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Rebecca Nyros has attended the Hoggetowne Medieval Faire on and off since her daughter began middle school in 2014.
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Rebecca Nyros has attended the Hoggetowne Medieval Faire on and off since her daughter began middle school in 2014.
Flocks of families, friends and fabled characters gathered at Depot Park Jan. 27-28 to revel in warm weather and high spirits at the 37th annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire.
Gov. Ron DeSantis approved $75 million for UF’s proposed Jacksonville campus amid half-a-million dollar budget vetoes.
Stepping beyond the gray archway at Hoggetowne Medieval Faire, visitors were immediately transported from Gainesville into the Middle Ages.
Newberry’s agricultural history started with watermelon. The new UF/IFAS and Alachua County Extension Office continues celebrating its agricultural heritage and fondness for summer fruit.
Fifteen-year-old Ella Prine and her rabbit, Harry, waited all year for the Alachua County Youth Fair and Livestock Show. On Saturday morning, they won a blue ribbon for Best in Class, a prize awarded to the best rabbit of its breed.
Marilee Griffin walked into the Martin Luther King Jr. Multipurpose Center on Oct. 5, 2019, sat on the creaky, dark blue bleachers and buckled her shiny, dark red skateboard helmet.
Gainesville will take its annual trip back in time through the festivities of the Hoggetowne Medieval Faire — only this year, it will be online.
With Thanksgiving approaching, local nonprofits are focused on feeding the hungry through the holiday season.
At least two nights a week, Lily Jane Woodard would slip out of her work clothes and put on pads, a mouth guard, skates with red wheels and a blue helmet detailed with a glittering white star.
Anna Prizzia is an alum of the Peace Corps and director of the UF Field and Fork Program, an initiative within the pantry that aims to solve food insecurity among students. She received her master’s degree in wildlife ecology and conservation at UF and moved to Alachua County in 2000.
Scherwin Henry couldn't have chosen a better place to raise his family.
The end of the semester is in sight, and the promise of summer is only growing sweeter. The air is warmer, and the days are longer. You decide to take advantage and make your way to Paynes Prairie to watch the sunset. You’ve been in the library all day struggling to get ahead before final exams and projects consume your life.
Fabian Fontenelle, 59, speaks to visitors at his booth Saturday during the Gainesville Native American Festival at the Alachua County Fairgrounds, 3100 NE 39th Ave. Fontenelle is from the Zuni and Omaha tribes and lives in the village of Zuni in New Mexico. “We feel it’s very important to share culture and tradition but not to give away what’s private and sacred,” he said.
Jose Hernandez, a performer from Iztacalco, Mexico, stares down the camera Saturday after performing a traditional Mashika dance during the inaugural Gainesville Native American Festival at the Alachua County Fairgrounds, 3100 NE 39th Ave. The event celebrated Native American culture with a variety of performances and vendors, and hundreds of people attended the event.
Jose Hernandez, a performer from Iztacalco, Mexico, stares down the camera Saturday after performing a traditional Mashika dance during the inaugural Gainesville Native American Festival at the Alachua County Fairgrounds, 3100 NE 39th Ave. The event celebrated Native American culture with a variety of performances and vendors, and hundreds of people attended the event.
The rhythm of the drums drew in a crowd as a Native American couple stomped to a Northern Plains song at the Alachua County Fairgrounds this weekend.
The Alachua County Fair is in limbo because of unpaid charges. However, those charges may not have been properly calculated.