
Gainesville
A city in Alachua County, Florida — population 135,004 as of 2020.
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Brooks tops field for KHHS in girls golf win
Aubrey Brooks earned medalist honors for the second time in three matches as the Keystone Heights High School girls golf team defeated host Gainesville on Sept. 8 at Ironwood Golf Course. The Indians had a team score of 232 to Gainesville’s 286. Brooks made par on three holes in…
Local SportsIn a match of top-notch cross country athletes and former teammates, it was Interlachen Junior-Senior High School senior standout Paislee Guessford beating former teammate and Palatka Junior-Senior High sophomore Agatha Wigham after Guessford took 15th and Wigham was 30th at the…
Local Sports
Daily News Publisher Rusty Starr dead at 71
The bench on Third Street sits empty, missing the man who was known to sit on it and talk with his employees or greet passersby who would see a friendly smile and stop to chat. That man was Rusty Starr, publisher of the Palatka Daily News, who died Sept. 13 at HCA North Florida…
Obituaries
Gainesville City Commission discusses housing, adopts annual assessments, approves tentative property tax rates and budget
At the September 10 General Policy Committee and special budget meetings, the Gainesville City Commission heard a housing update; approved annual fire, solid waste, and stormwater assessment fees; and approved a tentative budget and property tax rates on first reading.
Government & Civic
Legal Notices for 9-17-26
Bradford Suwannee River Water Management District Declaration of Phase II Water Shortage The Suwannee River Water Management District (District) has issued a Phase II Water Shortage Order, WSO 26-004 for water uses within all Counties located in the District, including all…
Government & Civic
Column: VBIII Was In The Zone
GAINESVILLE – Practically from the moment the Florida Gators grabbed the football on offense, their opponents from Buies Creek, North Carolina were overwhelmed, even if they did take a 3-0 lead. One drive in and quarterback Aaron Philo scored on a 3-yard run to make it 7-3. The…
GeneralIn and around Gainesville
Eat, drink & stay
- [inactive] Zeezenia Kitchen & Market
- 2-Bits Lounge
- ABC Motel
- 1000 Degrees Pizza Salad Wings
- 6th Street North
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Gainesville by the numbers
- Median age
- 26.5
- Households
- 59,816
- Persons per household
- 2.1
- Median household income
- $46,195
- Median house value
- $247,500
- Office
- CITY MANAGER
- Address
- PO BOX 490, GAINESVILLE, FL 32627