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5,000 attend annual watermelon festival
By Holly Kane | May 17, 2010Pageant contestants typically refrain from spitting in public.
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Vacancy rate in Gainesville apartment complexes improved from last year
By ANDREW PANTAZI | May 12, 2010Yearlong leases keep buildings occupied during summer months.
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Man arrested in shooting
May 12, 2010A suspect was arrested Tuesday in connection to a recent shooting of a Gainesville man who remains in recovery.
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Census participation improves in county
By ANDREW PANTAZI | May 10, 2010As of Monday, 71 percent of Alachua County residents have mailed in their census questionnaires. In 2000, the total mail-back participation was 62 percent for Alachua County.
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Standoff at The Polos ends in Tasering
By Brittany Alana Davis | Apr. 25, 2010Gainesville Police Department officers wielding rifles, handguns and Tasers surrounded an apartment in a tense standoff that lasted over an hour Sunday night at The Polos of Gainesville.
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Mayor reflects on her years in office
Apr. 20, 2010On May 20, Pegeen Hanrahan will officially carry out her final act as Gainesville’s mayor when she hands the city keys to Craig Lowe.
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Inn celebrates 125 years
By RACHAEL PINO | Apr. 20, 2010Cindy Montalto, 55, sits on a bar stool at a counter covered with papers while Lacy, her collie, snoozes on the floor, not stressing as much as her owner. Cindy’s reading glasses, tangled in her short blonde hair, should be on her face to crunch numbers, but they remain atop her head. She doesn’t want to look. Today is bill-paying day. This month’s utilities cost $3,500.
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Author to write biography on Tebow
By MATT HARRINGER | Apr. 20, 2010Ellis Amburn is writing a biography on former Gators quarterback Tim Tebow.
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Gainesville’s next mayor part of nationwide trend
By STEFANIA FERRO | Apr. 20, 2010In one month, Craig Lowe will join the ranks of about 24 other mayors who are bringing diversity to city halls across the country.
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6 Gainesville residents seek $500M from Koppers
By LYN KRAMER | Apr. 20, 2010As the 40th anniversary of Earth Day approaches, attention turns to a long-standing environmental problem in the community.
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Gainesville to celebrate earth
By OLGA VELEZ | Apr. 20, 2010Gainesville and the rest of the world will celebrate Mother Earth Thursday for Earth Day’s 40th anniversary by gathering their shovels and gloves and getting down to business.
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Facebook users seek privacy
By PAIGE LACY | Apr. 19, 2010Joseph File is his real name, but his Facebook profile reads Joseph Carmen.
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500 march in favor of workers' rights
By MELINDA CARSTENSEN | Apr. 19, 2010Holding signs with slogans like “We Want Justice,” a crowd of about 500 people, including about 25 UF students, marched this weekend from Tampa to Lakeland in support of better wages and working conditions for Florida tomato pickers.
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Local ‘swamp man’ to appear on TV
By CAROLINE LEWIS | Apr. 19, 2010A local man wants to reintroduce UF students to the swamp — the Everglades, not the stadium.
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Paynes Prairie alligators to get frisky in mid-to-late April
By JENNY WILKINSON | Apr. 19, 2010The Gator Nation is getting frisky, but this time it’s not just the students.
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Local officials, educators react to failed Senate Bill 6
By SAMANTHA DELGADO | Apr. 19, 2010Some Alachua County teachers are cheering Gov. Charlie Crist’s decision to veto the hotly contested Senate Bill 6 last week.
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Volunteers help clean up Gainesville
By Alex Orlando | Apr. 18, 2010Joe O’Malley has been living in a tent in Gainesville since September. His home, part of a homeless camp known as Tent City, was surrounded by car batteries, beer bottles and other trash, which had been accumulating there for years.
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5th Avenue Arts Festival draws about 25,000
By BRITTANY DAVIS | Apr. 18, 2010About 25,000 people watched local dance groups and bought African art and jewelry at the 31st annual 5th Avenue Arts Festival.
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Alligator coverage on officers personell files misleading
By PARIS P. BURDICK | Apr. 18, 2010When it comes to hindsight most individuals have 20/20 vision, which is clear in the article “Background Check.” The article at first glance appears to be an article about the hiring process of the University Police Department. However, in the midst of a description of the polygraph procedure, the writers mentioned information from the personnel files of two of the officers involved in the shooting of student Kofi Adu-Brempong.
