County Commission approves QTI request for Encell Technology
In a 4-1 vote on Tuesday, the County Commission approved a request from Encell Technology, Inc., a manufacturing company based in Alachua County, to participate in the Qualified Target Industry (QTI)...
View ArticleCommission debates Chamber meeting
Thursday’s City Commission meeting began with more than an hour and a half of debate on the timing of the Chamber of Commerce’s July 17 public meeting on its energy study group and the impacts of...
View ArticleNo. 2 county manager candidate may be next Brevard County manager
Stockton Whitten, the deputy county manager in Brevard County and Alachua County’s No. 2 pick for county manager, may be groomed to take Brevard County’s top job since its current county manager plans...
View ArticleEx-county manager candidate Stockton Whitten to be Brevard’s next manager
Alachua County’s No. 2 choice for county manager, Stockton Whitten, is expected to become Brevard County’s next county manager. Whitten, currently Brevard’s deputy county manager, was the Alachua...
View Article“The Ed Braddy show”
The City Commission meeting started with disagreement over the Chamber of Commerce ad hoc committee studying Gainesville Regional Utilities. The City Commission voted Thursday to schedule a workshop on...
View ArticleAlachua County first in state for traditional recycling rate once again
For the third consecutive year, Alachua County ranked first in the state in terms of counties’ traditional recycling rates with a rate of 54 percent. Leon and Putnam counties were also among the top 10...
View ArticleTesty exchanges among commissioners
There were some testy exchanges late Thursday evening at the City Commission meeting. Commissioner Susan Bottcher recalled the meeting of two weeks ago. Late that night, during that meeting’s testy...
View ArticleUF President Machen supported county’s changes to human rights ordinance
On Tuesday, the Alachua County Commission approved amendments to its human rights ordinance that, among other things, prohibited discrimination based on an individual’s sexual orientation and gender...
View ArticleGOP lands Malkin, Scott for BBQ
Update: An earlier version of this blog gave the incorrect day of the week for the event. The Alachua County Republican Party is bringing in conservative political columnist, author and FOX News...
View ArticleGREC sparks noise complaints
Some residents of the Turkey Creek Golf and Country Club have expressed concerns to city and county officials about the noise from the biomass plant. Here is an email one resident, Russ Pisano, sent...
View ArticleBraddy meets with Scott on GCI
Gainesville Mayor Ed Braddy met with Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday to continue the city’s effort to lobby state officials for expedited use of the shuttered Gainesville Correctional Institution as the...
View ArticleNew October support group for LGBT survivors of intimate partner violence
Starting late next month, the Alachua County Victim Services and Rape Crisis Center will offer a support group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender survivors of intimate partner violence. The...
View ArticleTurkey Creek wants GREC shut down
Citing concerns over noise, air pollution and truck traffic, residents of the Turkey Creek Golf and Country Club say they want the biomass plant shut down. On Monday, the community’s homeowners’...
View ArticleReception tonight for 2014 County Comm. candidate Harvey Ward Jr.
Harvey Ward Jr., a Democrat who has registered to run for the District 2 seat of the Alachua County Commission in 2014, is getting an early start to his campaign. There will be a meet-and-greet...
View ArticleCounty collecting waste vegetable oil for biodiesel at fairs, festivals
Alachua County will collect waste vegetable oil from food vendors at upcoming fairs and festivals that it can use to produce biodiesel fuel. At the Alachua County Fair, which ended Oct. 26, the county...
View ArticleIn Facebook video, Commissioner Hutchinson tries e-cigarette for first time
Alachua County Commissioner Robert “Hutch” Hutchinson has spoken positively of a draft ordinance on e-cigarettes the County Commission is considering that would prohibit their sale to minors, ban...
View ArticleFla. Assoc. of Counties regional meeting Friday in Gainesville
The Florida Association of Counties is developing a new five-year strategic plan and will host its first regional meeting of the year for this process in Gainesville this Friday. The meeting will start...
View ArticleBlackburn asks employees to avoid city politics
With Gainesville City Commission elections approaching in March, City Manager Russ Blackburn is asking employees to avoid city politics. Blackburn sent out a memo this week requesting that employees...
View ArticleNew County Comm. candidate resigns from CAPP advisory board
Ken Cornell, a local real estate broker and Democrat who is running for the County Commission seat presently held by Republican Commissioner Susan Baird, has resigned from the Community Agency...
View ArticleCrist visiting UF to criticize Scott on early voting
Former Republican Governor and current Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist plans to visit the University of Florida campus next Wednesday to criticize incumbent Republican Rick Scott over...
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