Red-and-white mailboxes reading “North Pole Express” will be placed throughout Gainesville for the next week to collect letters for Santa Claus.
Jess Hardy and Katherine Triplett met while working at a primate sanctuary.
While the nation’s fate hung in the balance Tuesday night, Sara Riehm went soundly to sleep, knowing all would be fine in the morning.
As punk rock fans piled into Gainesville for Fest on Friday, local businesses prepared for some of the year’s highest sales numbers.
The previously plain wall outside Leonardo’s 706 was covered in green, orange and blue paint Friday afternoon.
A panel of four street artists from across the country spoke to a crowd of about 20 people Tuesday at the Civic Media Center, discussing how their murals have changed the fabrics of urban communities.
West University Avenue resembled a moving rainbow Saturday afternoon, with hundreds of people carrying colorful flags as they marched for LGBTQ+ pride.
After coauthoring a biography about Grammy-award-winning soul singer Curtis Mayfield — whose music influenced the civil rights movement — a UF alumnus will sign copies of his recently published book today.
With reports of clown sightings in Gainesville over the past two weeks, a local costume-store owner expects a surge in clown-related sales at his three stores across the city.
For parents grieving the loss of a child, a Gainesville woman is offering support.
Tamaria Henderson rides her bicycle to support Metamorphosis of Alachua County, the treatment center where she currently lives and battles her alcohol addiction. “You have to want it,” the 20-year-old said.
Carly Breitbart / Alligator One-third of the treatment center’s 21 current residents participated in the race. AJ Tatum, the founder of the nonprofit Active For Recovery, said he organized the race because bicycling helped him beat his own addiction. “It brought more fun to life,” the 32-year-old said. “It kept the adrenaline going instead of being high.”
Tamaria Henderson rides her bicycle to support Metamorphosis of Alachua County, the treatment center where she currently lives and battles her alcohol addiction. “You have to want it,” the 20-year-old said.
Jill Dumas, a 39-year-old Gainesville resident, sells raffle tickets to festival attendees during the Labor Daze Fest on Sunday. The grand prize winner received up to $500 of their power bill paid for by Gainesville Regional Utilities.
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