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Alachua Habitat for Humanity has named longtime residential home builder David Weiss as its new Chief Operations Officer. Mr. Weiss started in early November in the position that was created when Executive Director Scott Winzeler was promoted to Chief Outreach and Development Officer earlier this year. While Mr. Winzeler will focus on developing the resources...

UF Health is one step closer to opening its newest freestanding emergency room, which will soon provide convenient access to high-quality health care in Wildwood and surrounding communities as the demand for services continues to grow. Health officials and local community and government leaders celebrated with a ribbon-cutting and open house for the UF Health...

Alachua County Fire Rescue Deputy Chief Jeff Taylor has obtained the designation of Executive Fire Officer from the National Fire Academy.  Founded over 35 years ago, the program has graduated over 4300 fire officers internationally with some 1700 still on active duty. The Executive Fire Officer Program provides senior fire officers with a broad perspective...

Many viruses are master manipulators, hijacking cellular functions to propagate, spread and avoid elimination by their hosts’ immune system. Now, University of Florida researcher Sumita Bhaduri-McIntosh, M.D., Ph.D., has discovered how the common, cancer-causing Epstein-Barr virus does just that by using a complex of proteins to emerge from a dormant state and begin replicating. The...

With the debut of the Sunshine State Book Festival, January 24 – 26, 2020, the cultural landscape of north central Florida will become fuller, richer, more complete and more interesting. The Sunshine State Book Festival is a much needed and long-overdue event offering three days of FREE literary action-packed enrichment for readers of all genres...

The University of Florida has named 12 UF faculty members as Trust Consortium Scholars and funded two post-doctoral associate positions as part of the University’s Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology initiative. The scholars include faculty from four UF colleges studying the issues of trust from multiple perspectives. Projects include examinations of the effects...

The Florida Beverage Association (FBA) has announced the fifth year of its Community Grant Program. FBA is the state trade association representing non-alcoholic beverage producers, marketers, bottlers, and distributors. “The Florida Beverage Association and its members are eager to build upon our commitment to the communities we serve by awarding grants to local programs that...

Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV) and Maria Rizzo of Sugar, Refined (www.sugar-refined.com), a bakery in Newberry, Fla., have won Anna Aero Magazine’s prestigious 2019 “Cake of the Year” contest, beating out eleven other international competitors, for their inaugural “GNV, DFW and the World” cake. GNV received the announcement from Anna Aero’s editors, who said “As you’re...

Site clearing and construction has commenced on an approximately 42,000 square foot FedEx distribution facility at the City of Gainesville’s Airport Industrial Park.  The project involves a $9 million capital investment and will replace a similar facility in north central Gainesville. It is anticipated that the project will lead to the creation of 80+ total...

King Celebration ’20 sponsored by the Martin Luther King, Jr., Commission of Florida, Inc is January 12th – 20th in Gainesville/Alachua County. This year marks the 36th Year of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Commission of Florida, Inc. established in 1984. The mission of the MLK Commission is to continue the legacy of Dr. Martin...