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Voters to select Gainesville mayor, city commissioner today
By Chris Alcantara | Mar. 18, 2013Voting for the Gainesville city elections is today.
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Motorcycle-bus crash injures one
By Kelcee Griffis | Mar. 18, 2013A crash in northeast Gainesville involving a motorcyclist and a school bus sent one man to the hospital Monday afternoon.
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Nature park attraction shuts down
By Alex Harris | Mar. 18, 2013In the last five years working at Silver Springs Park, Chris Cotton has plenty of stories to tell about his time taking care of the park’s animals.
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Pregnancy ads stir locals
By Nathalie Dortonne | Mar. 18, 2013“Dad, you’ll be paying to support me for the next 20 years” and “Honestly, Mom … chances are he won’t stay with you. What happens to me?” are just a few of the controversial ads featured in New York City that have garnered negative attention from Planned Parenthood locations across the country, including the one in North Florida.
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Thousands of fans race to Gainesville
By Kelcee Griffis | Mar. 17, 2013With clenched fists stretched in front of him, 8-year-old Kyle Molina gripped an invisible steering wheel.
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Mayoral candidate: Donald Shepherd Sr.
By Kathryn Varn | Mar. 17, 2013For Donald Shepherd Sr., running for local office doesn’t require a thick wallet. He believes the best way to represent ordinary Gainesville citizens is to be one.
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Mayoral candidate: Mark Venzke
By Kelcee Griffis | Mar. 17, 2013Mark Venzke has led a colorful life.
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Early risers get first taste of St. Patrick’s Day celebration
By Mary Velasquez | Mar. 17, 2013Danielle Gould and her husband wanted to get a head start in celebrating St. Patrick’s Day.
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Circus coming to town
By Fatemah Albader | Mar. 17, 2013After a six-year absence, an American-style circus will be back in Gainesville for a two-day performance.
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Tweet ‘til you’re dead — and then some
By Nathalie Dortonne | Mar. 17, 2013The living dead is back with a vengeance and a 140-character limit.
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Nonprofit hopes shop will get veterans outdoors
By Meghan Pryce | Mar. 17, 2013Dave McDaid was living in New York during Sept. 11. A few days after, he left because of the uncertainty of what could happen next.
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Food Truck Rally comes back stronger
By Jewel Midelis | Mar. 17, 2013London Morrogh bit into a fried chicken and waffle slider at the second Food Truck Rally on Saturday night.
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Kids saved, students shaved at St. Baldrick’s Festival
By Meghan Pryce | Mar. 17, 2013Jackeline Zelaya felt the beaming sun and a refreshing breeze on her newly shaven head.
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Gainesville mayoral candidate: Craig Lowe
By Kelcee Griffis | Mar. 14, 2013After an action-packed three years that included bringing hundreds of jobs to Gainesville and diffusing Quran-burning threats, Mayor Craig Lowe says he’s ready to take reins of the city once again.
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Gainesville mayoral candidate: Pete Johnson
By Billy Kennedy | Mar. 14, 2013Pete Johnson wants to take Gainesville from good to great.
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Indie bookstore opens its doors and shelves
By Hanna Marcus | Mar. 14, 2013At the Broken Shelves bookstore last week, tattered copies of dog-eared paperbacks overflowed from cardboard containers as hundreds of boxes packed the store.
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Local bars preparing to get lucky
By Hanna Marcus | Mar. 14, 2013St. Patrick’s Day may fall on Sunday this year, but green tinsel and shamrocks can already be spotted around Gainesville.
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Mayoral candidate: Scherwin L. Henry
By Alexa Volland | Mar. 13, 2013As a former City Commissioner, Scherwin L. Henry is going back into politics to finish what he started.
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Habemus Papam: Argentine is new pope
By Andrew Kays | Mar. 13, 2013After two days, white smoke from the Sistine Chapel signaled the end of the search for a new pope.
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Mayoral candidate: Ed Braddy
By Billy Kennedy | Mar. 13, 2013Ed Braddy is a back-to-the-basics guy who thinks Gainesville needs new leadership.
