Downtown parking meters would hurt business
By Andrew Schaer | July 18, 2011In response to the proposed plan to install parking meters in downtown Gainesville, I must express my discontent as a voter and as a downtown business owner.
In response to the proposed plan to install parking meters in downtown Gainesville, I must express my discontent as a voter and as a downtown business owner.
Gainesville residents sounded off on how Florida's districts should be shaped in the coming years at the Santa Fe College Fine Arts Hall on Wednesday.
Free parking downtown could become a thing of the past if a proposal from the City of Gainesville is approved by the Gainesville City Commission later this year.
Gainesville's Regional Transit System has a few big changes en route for the fall semester.
Chick-fil-A lovers can save some moolah Friday if they come into any of the restaurant's locations dressed as a cow in celebration of the franchise's annual Cow Appreciation Day.
The Family Medicine Center is the newest $6 million baby of the UF&Shands system. The facility, built to accommodate the changing needs of the Gainesville community, cost relatively little compared to the outlay of funds that will be spent on other medical projects in the near future.
For you, recent wildfire smoke may be generating coughing, sneezing and an unforgiving runny nose. For Kelley Addis, it's generating business.
With UF's Fanfares and Fireworks out of people's Fourth of July plans, firework-seekers had to turn elsewhere to celebrate America's birthday.
The promising career of a Florida track and field athlete came to a disturbing close when he was arrested Tuesday on a charge of sexual assault, stemming from an incident just hours after competing at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
A new study center could create competition for TutoringZone.
Unlike the Florida afternoon sky, Santa Fe College students will not be making it rain any time soon.
For a battle that hopes to claim 150 units of blood, the scene is ironically tranquil. The only visible aggression is the violent pumping of stress balls as the donors attempt to enlarge their veins for easy penetration.
The volunteers at the Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary don't come to monkey around.
The electronic-music scene in Gainesville continues to boom.
If you've ever hailed a taxi in Gainesville, there's a chance you were overcharged.
UF announced a new addition Monday to Innovation Square, Gainesville's under-construction, multi-million-dollar research and creativity hub.
Turning the pages of Campus Talk, a local Gainesville magazine marketed to college students, you will find a small ad.
County Commissioner Rodney Long, who announced his retirement in an email Monday morning, said he will continue to serve the Gainesville and Alachua County community from his private sector.
Reaching 102 degrees Fahrenheit, temperatures in Gainesville broke a record that has stood since 1977.
Thousands of amateur athletes and Olympic hopefuls ran, shot, passed, punched, dived, rowed and kicked their way to the top as part of Florida's annual Sunshine State Games this weekend.