Early voters flocked to the polls during the past month in what is already being called a record-breaking pre-election rush, county officials said this weekend.
Aside from this election's open votes for the executive, legislative and judicial branches, six state amendments and three county referenda will be decided by Alachua County voters. Proposed amendments require 60 percent of voter support before being approved.
The place is an alcoholic and a hippie, a scenester and a sports star, a handbag-crazy nature freak as at ease in the library as in a disco.
The city is chock-full of historic locales, pillars of the government and beautiful, towering monuments to the nation's heroes.
Note: This is the third part in a three-part series on "going green".
This story is the second in a three-part series on the trend of "going green."
Sitting outside of a coffee shop, Hanna Moerland sipped from a cup of tea and reflected on her state of reverse culture shock.
This story is the first in a three-part series on the trend of "going green."
He started in elementary school with fist fights and marijuana joints.
A city with no "help wanted" signs, zero classified ads and no applications. A desk covered in backed-up bills and a car with an empty tank of gas. A passing dream of a loyal paycheck.
Some people watch TV as a way to rest their minds and avoid meaningful conversations after a hard day.
Benjamin Hebblethwaite stared at Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous words from his "I Have a Dream" speech displayed on the computer screen.
Josh Kaplan waited in line for six hours when the iPhone came out in June 2007 and was able to get one the same day.
Putting pain into words can be difficult.
If subleasing in Gainesville was a club, it would be the type of club where you have to know someone to get in.
The night ended with a rhythmic reggae beat pulsing through thick, humid Florida air.
Most people have to get oil changes every three months.
Stephen Cypen said it took him about 30 seconds after seeing a letter from UF\'s Documentary Institute to make the decision to donate $200,000 for an upcoming film about a Holocaust victim.
When it comes to filming documentaries, Boaz Dvir and Rebecca Goldman are fast learners -as fast as 60 mph.
Patty Dingman and Anuk do not miss an episode of "Grey's Anatomy."
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