglarizing car dealership
By Caitlin Ostroff | Oct. 27, 2016Gainesville Police arrested two men Thursday morning for ramming into a dealership’s gate and attempting to steal a car.
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Mustang cut in half, driver critically injured after crash
By Caitlin Ostroff | Oct. 27, 2016Gainesville Police are investigating a Wednesday night car accident that left a Mustang in half and its driver critically injured.
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BUSINESS
Sport Clips Haircuts comes to Gainesville
By Lauren Ayers | Oct. 27, 2016Sport Clips Haircuts, a hair salon franchise catering to men, has opened its first Gainesville location.
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Four hundred children, parents dress up for trick-or-treat event
By Molly Vossler | Oct. 27, 2016Skunks, sharks and Pikachus swarmed the patios of the Thornebrook Village Shopping Center on Thursday evening during its fourth annual trick-or-treating event.
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Gainesville debates banning smoking in parks
By Romy Ellenbogen | Oct. 26, 2016Visitors to city parks may no longer be able to smoke if a proposed city ordinance passes.
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Florida Senate candidates debate campus carry, debt
By Jasmine Osmond | Oct. 25, 2016A crowd of about 500 people filled the Reitz Union Rion Ballroom Tuesday to hear two prospective Florida state senators face off to represent Alachua County.
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Swamp Head Brewery hosts Wild Spaces and Public Places fundraiser
By Melanie Mueller | Oct. 25, 2016About 100 people joined the former mayor of Gainesville on Tuesday to fundraise for the Wild Spaces and Public Places amendment at Swamp Head Brewery.
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Street artists discuss cultural impact of their murals
By Carly Breitbart | Oct. 25, 2016A panel of four street artists from across the country spoke to a crowd of about 20 people Tuesday at the Civic Media Center, discussing how their murals have changed the fabrics of urban communities.
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Alzheimer’s patient struck by car, dies
By Caitlin Ostroff | Oct. 25, 2016An 86-year-old man with Alzheimer’s disease was killed early Tuesday morning after a motorist struck him downtown.
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First day of early voting sees more than 3,500 votes
By Caitlin Ostroff | Oct. 24, 2016More than 3,500 people cast their ballots Monday on the first day of early voting in Alachua County.
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Catering company feeds cancer patient families
By Alexa Lorenzo | Oct. 24, 2016A Gainesville catering company has just finished delivering about 1,000 healthy meals to families of children receiving chemotherapy.
