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Radical Press Coffee Collective opens
By Mary Velasquez | Apr. 11, 2013Radical Press Coffee Collective will host its grand opening from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. tonight.
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Nonprofit to host second Hogtown Creek cleanup
By Jovahn Huertas | Apr. 11, 2013A local nonprofit asks residents to help clean up Gainesville’s best-known creek this weekend.
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The best Gainesville thrift store discoveries
By Karilla Dyer | Apr. 11, 2013If you are a Gainesville resident looking to pop some tags with only twenty dollars in your pocket, then you will find no shortage of thrift store options available to you.
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Bill Nelson signs petition against Defense of Marriage Act
By Hanna Marcus | Apr. 11, 2013Another name has been added to the list of senators who signed a petition asking the Supreme Court to declare the law that prohibits gay marriage unconstitutional.
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Gainesville Fine Arts Association celebrates 90th anniversary
By Carina Seagrave | Apr. 11, 2013Local artists will celebrate the Gainesville Fine Arts Association’s 90th anniversary with a monthlong art exhibition, featuring paintings of multiple historical locations around the city.
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Data shows newspapers not dead yet, Foley weighs in
By Shayna Posses | Apr. 10, 2013You’re not the only one reading the newspaper, according to data compiled by the Newspaper Association of America.
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RTS buses involved in three accidents
By Kathryn Varn | Apr. 10, 2013A Wednesday morning crash left one man in the hospital with serious injuries after he rear-ended a Regional Transit System bus on Northwest 39th Avenue.
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Gainesville2Go takes break after sales spike due to email scandal
By Kelcee Griffis | Apr. 10, 2013A bogus email containing profanity that went out last week to about 8,000 patrons of local food delivery service Gainesville2Go hasn’t cursed the company’s business.
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Both mayoral candidates debate conference center, biomass plant
By Billy Kennedy | Apr. 9, 2013In the final debate before the April 16 mayoral runoff election, candidates Ed Braddy and Mayor Craig Lowe discussed a proposed downtown conference center, transportation and the biomass plant Tuesday night.
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Gas leak leads to steak house evacuation on Archer Road
By Alexa Volland | Apr. 9, 2013A southwest Gainesville steak house had to evacuate about 80 people Tuesday afternoon after a gasoline leak occurred at a neighboring construction site.
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Gainesville woman helps police catch burglar who robbed her
By Kathryn Varn | Apr. 9, 2013A Gainesville woman helped police catch the man who burglarized her house.
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Man eats pot — then arrested
By Kathryn Varn | Apr. 9, 2013Gainesville Police arrested a man early Monday after an officer found him with a mouth full of marijuana.
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Conserve water this month
By Jovahn Huertas | Apr. 9, 2013Alachua County teamed up with local governments across the state to declare April Water Conservation Month.
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Lowe absent at second forum in runoff election for mayor
By Billy Kennedy | Apr. 8, 2013In the second debate before the April 16 Gainesville mayoral runoff election, Ed Braddy was the only candidate present.
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Legislature blazes toward pipe ban
By Kathryn Varn | Apr. 8, 2013Glass and water pipes could be smoked out of stores if the Florida legislature passes a bill prohibiting their sale.
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Boy’s book sweetens friend’s treatment
By Colleen Wright | Apr. 8, 2013Dylan Siegel loves chocolate bars and helping a friend in need.
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Local dentist dies after car catches fire
By Kathryn Varn | Apr. 8, 2013A local dentist who owned his own practice and served as a University Athletic Association dental consultant died early Friday after his car caught fire in a Gainesville driveway.
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Sports Authority on Newberry Road reopens
By Hanna Marcus | Apr. 8, 2013The doors of a redesigned Sports Authority in northwest Gainesville swung open Saturday after two months of remodeling.
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Colorful life of Lilly Pulitzer remembered
By Elly Ayres | Apr. 8, 2013Lilly Pulitzer Rousseau, the famed fashion icon who used a juice stand uniform to start her Floridian fashion empire in the early 1960s, died Sunday in West Palm Beach. She was 81.
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Florida license-free fishing days to begin
By Beatrice Dupuy | Apr. 8, 2013People of all ages will be able to fish without a license on days specified by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
