Alachua Democrat Scarborough drops out of Florida Senate race
Alachua County Democrat Brian Scarborough announced he will end his campaign for the Florida Senate.
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Published: Wed, 09 May 2012 16:40:26 -0700
Gainesville housing market shows steady improvement
Gainesville home sales continued to pick up in April while the slow march toward stabilizing prices suffered a setback, according to figures released Tuesday by Florida Realtors.
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Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 16:24:27 -0700
Political opposites Clay and Alachua joined in new Senate district
At opposite ends of the political spectrum, Alachua and Clay counties are now joined together in the Florida Senate.
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Published: Tue, 01 May 2012 15:09:46 -0700
NCAA Softball Roundup: Florida, Florida State upset in openers
The top-seeded Gators (46-12), playing without three starters because of undisclosed reasons, lost in their NCAA Tournament opener as they were shut down by Florida Gulf Coast's Shelby Morgan, who attended nearby Alachua Santa Fe High.
http://jacksonville.com/sports/college/florida-gators/2012-05-18/story/ncaa-softball-roundup-florida-florida-state-upset
Published: Fri, 18 May 2012 19:38:04 -0700
Plenty of road questions, no happy answers
Glory K. Ruby recently wrote in with several questions about roads in Alachua County, one of which is on Archer Road.
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Published: Sun, 20 May 2012 15:08:44 -0700
State's jobless rate is lowest it's been in 3 years
Gainesville's unemployment rate improved in April as 270 more people found work while Florida's unemployment rate dipped below 9 percent to the lowest level in more than three years.
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Published: Fri, 18 May 2012 12:58:47 -0700
Alachua County not represented on water districts' “stakeholder” group
The St. Johns River and Suwannee River water management districts have formed a “stakeholder committee.”
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Published: Thu, 10 May 2012 16:22:00 -0700
County FCAT scores at or above state average
Days after the state changed the FCAT scoring system for the writing portion of the test, results show Alachua County students were at or slightly better than the state average.
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Published: Fri, 18 May 2012 10:15:36 -0700
Head-on collision in Alachua sends 3 to hospital
Three people were hospitalized Thursday after a two-car head-on collision that closed U.S. 441 in Alachua for more than an hour, authorities said.
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Published: Thu, 10 May 2012 09:58:46 -0700
Florida DT Orr cited; 11th in Muschamp's tenure
Florida defensive tackle Leon Orr violated the terms of his deferred prosecution agreement for his misdemeanor marijuana possession charge by getting cited for knowingly driving with a suspended license on Monday.
http://espn.go.com/colleges/florida/story/_/id/7934888/florida-gators-leon-orr-cited-knowingly-driving-suspended-license
Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 16:03:37 -0700