An alligator visits Burt Silverstein, a 70-year-old cardiologist, interrupting his reading time at Lake Alice on Oct. 5, 2015. He said that the alligators are usually benign, but he “keeps an eye on them.” Silverstein chooses the lake to escape into casual reading because it’s beautiful and quiet.
GFAA Summer Showcase
By Mackenzie Haas | 3:26pm"Joy Comes In The Morning," an acrylic mix media finger painting by Shannon Summerlin, hangs in the Gainesville Fine Arts Association's Summer Showcase exhibit.
Dusty Ray Spencer Execution
By Logan McBride | June 26Protestors demonstrate outside of Raiford State Prison, Thursday, June 25, 2026.
Hispanic Pride
By Henry A. Moore | June 25Queer Hispanic residents of Gainesville find community in Pride this June.





