Newberry News

Published: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 7:51 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 7:51 p.m. Newberry officials have long had plans for their own field of dreams and believe that, if they build it, youth baseball teams will come in droves -- boosting business for local hotels, restaurants and retail shops.

Published: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 10:15 p.m. A large gap exists between transportation needs and funds, Gainesville city commissioners learned last week in a two-hour-long workshop on the future of public transit in Alachua County.

Published: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, October 26, 2009 at 10:33 p.m. A motorcyclist accused of leading a Gilchrist County deputy on a high-speed chase before crashing into the back of a sport utility vehicle Saturday night in Newberry was in serious condition Monday.

Published: Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 10:29 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 10:29 p.m. A motorcyclist fleeing authorities crashed in downtown Newberry Saturday night into the back of another vehicle, seriously injuring the motorcycle driver.

Alachua County may soon see a new industry to save the local economy. Alachua County Delegation is touring the Vulcan Materials Plant today in Newberry to promote the state's concrete industry.

Published: Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 10:42 p.m. In a letter dated Sept.

One of two men who assaulted another man while shouting anti-gay epithets outside the Westend Package Bar in Newberry, Florida, near Gainesville, in early September, has been arrested and charged.

Published: Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 12:34 a.m. The haunted ghouls, goblins and monsters are coming out of their hiding places for Halloween, and the farms of North Central Florida are ready.

Published: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 6:56 p.m. Morning crash blocks traffic on Archer Road One person was seriously injured in a three-vehicle crash on Archer Road in which a car and a sport utility vehicle collided head-on Tuesday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.

I missed the 58th Annual Watermelon Festival in Newberry a couple of weeks ago, spending more time than I planned in the neighboring Alachua County town of High Springs.

A 31-year-old man was attacked by two men who yelled anti-gay epithets on the night of September 3 outside the Westend Package Bar in Newberry, Florida, the North Florida Herald reports : "The Gainesville man, a 31-year-old white male, was badly beaten after several people questioned his sexual orientation, [Officer Steve] Maynard said.

Mayoral candidate Bill Foster is being targeted by a Newberry, Fla., political organization that says Foster voted to raise property taxes eight times while on the City Council.

An area business is being investigated by the state-- because of a phone call made to TV20.T Tiffany Hester of Newberry claimed she bought a scooter that's not supposed to be sold in Florida-- from "Southern Scooters and ATV" in northwest Gainesville.

An area business is being investigated by the state-- because of a phone call made to TV20.T Tiffany Hester of Newberry claimed she bought a scooter that's not supposed to be sold in Florida-- from "Southern Scooters and ATV" in northwest Gainesville.

Claire penned 'Preserved to Serve' to provide guidance regarding the healing powers of nature and the lifestyle changes necessary to improve emotional and physical wellness.

Published: Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 17, 2009 at 11:07 p.m. The city of Newberry is losing $3.5 million in federal and state grants because private financing for an ambitious food research and manufacturing park expected to create 250 jobs has fallen through - at least for the time being.

A light rain didn't matter. Crones' Cradle Conserve What: Working organic farm and retreat Where: 6411 N.E. 217th Place, Citra.

About 150 people crowded into a new library and neighborhood resource center in northeast Gainesville on Wednesday afternoon to celebrate its official opening.

Published: Friday, July 3, 2009 at 12:33 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, July 3, 2009 at 12:33 p.m. Alachua County received heavy downpours today from a storm that entered from the Trenton and Newberry area, headed east and is leaving the county toward the southeast.

Published: Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 5:11 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 5:11 p.m. Proposals to ease the traffic crunch in Newberry by creating a grid of new streets were reviewed Saturday morning by residents, who said efforts to divert cars and trucks off Newberry Road are sorely needed.