GNV News Wrap for Monday, December 18, 2023

Topics covered in today's edition:

Gainesville city manager warns of more budget cuts
Gainesville Fire Rescue battles two Thursday blazes
GRU Power Outage: Nearly 5000 In Gainesville, Florida Without Power
GRU Authority votes to search for new general manager despite vote not to fire existing GM
Form 6 is causing resignations and controversy across the state
Infotech selling headquarters building in Celebration Pointe
Sweet Dreams ice cream shop in Gainesville to close after 19 years in business
Alachua County students sweep thespian competition
Morgan Freeman attends UF graduation for granddaughter
Residents gathered to help beautify Downtown Gainesville
Flight from Gainesville delayed after bomb threat at Fort Lauderdale Airport
La Fiesta Mexican Restaurant will now remain open due to 'incredible local community'
UF-led group develops new tools to track illicit nuclear materials
UF study: bilingual skills may enhance attention control
'Cease Violence in the Hood' held in East Gainesville
Unity and infrastructure focus of Micanopy mayor’s first months in office
Still an Enchanted Land?

Gainesville city manager warns of more budget cuts - Mainstreet Daily News

Curry says city may not provide same support to local organizations.

Gainesville city manager warns community organizations of funding cuts - WCJB

The city manager warned dozens of organizations funding could be cut off in the next fiscal year due to budget concerns.

Gainesville Fire Rescue battles two Thursday blazes - Mainstreet Daily News

Firefighters battled an NW 16th Street apartment fire and an NW 18th Place residential home fire on Thursday evening.

GRU Power Outage: Nearly 5000 In Gainesville, Florida Without Power - Times Now World

Nearly 5000 people in Gainesville, Florida faced a power outage on Sunday, Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) said in a post on X, platform formerly known as Twitter. The multi-service utility, which is the 5th largest municipal electric utility in Florida, added that workers are trying to implement fixes.

GRU Authority votes to search for new general manager despite vote not to fire existing GM - The Gainesville Sun

Chair Craig Carter told authority members that he believes the bill that established the authority, HB-1645, requires them to negotiate a contract with a permanent general manager. He said he felt that although they agreed not to fire Cunningham, they needed to negotiate a permanent contract with him or begin a search for a permanent employee.

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Form 6 is causing resignations and controversy across the state - WCJB

The controversy is making waves statewide. Media outlets across Florida are reporting resignations in Pinellas and Pasco counties as well.

Infotech selling headquarters building in Celebration Pointe - The Gainesville Sun

Before moving to Celebration Pointe in 2017, Infotech had been located inside the Florida Farm Bureau building since 1984.

Sweet Dreams Ice Cream in Gainesville going out of business - WCJB

Sweet Dreams Ice Cream announced on social media they are "closing after 19 years."

Sweet Dreams ice cream shop in Gainesville to close after 19 years in business - The Gainesville Sun

The ice cream shop's owner said soaring costs and debts incurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have been too much to overcome.

Alachua County students sweep thespian competition - Mainstreet Daily News

High school and middle school students will move to state competitions in spring.

Morgan Freeman attends UF graduation for granddaughter - WCJB

Legendary actor Morgan Freeman shared the stage at the University of Florida's graduation ceremony with his granddaughter.

'We want to clean it up': Residents gathered to help beautify Downtown Gainesville

Commissioner Ed Book organized a downtown refresh event with the goal of making the downtown area more beautiful.

Flight from Gainesville delayed after bomb threat at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport - WCJB

The Silver Airways was halted after someone said they had a bomb at terminal one.

La Fiesta announced they will remain open - WCJB

Owners of La Fiesta announced on their last day, today, that they would be staying open for the foreseeable future.

La Fiesta Mexican Restaurant will now remain open due to 'incredible local community' - The Gainesville Sun

On top of the decision to remain open, La Fiesta also announced plans to update its food and bar menus.

UF-led group develops new tools to track illicit nuclear materials - Mainstreet Daily News

Federal government gave $26 million to the work.

UF study: bilingual skills may enhance attention control - The Mainstreet Daily News

Researcher says language learning is always a positive.

'Cease Violence in the Hood' held in East Gainesville - WCJB

The 'Cease Violence in the Hood' event was held for the second time in a neighborhood in East Gainesville with a history of violence.

Unity and infrastructure focus of Micanopy Mayor Jiana Williams's first months in office - WUFT News

As the first Black, female mayor of Micanopy, Jiana Williams, 37, often thinks about what her late grandmother, Willie Mae Stokes who used to clean houses around the town, would say if she could see her now.

Still an Enchanted Land? - WUFT News

The trees that drew Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings to Cross Creek-citrus-now imperiled at her former home. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings standing at the garden gate in her orange grove. (Courtesy of Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.)

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GRU Authority votes to search for new general manager despite vote not to fire existing GM - The Gainesville Sun

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