Sticking to His Guns
(02/24/13 10:48pm)
Mayor Craig Lowe speaks to demonstrators on Bo Diddley Community Plaza on Saturday evening. Read the story on page 8.
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Alachua County learns to eat, grow local foods
(02/11/13 2:15am)
Alachua County residents got a taste of local food with the start of the county’s first Local Food Week this weekend.
Short story series depicts Gainesville scenes
(01/31/13 2:30am)
If disaster hit Gainesville, what would happen?
Survey counts homeless residents
(01/30/13 12:50am)
Where did you sleep Monday night?
Ice rink project frozen due to technical difficulties
(01/07/13 1:30am)
Gainesville residents did not get to enjoy a white Christmas after all.
Bo Diddley Rink
(01/06/13 11:37pm)
Patrick O’Connor, 63, searches a trucking pamphlet for a job as a hired driver on Bo Diddley Community Plaza Sunday afternoon. “I used to go ice skating when I was a little kid,” he said.
Bo Diddley Community Plaza ice rink opening canceled
(12/17/12 2:07pm)
UF students and Gainesville residents will have to hang up their ice skates this year as plans to open a temporary ice rink downtown were canceled Friday.
Man attacks man with cone
(12/04/12 1:00am)
A Gainesville man was arrested early Monday morning after police say he attacked another man with a traffic cone near a downtown plaza.
Plans for Bo Diddley Community Plaza ice skating rink frozen again
(12/04/12 12:55am)
The downtown ice rink, scheduled to open Monday, has been delayed until Midwest Display Inc. gets the rink set up.
Ice rink opening delayed again
(11/30/12 12:16am)
The plans to open an ice rink downtown have been delayed again. But the city hopes to appease any frustrated patrons by offering some holiday fun for free.
Ice Cold
(11/26/12 11:08pm)
Mike Howard, 59, saws bracing to go under the deck of the Plaza Ice Palace skating rink on Bo Diddley Community Plaza on Saturday afternoon.
Plaza Ice Palace skating rink opening put on ice until Friday
(11/26/12 12:54am)
The Nov. 23 opening of the downtown Plaza Ice Palace skating rink has been postponed until Friday due to technical problems.
City to light up the night with Christmas tree, festival Saturday
(11/26/12 12:14am)
Santa Claus will come to Gainesville early this year, and he’ll bring a brilliantly lit tree with him.
Man arrested for wielding pellet gun
(11/20/12 12:39am)
Police confronted a suspect at gunpoint after a call that he was pointing a silver pellet gun at cars.
Ice rink to bring frosty fun to downtown plaza
(11/09/12 12:15am)
Gainesville might not get snow this holiday season, but it’s getting an ice rink.
Cold weather supplies donated to homeless residents this week
(11/07/12 1:10am)
Tommy Scott can barely sleep when it’s cold outside.
Homelessness
(11/07/12 12:55am)
John Roberts, 56, left, and Daniel Walters, 53, sit on a bench on Bo Diddley Community Plaza on Friday night. Temperatures will dip into the low 40s over the next few nights.
Occupy Gainesville protesters contest arrests a year later
(10/31/12 12:38am)
Almost a year after a series of Occupy Gainesville arrests landed dozens of protesters in jail, occupiers got a chance to challenge the charges.
Church warms hearts by making quilts for the homeless
(10/17/12 1:30am)
Dottie DeBruhl sat with her walker at her side, carefully smoothing the edges of a colorful tapestry featuring Cinderella- and strawberry-print fabrics and an American flag.
Occupy Gainesville members celebrate one year with march
(10/15/12 12:30am)
With a hotdog in one hand and a drumstick in the other, 70-year-old John Fullerton pounded out a steady beat as 13 people and a dog ambled down University Avenue.
