Local family chosen for home makeover
By NICOLE GREINER | Dec. 7, 2009Residents of Northeast Seventh Street will see a bit of a change during the next week as “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” takes over the small neighborhood.
Residents of Northeast Seventh Street will see a bit of a change during the next week as “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” takes over the small neighborhood.
The holidays bring to mind towns frosted in snow, mugs of steaming cocoa, warm sugar cookies and toasty fires.
With soggy weather all around, no TV to watch football on and no late-week finals to wait out, Chyanne gathered her belongings and went home earlier than most in Gainesville.
“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” will make its way to The Gator Nation and surprise one of the five Gainesville families being considered for a total home makeover.
An estimated 500 people flocked downtown for Stompin’ for the Holidays, the fall semester version of Gator Stompin’.
After overeating at Thanksgiving and with stressful finals fast approaching, Gainesville residents might appreciate a Saturday run.
Gators who forgot to sign up for H1N1 vaccines at the Student Health Care Center will have another shot Saturday.
With flu season in full swing and H1N1 cases popping up in campuses all over the nation, officials are urging college students to take time from their busy schedules to get vaccinated.
A student organization promoted sex safe practices and HIV awareness Tuesday night at a benefit in honor of World AIDS day.
Storms developing ahead of the cold front may put a large area of north and central Florida at risk for severe weather, according to a press release issued by the Florida Division of Emergency Management.
Gators football coach Urban Meyer announced Tuesday that starter Carlos Dunlap will not play in Saturday’s Southeastern Conference championship game after he was arrested for DUI early Tuesday morning.
In honor of Day With(out) Art/World AIDS Day, city officials said they will cover the solar walk sculptures, concrete statues that represent the solar system, in black.
Cafe Gardens owner Steve McKinney met with landlords Monday to discuss rising rent prices that could determine the future of 33-year-old restaurant.
Lynch Park, formerly a space used largely by the homeless, will get a name change and a makeover, including turning much of the open space into a dog park.
The Gainesville Roller Rebels, a local roller derby league, finished the season Sunday with a 104–90 win over the Tallahassee Rollergirls.
As people recognize the 21st World AIDS Day tomorrow, UF students and blood bank officials are wondering why the FDA has not changed its policy prohibiting blood donations from men who have had sexual contact with other men.
The meal will be served by volunteers to at least 500 in the homeless community.
After nearly 30 years of business, the curtains will close at Center Stage Costumes & Magic.
Regional Transit System routes will change for the Thanksgiving holiday.
With the economy in shambles and unemployment rates at their highest since the early 1980s, the face of hunger is changing in Alachua County.