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Police find gun and 27 pounds of marijuana in car
By Kat Bein | Jan. 13, 2011An illegal resident from Jamaica was taken into custody after Gainesville police found drugs and weapons in his car.
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City celebrates opening of renovated park with ceremony
By Elliot Evans | Jan. 13, 2011About 50 people gathered to celebrate the official city dedication of Possum Creek Park on Thursday afternoon, which included a brief speech from Gainesville Mayor Craig Lowe and skateboard demonstrations.
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Garbage collection pushed back by one day due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day
By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 12, 2011Trash collection for Alachua County will be delayed the week of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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Gainesville police still hunting for robbers who held man at gunpoint
By Kat Bein | Jan. 11, 2011Gainesville police are still searching for two robbers who ran away after holding a man at gunpoint Monday evening.
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Dwindling funds leave homeless out in cold
By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 11, 2011Funding for sheltering the homeless on freezing cold nights is running low.
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Program helps boost energy efficiency
By Hannah Winston | Jan. 11, 2011Gainesville Regional Utilities is helping those who can’t afford to be energy efficient become so.
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Music teacher impacts students with special needs
By Morgan Watkins | Jan. 11, 2011As Don DeVito walks toward his music classroom at Sidney Lanier School, he hears his name and turns toward the sound.
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Poor weather delays flights out of Gainesville
By Hannah Winston | Jan. 10, 2011All Delta flights at Gainesville Regional Airport going to and from Atlanta were canceled due to the harsh weather conditions across the southeast Monday.
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Construction resumes on Stadium Club
By Miguel Chateloin | Jan. 10, 2011Dedicated Gator fans may soon be able to get a full view of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium from their own balconies.
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Man arrested for fight at The Estates
By Kat Bein | Jan. 9, 2011A Santa Fe College student was arrested after getting into a fight at a Gainesville apartment complex early Saturday morning.
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Local experts weigh in on health care law’s costitutionality
By Morgan Watkins | Jan. 9, 2011Opponents of the U.S. health care law scored a victory for their cause in mid-December when a Virginia-based federal judge became the first to invalidate a section of the legislation.
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Program pressing on after sales tax funding expires
By Morgan Watkins | Jan. 9, 2011While no new money is rolling into the environmentally focused Wild Spaces & Public Places program since its sales surtax ended in December, the remaining funds will still support various projects this year.
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This Week in Gainesville
By Kat Bein | Jan. 9, 2011January 9, 1968: “Super Steve” Spurrier, Heisman winner for UF the year before, returns to campus to finish his physical education degree after playing a pro-season with the San Fransisco 49ers.
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Interim fire chief officially becomes chief
By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 9, 2011Twenty-eight years after his first fire, Gene Prince will be trading flame-resistant jackets and fire alarms for suits and meetings as Gainesville’s fire chief.
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Police arrest man after pistol-whipping in NW Gainesville
By Kat Bein | Jan. 6, 2011A 21-year-old man was arrested Thursday morning and charged with two felonies for pistol-whipping a man on the side of the road earlier in the night.
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City Commission praises mentoring program
By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 6, 2011The Gainesville Enrichment Mentoring Program was recognized at a Gainesville City Commission meeting Thursday as an exceptional program to help students be the best they can be.
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Coalition protests meal limit
By Rebecca Danta | Jan. 6, 2011On a chilly Thursday evening on Bo Diddley Plaza, homeless men and women lined up to get their meal for the day.
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Gator Dawgs is latest casualty of poor economy
By Alex Orlando | Jan. 5, 2011When Otis Britt announced via Facebook that his restaurant would close at the end of the month, he expected the lamenting wall posts.
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With rain in the forecast, county lifts burn ban
By Meredith Rutland | Jan. 5, 2011The burn ban prohibiting open burning and the use of New Year’s fireworks, sparklers and other pyrotechnics unless permitted by the Florida Department of Forestry was lifted Tuesday.
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Feat Photo: Juggling in the Rain
By Matt Tripp | Jan. 5, 2011Santa Fe student Graham Smith, 24, juggles, walks and drinks coffee in the rain while juggling on Wednesday afternoon.
