Frustrated questions regarding the closure of Shands at Alachua General Hospital went unanswered as Timothy Goldfarb, Shands CEO, was not present at a special meeting held by the Alachua County Commission on May 5.
Despite a dwindling budget, the Gainesville City Commission will still focus on purchasing conservation land and renovating public buildings in the new year.
Gainesville voters will be able to decide in the March 24 election whether city residents should be protected from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Expansion plans for the Gainesville Police Department downtown headquarters are inching closer to reality.
Food from the local farmers market may not always be "Fresh from Florida."
Tracy Scott, a full-time employee at Shands at AGH, sat in the back pew Monday night at the PASSAGE Family Church with her 5-year-old daughter, Taylor.
Kelly Addington can only recall bits and pieces of the Saturday night she was raped. It was 1998, and Addington was a senior in college.
Although Tony James of Gainesville has been out on the streets for about a week, he said it lifts his spirit to know that others are trying to help.
Job opportunities have brought several residents to Gainesville, but unique offerings like the world's second-largest butterfly collection are what made them stay.
Sarah Palin is asking Florida for a job.
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