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Five things you need to know, Friday, March 18

Our sources say this is great fun: “Carmina Burana,” by Dance Alive National Ballet, 7:30 p.m. at the Phillips Center, 3201 Hull Road. Tickets $22-42, $17 for children.

 

Zagster bike-rental operation set to start May 2

Gainesville residents will soon have the option to rent public bicycles at a low rate, thanks to a city partnership with Zagster, a bike-rental enterprise that recently brought the program to Lakeland.

 

Above-budget project OK'd for Tumblin' Creek facility

More than $1.8 million has been set aside to build a new Tumblin' Creek watershed management facility to help control the water quality of Bivens Arm lake.

 

Best Bets for the weekend

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Patticakes OK'd for Bo Diddley Plaza spot

Haile Village Center’s Patticakes will debut its second location at the renovated Bo Diddley Plaza, Gainesville City commissioners decided Thursday, approving a lease agreement.

 

UF's patient simulator breathes, reacts like the real thing

They call him standard man, or “Stan” for short.

 

Food truck planned for city property in Duval Community

Kipp Hayes said his food truck would likely open in the next 45 to 60 days on a vacant lot in the southeast corner of Northeast Eighth Avenue and 15th Street.

 

Lawyers give pending alimony law mixed reviews

Critics have called for Gov. Rick Scott to veto recently passed legislation that would overhaul Florida’s divorce policies, but local lawyers say judges still could have some flexibility in alimony and custody issues even if the bill becomes law.

 

Idylwild Elementary supports girl with illness

Idylwild Elementary School will have a pep rally and fun run this morning for students to support Kylie Galloway-Soto, a fourth-grader fighting Hodgkin lymphoma.

 

Court gets ready to delve into Brown's district

A federal court will hear arguments next week in Congresswoman Corrine Brown's battle against a redistricting plan that would force her to run in a dramatically reshaped district stretching across 200 miles of North Florida.

 

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