Four law enforcement agencies participated in the Bike/Pedestrian Law Enforcement Community Workshop Monday afternoon at Gainesville Regional Utilities’ downtown office.
In what was one of her last public appearances as Gainesville’s mayor, Pegeen Hanrahan celebrated May as Gainesville Bike Month Monday afternoon at city hall.
When two locals got “Team #01”-labeled badges Saturday morning, they thought it was a sign.
Pageant contestants typically refrain from spitting in public.
Yearlong leases keep buildings occupied during summer months.
A suspect was arrested Tuesday in connection to a recent shooting of a Gainesville man who remains in recovery.
As 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.
Gainesville 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.
On May 20, Pegeen Hanrahan will officially carry out her final act as Gainesville’s mayor when she hands the city keys to Craig Lowe.
Cindy 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.
Ellis Amburn is writing a biography on former Gators quarterback Tim Tebow.
In one month, Craig Lowe will join the ranks of about 24 other mayors who are bringing diversity to city halls across the country.
As the 40th anniversary of Earth Day approaches, attention turns to a long-standing environmental problem in the community.
Gainesville 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.
Joseph File is his real name, but his Facebook profile reads Joseph Carmen.
Holding 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.
A local man wants to reintroduce UF students to the swamp — the Everglades, not the stadium.
The Gator Nation is getting frisky, but this time it’s not just the students.
Some Alachua County teachers are cheering Gov. Charlie Crist’s decision to veto the hotly contested Senate Bill 6 last week.
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