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Lilly Pulitzer store to open in Butler Plaza
By Stephanie Baguidy | July 1, 2013Designer fashion may soon be a little easier to find in Gainesville.
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Auditions for reality TV show to be held on University Ave.
By Trixie Richter | July 1, 2013Gainesville party animals looking to make it on the silver screen may soon have their chance.
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Dogs allowed to dine outdoors with owners downtown
By Hanna Marcus | July 1, 2013For Gainesville residents and restaurant owners, the term ‘doggie bag’ could take on an entirely new meaning.
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Radio genre switch makes waves
By Alexa Volland | July 1, 2013Party 99.5 has been dropping the bass on Gainesville for a month, but some listeners are still adjusting to the loss of conservative talk radio to electronic dance music.
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Sex sting and Bambi Motel scuffle
By Kelcee Griffis | July 1, 2013A Gainesville man was arrested Sunday after police say he held his girlfriend against her will at the Bambi Motel.
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First atheist monument on government property unveiled
By Kelcee Griffis | July 1, 2013STARKE — Church steeples along roads and a Ten Commandments mounment at the courthouse were among the most apparent religious symbols of Starke — until Saturday afternoon, that is.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
UF walk-on arrested
By ADAM LICHTENSTEIN< | July 1, 2013Gainesville Police arrested a UF football player early Saturday morning.
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K-12 EDUCATION
"The Local News" is a great look into sibling life
By Abbie Dorwart | June 21, 2013As anyone with a sibling knows, from an early age we are constantly told to get along with and love him or her.
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Sprint improving local service with 4G LTE
By McKenzie Doll | June 19, 2013Sprint, the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier, announced Monday it has expanded its 4G LTE service to Gainesville and 21 other cities.
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Gainesville mayor looking to expand city internships
By Hanna Marcus | June 19, 2013For 23-year-old Kaitlin Gwynn, working for the City of Gainesville has been a gateway to opportunity. But the UF alumna who is about to enter graduate school isn’t a staff member — she’s an intern.
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Installation of new bicycle racks downtown pleases local cyclists
By Marjorie Nunez | June 19, 2013Every time Tim Hayes rode his bike to Boca Fiesta, he noticed the bike rack outside the restaurant was full. The handicapped rail at the neighboring Hippodrome State Theatre was loaded with bikes, too.
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Car rental company donates to local Fisher House programming
By Alanna Massey | June 19, 2013A future haven for military families in Gainesville has received more financial help.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
GPD arrests men in Walmart cellphone theft scheme
By Kelcee Griffis | June 19, 2013Three men were arrested Monday night after they were accused of trying to persuade homeless men to steal cellphones from Walmart.
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34th Street Wall polices itself against grafitti
By Garrett Mastronardi | June 17, 2013Ben Meyers said he first saw the word when he drove past the wall on the morning of June 11.
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All campus, some city bus routes take semester break
By Hanna Marcus | June 17, 2013Students and residents will have to alter their usual transportation routes to get from point A to point B between summer terms.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Crime and a crash: milk revenge, weed
By Kelcee Griffis | June 17, 2013A woman was arrested Wednesday after police saidthey found hundreds of names, birth dates and social security numbers written on pages in her car.
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LifeSouth program earns blood license
By Lydia Witschel | June 17, 2013LifeSouth Community Blood Center received approval for a cord blood manufacturing license from the Food and Drug Administration.
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Kids graduate from GPD camp
By Kelcee Griffis | June 17, 2013Although the outline of the officers’ bulletproof vests still showed beneath their blue polos, and guns glared from holsters on their belts, they smiled kindly at the room full of elementary school children jammed into the humid Pine Ridge Community Center.
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Florida’s Future Farmers of America make Gainesville home
By Emily Buchanan | June 17, 2013The Florida branch of Future Farmers of America will soon call Gainesville its home.
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iPhone, uPhone: majority of Americans own smartphones
By Trixie Richter | June 17, 2013Most Americans now own smartphones.
