Commissioner Ed Braddy has been on the Gainesville City Commission for six years now, but he says it feels like a thousand.
When Commissioner Rick Bryant steps down May 12 after five years on the Gainesville City Commission, he hopes someone else will step up on behalf of small businesses.
Ten years ago Thursday, Dorian Handros was sprawled on his back in a ditch on the outskirts of Gainesville, submerged in muddy water with his Honda sport motorcycle blanketing his body.
With the approach of today's Pennsylvania presidential primary - the first Democratic primary since March 11 - campaigning by both candidates has gotten aggressive.
City commissioners voted 5-2 at a special meeting Monday night to change the land-use designation for the location of a proposed one-stop homeless center at 3335 N Main Terrace.
After 58 years, Gainesville's Friends of the Library volunteers run their semi-annual book sales like clockwork.
Local green-minded organizations hosted a concert on Sunday to raise awareness about environmental sustainability two days before Earth Day.
They don't make fire marshall rookie cards. There are no "Fastest Extinguished" records used in fantasy leagues. And you may not see a firefighter's face in Sports Illustrated.
When a news story bearing a Homosassa dateline came up on his computer screen three years ago, UF Documentary Institute student Boaz Dvir stopped to read it. News from his small Florida hometown rarely showed up in the national media.
Hundreds of students find their way to the Plaza of the Americas every weekday to eat a $4 vegetarian meal served by the Hare Krishnas.
The smells of kettle corn and Jamaican jerk chicken filled the air over the weekend as local residents and visitors flocked to the 29th annual Fifth Avenue Arts Festival.
Gainesville Police arrested a UF student early Thursday morning after witnesses said they saw him taking items from unlocked cars in an apartment complex on Williston Road.
Anne Voyles, an 80-year-old lifelong Gainesville resident, doesn't hear a lot of good news about money in her line of work - feeding the hungry.
Twenty-five years ago, Richard Heipp's solo art show was exhibited at the Thomas Center. Now his work will adorn its walls again.
The City Commission established restrictions on northeast Gainesville's proposed Hatchet Creek development Wednesday night.
As the latest debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama dominates headlines across the country, one local race for the November general elections is just beginning to heat up.
Instant messaging could be the newest way for victims of sexual assault to find anonymous help.
After being turned down by the city commission in October 2007, the developer of the proposed Hatchet Creek community in northeast Gainesville appealed the decision at Wednesday night's commission meeting.
Einstein's Notes has temporarily stopped selling notes for a UF class after Faulkner Press, the software company used to supplement the course, sued the note-taking service.
The Florida House of Representatives voted unanimously in favor of a bill Wednesday that aims to make buying textbooks more affordable. The bill, introduced by Rep. Anitere Flores, R-Miami, would require state colleges and universities to provide adequate textbook information to students at least 30 days before the first day of classes.
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