ALACHUA COUNTY – The calendar may still say summer, but communities across the area are turning their attention to fall, with festivals, car shows, homecomings and Halloween celebrations stretching from September into mid-November. The season gets underway in Waldo with an event centered on one of fall’s most familiar crops. The second annual Waldo Sweet…
ALACHUA – A fitness competition drawing approximately 200 participants, the start of the fall youth soccer season and a Friday night appearance by youth football and cheer athletes highlighted a weekend of recreational activities in Alachua. The largest of the events took place Saturday, Aug. 29, when Go Primal Fitness presented a HYROX simulation at…
Raiders Share in Coach’s Return to His NFL Roots ALACHUA – For Santa Fe High School football players, Saturday night’s trip to Raymond James Stadium offered a glimpse of where the game can lead. For their head coach, it was a return to a place where football had already taken him. Santa Fe Head Football…
ALACHUA – Alachua-based entrepreneur Mitch Glaeser, co-founder of San Felasco Tech City, is taking another step toward building a locally based biotechnology company with a global reach as Synvitta Diagnostics moves its developing medical testing technology closer to commercial-scale production. Synvitta, the Alachua-based diagnostics company co-founded by Glaeser and scientist Rainara Almeida, announced Aug. 13…
ALACHUA– Students at three Alachua schools received new backpacks through a donation from Coca-Cola as the community helped children prepare for the start of the 2026-27 school year. Backpacks were distributed to students at W.W. Irby Elementary School, Alachua Elementary School and A.L. Mebane Middle School, providing students with a back-to-school essential as they returned…
ALACHUA – Downtown Alachua will again fill with live music Friday nights as the Levitt AMP Alachua Music Series returns to Skinner Park for a fall run beginning Aug. 28. The series will feature five consecutive Fridays of blues, reggae, funk, Latin music and a cappella, with performances from 6 to 9 p.m. Admission is…
ALACHUA – A 28-year-old Alachua man has been arrested on a child abuse charge after allegedly pressing a heated lighter against the arm of an 8-year-old girl, leaving two burn marks. Steve Wallace Lanier II was charged with child abuse without great bodily harm. Judge Adam Lee set bail at $20,000. According to an Alachua…
Design Preserves History While Expanding Space ALACHUA– With the former Cleather H. Hathcock, Sr. Community Center now demolished, plans for its replacement have moved from community wish lists and conceptual sketches to detailed architectural drawings, with city officials saying the project is nearing the bidding and construction phase. The Alachua City Commission received an updated…
ALACHUA – Young runners from across the area recently put their endurance to the test as Legacy Park hosted a cross country meet that drew athletes ranging in age from 8 to 17 to the city-owned property. The meet, held on the City of Alachua Recreation & Culture Department’s 105-acre Legacy Park property, featured boys…
34 Years Later, Lions Still Answer the School Bell ALACHUA – As students returned to classrooms across Alachua County on Monday, Aug. 10, members of the Alachua Lions Club were back at W.W. Irby Elementary School continuing a first-day tradition that has lasted more than three decades. For the 34th consecutive year, Lions Club members…
