Metro General Assignment reporter Julia Miller is a freshman journalism student at UF working as a general asignment reporter on the metro desk. This is her first semester with The Alligator and in her free time, she enjoys watching movies, reading, and spending time with her friends.
The Alachua County Commission approved additional funding for road repairs and repealed regulations for firearms in a meeting Tuesday.
UF Student Government’s Supreme Court met Wednesday to address Hope Party members’ complaints surrounding absentee voting and Innovation Academy students’ voting rights. Tyler Sklar, Hope’s ethics and accountability chair, first filed a case Sept. 27 arguing the votes cast in his absentee ballot were only partially counted in the Fall election.
At a Monday hearing, the elections commission unanimously dismissed Hope Party’s complaints accusing Vision of bribing Greek life students to vote in its favor.
Local candidates shared their views, priorities and plans for office during a midterm forum hosted by the Bob Graham Center for Public Service Sunday.
The Alachua County Commission voted against resident-funded repairs to Totem Pole Road and requested a proposal to repair a road in southwest Gainesville Tuesday.
Just 39 minutes after Rudy Marquez’s car was towed, Superior Towing handed him a $410 bill. The 20-year-old Santa Fe College computer science junior said he didn’t have enough time or money to walk away unscathed.
About 200 eventgoers roamed rows of tents, bouncy houses and food trucks at the second annual Sweet Potato Festival in the Waldo City Square Saturday. While the sun beat down overhead, hints of barbecue and kettle corn filled the air.
Every afternoon, Crystal Hampton leaves work to pick up her sixth grader from school. Hampton, a single mother, picks her daughter up from the Extended Day Enrichment Program, which her child attends at an additional cost, and drops her off at their home before returning to work.
The Gainesville Housing Authority, a local organization that provides safe, affordable housing and community programs to residents, held its fourth annual Celebration of Success on Saturday.
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