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New Chipotle on NW 13th Street to open in September
By Martin Vassolo | Aug. 23, 2016Hungry students forced to wait in long lines at the Chipotle Mexican Grill near UF’s campus may soon find relief.
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Police: suspected burglar found with $4.50, bottle rockets
By Caitlin Ostroff | Aug. 23, 2016Gainesville Police charged a local man with stealing $4.50 in quarters and a handful of bottle rockets from a parked car near Gainesville Place Apartments on Monday.
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Deadline to receive mail-in ballots 5 p.m. today
By Martin Vassolo | Aug. 23, 2016Registered voters who want to receive mail-in ballots for Tuesday’s election must request them today by 5 p.m., according to a statement issued by Pam Carpenter, the Alachua County supervisor of elections.
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Local businesses see sales surge as students return
By Andronik Mkrtychev | Aug. 23, 2016Gainesville businesses are getting ready for more foot traffic as students return to UF and Santa Fe College.
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GPD: Local woman arrested after hitting woman in face with calendar at Oaks Mall
By Caitlin Ostroff | Aug. 23, 2016Gainesville Police charged a woman with assault Monday after they said she bit someone at The Oaks Mall and hit the person with a calendar.
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After man shot dead with toddler in arms, police increase reward for information
By Caitlin Ostroff | Aug. 23, 2016After a shooting in a crowded home left one man dead and a toddler wounded last month, Gainesville Police has increased its reward for any information leading to an arrest.
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Pavilion vice president apologizes for unfit apartments
By Molly Donovan | Aug. 22, 2016After complaints over unprepared rooms and dirty conditions, a Pavilion on 62nd Apartments senior vice president personally apologized Monday to at least two disgruntled tenants and offered to let them cancel their leases, the tenants said.
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Murder suspect surrenders to police, held on $1 million bond
By Caitlin Ostroff | Aug. 22, 2016Suspected in a January shooting that left one man dead, a Gainesville man surrendered to police Monday morning at the Alachua County Jail.
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Gainesville Police arrest two more suspects in armed road rage incident
By Caitlin Ostroff | Aug. 22, 2016It began with the honk of a horn. Then someone pulled out a pistol.
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'Welcoming Gainesville' to offer English classes for international students
By Caitlin Ostroff | Aug. 22, 2016When Paula Rötscher came to UF from Germany in 2012, she was greeted with open arms. But she noticed not all international students had as easy a time.
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Employees, students react to purchase of Leonardo’s
By Katelyn Newberg | Aug. 21, 2016One of Gainesville’s longest-standing independent restaurants, which has served pizza to UF students since 1973, may close in about a year.
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Pavilion on 62nd tenants deal with ‘filthy’ rooms
By Molly Donovan | Aug. 21, 2016Bed bugs, urine-covered carpets and missing furniture.
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Downtown dance party promotes UF health organization
By Molly Donovan | Aug. 21, 2016Bo Diddley Community Plaza in downtown Gainesville turned into a community zumba class Saturday night.
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First Magnitude Brewing Company celebrates second anniversary
By Sara Marino | Aug. 21, 2016On Saturday First Magnitude Brewing Company celebrated its second anniversary — with a 12-hour birthday party.
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Downtown dance party promotes UF health organization
By Molly Donovan | Aug. 21, 2016Bo Diddley Community Plaza in downtown Gainesville turned into a community zumba class Saturday night.
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Five people attend rally for US Senate Libertarian candidate
By Sara Marino | Aug. 21, 2016Five people sat in Main Street Bar & Billiards Thursday to listen to Augustus Invictus, Florida’s Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate, impersonate former president Richard Nixon.
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County’s Democratic Party opens new headquarters
By Jasmine Osmond | Aug. 21, 2016The Alachua County Democratic Party held a grand opening Thursday for its second headquarters, located at 4056 W. Newberry Road.
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Florida judge upholds right to UCF student-government records
By Melissa Gomez | Aug. 21, 2016A Florida judge sided with college students in a lawsuit between a public university and a student newspaper earlier this month.
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Local youth team gets trauma helmets
By Jessica Rodriguez | Aug. 21, 2016To ease parents’ concerns, the Gainesville Gators Pee Wee tackle football team will use new trauma-monitoring helmets this season.
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Commission questions ASO budget, spending
By Jasmine Osmond | Aug. 21, 2016The Alachua County Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 Tuesday to approve a $73.6-million-dollar budget for the county’s Sheriff’s Office for 2017, but the board raised concerns about Sheriff Sadie Darnell’s unapproved expenses.
