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352 Creates add new event in Gainesville on Friday
Feb. 23, 2016After several years of 352 Creates, the program is changing its layout Friday.
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App, local businesses partner for week of chicken
By Mary-Lou Watkinson | Feb. 23, 2016Gainesville restaurants are selling grilled chicken sandwiches with fries for $5 until Sunday.
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Handmade creatures to roam Gainesville on Saturday
By Madison Behm | Feb. 23, 2016A shark submarine will roll down the streets of Gainesville on Saturday.
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From Gainesville to Dapperville: a group's mission to improve wardrobes
By Hannah Ogden | Feb. 23, 2016Five men are on a mission to make Gainesville dapper.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Police: Archer man arrested for DUI
By Martin Vassolo | Feb. 22, 2016Florida Highway Patrol troopers arrested an Archer, Florida, man early Sunday morning after they said he lost control of his truck while drunk.
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Police: woman hid crack in belly button
By Martin Vassolo | Feb. 22, 2016A Gainesville woman was arrested early Sunday morning after police said she hid crack in her belly button and a crack pipe in her crotch.
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POLITICS
Editorial: America has failed Trump supporters
Feb. 22, 2016What a time to be alive, indeed: Although most weekends are marked by a pronounced lack of newsworthy stories, last Saturday, both the Republican South Carolina primary and the Democratic Nevada primary produced more than a few headlines worthy of the nation’s attention. On the Democratic side of the aisle, Hillary Clinton scored her first decisive primary victory over Bernie Sanders in Nevada, reminding those “feeling the Bern” that no matter how hot the fire, an individualistic flame can still be put out by the overwhelming coldness of an icy political titan. Meanwhile in South Carolina, Saturday saw trust fund baby and rotting racist orange peel Donald Trump handily win the primary with 32.5 percent of the vote.
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Alachua Library District seeks volunteers for literacy program
By Janiece Sebris | Feb. 21, 2016The Alachua County Library District is seeking volunteers to help adults who struggle with reading and spelling.
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$1.8 million Bo Diddley Plaza renovations near completion
By Meryl Kornfield | Feb. 21, 2016After about $2 million and a year of renovations, Bo Diddley Community Plaza will reopen Thursday.
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Free show at local church promotes sustainability and art
By Ashleigh Braun | Feb. 21, 2016Art and science will find a place on the same stage Tuesday.
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SoMa Art Media Hub celebrates one-year anniversary
By Lauren Johnson | Feb. 21, 2016For the first time, Natelle Quek showcased her artwork in the parking lot of SoMa Art Media Hub on Saturday.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Police: Local woman hides crack pipe in vagina
By Martin Vassolo | Feb. 21, 2016A Gainesville woman was arrested on UF’s campus early Saturday morning after police said she hid a crack pipe in her vagina.
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Woman crashes into bank, suffers minor injuries
By Caitlin Ostroff | Feb. 19, 2016A woman crashed into a Campus USA Credit Union on Friday afternoon.
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CITY COUNTY COMMISSION
Gainesville becomes first Florida 'Welcoming City'
By Molly Donovan | Feb. 18, 2016Gainesville became Florida’s first city to granted the title of a “Welcoming City” on Thursday.
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UF professor, author to speak at Headquarters Library
By Anthony Nicotera | Feb. 18, 2016Award-winning environmental journalist and author Cynthia Barnett will speak at the Headquarters branch of the Alachua County Library District from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
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Looking ahead in Gainesville: celebrating student veterans and a LGBTQ+ open mic
Feb. 18, 2016UF student veterans celebrated
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The Groveland Four: a meeting at Levin College of Law
By Katelyn Newberg | Feb. 18, 2016Josh Venkataraman met Carol Greenlee, the daughter of one of the men he hopes to exonerate for a decades-old sexual assault case, on Thursday.
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Column: The sensationalism of Trump is concerning
Feb. 18, 2016I don’t like Donald Trump. It’s pretty easy not to; the guy is a xenophobic, classist egomaniac. The only thing more obscene than the things he says is the height of his wispy, golden mane — which I’m convinced grows in direct proportion to the amount of attention he receives. Yet what scares me the most about Trump isn’t his call to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., nor is it his proposed $8 billion wall along the border of Mexico: It’s his sensationalism and what it means for the future of American politics.
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Commission supports change to road policy, bikes
By Molly Donovan | Feb. 17, 2016The Alachua County Planning Commission unanimously agreed Wednesday to a policy revision that would affect road maintenance.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SNAP to request funding from Student Government
By Sydney Denninger | Feb. 17, 2016UF’s Student Nighttime Auxiliary Patrol will ask for more funding this Summer.
