Gainesville residents pleased with food–stamp hot line
By AMANDA HINES | Mar. 3, 2009Gainesville residents are giving positive feedback on a customer service call center hot line in which people can learn about applying for food stamps.
Gainesville residents are giving positive feedback on a customer service call center hot line in which people can learn about applying for food stamps.
Although they clearly have their differences, there is one thing all candidates for the Gainesville city commission can agree on: spending must be cut.
Two was company Tuesday night at the first Community Emergency Response Team class at the Alachua County Emergency Operations Center.
When thinking of the Civil Rights Movement, Gainesville doesn't immediately come to mind.
Ofelia Schutte's uncle was on his deathbed in Cuba in 2006, but a U.S. law prohibited her from being there for him.
In separate crimes, two UF students were pushed down and robbed late Friday night and early Saturday morning.
Free samples of McCafe coffee drinks will be offered at local McDonald's fast-food restaurants for the month of March.
University Police Department Officer Gene Rodgers saw a man in a lifted black Chevrolet truck swerve, and Rodgers flipped on his lights to reign in the driver.
A Gaston's Tree Service employee was killed Saturday after being electrocuted while working. When the man was dumping mulch with a crane at 21812 N.W. 91st St., the crane accidentally broke a set of power lines, said Alachua County Fire Rescue spokeswoman Carol Davis.
It turns out rock bands have it all wrong. Drums and guitars aren't needed to create modern, catchy music - it just takes a group of voices.
There's a new bowling alley in town, and it's trying to reinvent the business.
A half-mile west of the Devil's Millhopper, Ed Kellerman stood in his living room crammed with electric guitars, amplifiers and drums, glued to his TV screen with his son, Dillon, watching replays of his son's basketball game.
Frances Kirkpatrick felt like she was entering a lottery as she waited in line at a local antique roadshow Saturday.
ORLANDO - No more cuts.
Five underage drinkers were arrested Wednesday when GPD officers did a routine check of bars in midtown.
After Peaceful Paths, which aids battered women, burned down early Wednesday morning, a UF club reached out.
What's blue and white and crashes your party at 3 a.m.?
A failing economy may be your lifeline.
Editors Note: Shelbi Day of Equality is Gainesville's Business and Jim Gilbert of Citizens for Good Public Policy debate the merits of Charter Amendment 1, which will appear on the ballot for the Gainesville City Elections held March 24.