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Paynes Prairie to celebrate fire awareness at Fire Fest
By Marena Smith | Mar. 10, 2014Smokey Bear doesn’t always want you to prevent forest fires.
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Voting for City of Gainesville elections is today
By Kelcee Griffis | Mar. 10, 2014Residents will be casting their votes today to decide who will fill three commission seats in the Gainesville city elections.
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City of Gainesville launches crowdfunding campaign to expand teen program
By Katherine Brown | Mar. 10, 2014The City of Gainesville recently launched its first crowdfunding campaign to increase funding for the Summer Heatwave program.
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Local startup Paracosm partners with Google's Project Tango
By Alexia Fernandez | Mar. 10, 2014A local startup company is working with Google to develop new mobile technology.
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City elections: Get informed on Gainesville government
Mar. 10, 2014The ‘I Voted’ stickers have long been collected, Turlington is no longer a flier danger zone, and Swamp Party shirts only make appearances at the gym. You probably thought election season was over. Think again: Student Government politics may be paused for now, but the city’s are just heating up.
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Gainesville Police shoot suspect in campus stabbing
Mar. 9, 2014On the first day of Spring Break, UF students — most of them miles from Gainesville — woke up to UF Alerts about crime in the city.
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Gainesville Police search for peeing man continues
By Jenna Lyons | Mar. 9, 2014Gainesville Police are looking for a mystery man suspected of peeing on at least four unsuspecting victims, which prompted a UF Alert sent to faculty, staff and students Wednesday afternoon.
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Gainesville City Commission candidate: Craig Carter
By Kelcee Griffis | Mar. 9, 2014Craig Carter wants to get down to business. That’s one of the reasons he’s running in Tuesday’s election for Gainesville City Commission District 3.
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Gainesville City Commission candidate: Susan Bottcher
By Hanna Marcus | Mar. 9, 2014Even though she grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Gainesville will always be her home.
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Gainesville City Commission candidate: Helen K. Warren
By Alex Harris | Mar. 9, 2014To Helen K. Warren, holding political office is a lot like buying a house. To make the buyers happy, a realtor has to listen to what clients need, find solutions to problems that arise and negotiate a compromise.
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Gainesville City Commission candidate: Mark Venzke
By Kelcee Griffis | Mar. 9, 2014Mark Venzke has turned his energy to utilities reform.
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Gainesville City Commission candidate: Donald Shepherd Sr.
By Steven Katona | Mar. 9, 2014If there is money going into or coming from the City Commission, Donald Shepherd Sr. wants to understand how and why each cent is allocated.
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Gainesville City Commission candidate: Annie Orlando
By Kathryn Varn | Mar. 9, 2014Annie Orlando sat in her office holding a purple tote bag advertising her City Commission At-Large Seat 2 campaign screenprinted on the front.
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Gainesville City Commission candidate: Sheryl Eddie
By Shayna Posses | Mar. 9, 2014The first vote Sheryl Eddie’s youngest daughter casts will be for her mom. At least, Eddie hopes so.
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Gainesville City Commission candidate: Todd Chase
By Sean Stewart-Muniz | Mar. 9, 2014Three years ago, Todd Chase ran for City Commission because of his mother. A retiree living on a fixed income, Chase’s mother felt the bite of Gainesville’s fire assessment fee, which was adopted by the commission in 2010 to plug a hole in the budget.
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Gainesville City Commission candidate: Cheri Brodeur
By Jenna Lyons | Mar. 9, 2014Win or lose, District 2 candidate and former UF Faculty Senate chairwoman Cheri Brodeur will soon say goodbye to the university. She plans to retire in 2015.
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UF students to discuss racist flier posted on campus
By Sean Stewart-Muniz | Feb. 27, 2014A public discussion will be held in Peabody Hall today about an offensive poster that’s drawing attention across campus.
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Inmate’s girlfriend strips on video, then he slaps a deputy
By Jenna Lyons | Feb. 27, 2014After an inmate’s girlfriend started stripping during a visitation video and he hit jail staff for trying to detain him, deputies handed out additional charges.
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The Midnight latest local business to meet funding goal
By Ashley Kobza | Feb. 27, 2014Following a growing trend of using crowdsourcing websites for funding, a local bar has asked Gainesville to help raise money to keep its doors open.
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Girl Scout Cookies on sale in Gainesville
By Lauren Troncoso | Feb. 27, 2014When Rachel Benjamin received an email last year that there was a package for her at the Broward Hall front desk, she expected a small delivery.
