Forum raises concerns about girls in juvenile system
By JESSICA PONN | Jan. 17, 2008Leaders in the fight for juvenile justice met Thursday morning to present new research about the experiences of girls in Florida's justice system.
Leaders in the fight for juvenile justice met Thursday morning to present new research about the experiences of girls in Florida's justice system.
The maze of traffic cones and orange netting along Southwest Depot Avenue will continue to close the road off to traffic through Monday, according to Gina Hawkins, City of Gainesville Public Works Department spokeswoman.
Absentee ballots and early voting have given local registered voters the chance to skip the winding lines at bustling poll stations.
Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan began the fourth annual State of the City address Wednesday by thanking the City Commission and the citizens of Gainesville for their passion and teamwork in 2007.
The Gainesville City Commission will meet tonight to discuss plans for a one-stop homeless center in Alachua County.
About 200 registered voters, including a large percentage of college-aged residents, filled an Emerson Alumni Hall auditorium Wednesday night for the Gainesville City Commission Candidates' Forum.
Every time Mark Musselman, a UF engineering senior, huffs and puffs up the 68 steps to his fifth-floor apartment, he can only think of one thing: the elevator.
A man crashed his car into a utility pole on West University Avenue on Monday, causing major traffic backups on the busy road as well as power outages for about 600 nearby residents.
A highly toxic chemical that has faced strong opposition from farmers and chemists nationwide after it was approved as a pesticide is being reviewed today by the Florida Department of Agriculture in the Reitz Union.
Gainesville churches that nourish the homeless will be able to continue their work undeterred.
Wintertime for developers of two of University Avenue's most promising condo projects has meant more than bigger jackets and heating bills.
One glance at Kyle Robisch's Facebook profile will tell you the UF freshman cheers for almost every Detroit sports team, scored a 99 percent for extraversion on a personality test and supports Sen. Barack Obama, a Democrat from Illinois, for president.
Though temperatures this winter season have been abnormally high, meteorologists expect cold weather for the remainder of the week.
Sometimes during Gainesville's summer and fall, the sun becomes so unbearably hot on Newell Drive that Sarfaraz Suleman, a UF sophomore, has to improvise while waiting for the bus.
As part of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday celebration, UF is planning several events over the next week to commemorate the achievements of the civil rights activist.
Gainesville may soon require towing companies to post in their offices a complete list of the rights of those they tow.
Editor's Note: Gainesville Police found the body of a UF student who committed suicide earlier this month. We reported otherwise in Monday's Alligator.
It took many late nights and working between full-time shifts at the Gainesville Police Department.
Thirty miles outside of Gainesville, in the back right corner of Storage Unit 91, lay every high school girl's dream.