Gainesville’s Best New Coffee Shop?

My argument for not supporting the local coffee shop more (Maude’s) was because the internet sucked and it wasn’t bright enough inside. That’s why I always ended up at Starbucks.

But now there is a new player in town. Volta Coffee is located just a few more blocks from my house and has fast (and free) internet, and perfectly sunlit with huge windows. And they even have Mexican Coke (with sugar not corn syrup).

It’s located at 48 SW 2nd Street in the bottom floor of the parking garage and right next door to Club Decadence (the fake strip club where they don’t actually get naked).

Gainesville Libraries To Start Charging Late Fees

I always used to brag to people that our library was better than theirs because they trusted us SO MUCH that they didn’t have to charge late fees. Looks like that wasn’t working though… (I admit I return half of the books I check out late, doh).

For so long the county’s public library has been lax about the due dates of its books. But now its looking to run things a bit more “by the book.” The Alachua County Library is setting up a system to charge for items returned past the due date. Working with a company known as Unique Management to help retrieve over due books, the library is hoping booklovers will bring books, DVD, CD’s and art back on time. Marketing and Public Relations Manager for the library district, Angela Harris says it is technically not a late fee and that that it has become a common practice all over the nation.

Unique Management will take over phone calls and notices for books that are late for more than 60 days.

She adds when someone tries to clear their account in person, they would have to pay for lost materials as well as a 10 dollar fee. Harris says the fee will not stop people from visiting the library.

Source: am850 News