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The University of Florida Homecoming & Gator Growl will take place Friday at the Exactech Arena Stephen C. O’Connell Center with doors opening at 6 p.m. Flo Rida will headline this year’s Gator Growl with Danny Wuerffel hosting. There will be a week of celebration at UF including the Homecoming Festival, Gator Gallop, Homecoming Parade...

​With schools starting this week, Alachua County Fire Rescue would like to share important tips about back-to-school safety.    While driving, pay attention to school zones and be sure to follow the speed limit. Be aware of children crossing the street around schools, playgrounds, neighborhoods and other areas. Share the road with buses. Never pass...

The College of Education at the University of Florida continues its six-year tradition of being a national leader in online graduate education. Again, this year, UF is the nation’s top online graduate education degree program according to the 2021 Best Online Programs rankings released by U.S. News & World Report.  UF earned the No. 1...

Other than emergency services, all Alachua County government offices will be closed on December 24, December 25, 2020, and January 1, 2021, in observance of the Christmas and New Year’s Holidays. Curbside Waste Collection/Collection Centers Due to the observance of the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays on Friday, December 25, and January 1, residential...

As the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic continues to escalate, experts are warning of a dire shortage of blood as donors stay home and blood drives across the country are canceled. People should continue to donate blood while taking appropriate precautions and following guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about social distancing and hand...

In business, as in life, optimism rules. You don’t see a local or more widely known entrepreneur to be a pessimist; or why would they believe strongly in the possible, where it is easy to see the impossible? With real estate prices high, people are calling it a bubble ready to burst. Some question new...

Selling homes is quite similar to selling any other product, if your product is good, it speaks for itself. As a realtor, my job is multifunctional.  First, I must help sellers find the BEST version of their home so that I can then create the marketing that will sell that best version. My focus is...

Among otherwise healthy people, a daily dose of aspirin does not save lives and causes additional bleeding, an analysis by University of Florida Health researchers has found. Their meta-analysis of 11 aspirin therapy clinical trials involving more than 157,000 healthy individuals since the 1980s found the drug doesn’t reduce deaths, heart attacks and strokes. Low-dose...

Trust is an essential element in the relationship built between a seller, buyer and his/her real estate agent. In order to establish trust, a real estate agent must add value. “We are not really not motivated by selling houses,” says Craig Wilburn, CRS, GRI, CSP. “We are passionate about adding value to human beings through...

Happy New Year! Are you headed off to the gym to shed unwanted pounds, gain stamina or just breathe better? Have you ever thought of doing the same thing for your career? A career coach can get you unstuck in your career, help you change careers, coach you to the next level or help you...