When Amanda Brown was 8 years old, she was gifted a sparkling new bike. Even though the sparkle faded, Brown rode the bike all the way through her undergraduate and graduate studies at UF.
This Wednesday, Gainesville locals can participate in a tree-planting project to commemorate National Bike Month, which is held in May.
Despite fewer UF students living in Gainesville during the summer, the Union Street Farmers Market keeps its liveliness.
Solar-powered lights will be installed at 24 Regional Transport System bus stops in the Greater Gainesville area by the end of June. The Federal Transit Administration will fund the $36,120 project to improve visibility and safety at each location, according to a press release.
Get Air! will open its first Florida location in Gainesville, and it recently added 10,000 square feet to its original construction plan.
As part of an American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists’ event, the UF Small Animal Hospital will provide free eye exams to certified therapy and service dogs Friday.
In just a few months, the community will gain a 32-acre urban park and, hopefully, a boost to its economy and sustainability. Planning for Depot Park began about 20 years ago, and the project is both within its $5.9 million budget and on schedule for a soft opening August 1, said Nathalie McCrate, the project manager for the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency.
Gainesville will celebrate Cofrin Nature Park’s renovations Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. The City of Gainesville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department started ren- ovations in 2003 and closed the park for six months in fall 2015, said Linda Demetropoulos, the nature manager for PRCA.
Though May is Military Appreciation Month, thousands of veterans make use of resources throughout Alachua County all year. About 650 veterans and 160 active-duty students currently attend UF.
Author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings won a Pulitzer Prize before her death in 1953, and now, 63 years later, a rose is registered under her name. Two professors at Florida Southern College – literature professor Keith Huneycutt and rose expert Malcolm Manners – collaborated to make Rawlings’ dream a reality.
A Gainesville man currently faces charges of first-degree child sexual abuse after Gainesville Police, U.S. Marshals and District of Columbia Police worked together to arrest him a week ago.
Richard Rowell’s son, Nolan, had to undergo heart surgery at just three-weeks-old. Doctors diagnosed Nolan with a heart defect while he was still in utero. Consequently, Rowell searched for a support group on Facebook and found Broken Hearts of Florida.
Vincent van Gogh may have enjoyed Kanapaha Botanical Gardens’ observance of the starry night.
On Sunday, the museum, located at 3215 Hull Road, unveiled the Ranching and Wrangling theme, which will run through June 30. The theme is intended to educate visitors on the importance of studying butterflies from different regions.
The St. Francis Pet Care clinic opened its doors in 2007. Its first patient, Baby Girl, belonged to a homeless woman in the community.
This year, the Legislature gave $2.6 million, in addition to the $1 million given to the Department of Animal Sciences last year, for the unit’s expansion, said Geoffrey Dahl, the chair of the Department of Animal Sciences.
“I wish for a world with no hate,” reads Anjali Lloyd’s poem sub- mission. “A world where people do not use their differences as bait.” Lloyd is one of 32 young poetry winners who will read their poems about peace to an audience of roughly 150 people this weekend at the Peace Poetry Reading and Reception event.
Gainesville Police arrested a Gainesville man Tuesday after they said he entered a home — despite the owner’s injunction against him — and hid in a closet, where he was later found with a lit cigarette.
Casual strollers and serious cyclists now have a safe trail to take from Bo Diddley Plaza in downtown Gainesville all the way through to I-75 on Archer Road.
Local authorities said credit card fraud is a consistent problem each year.
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