Occupy protests one year old
(09/18/12 1:07am)
In the early weeks of Occupy Wall Street, movements popped up across the nation and the world. Occupy Gainesville soon followed suit.
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Downtown festival celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
(09/17/12 1:00am)
As Latin music blared, people shook and dipped their hips with the beat.
Organizers seek more students for Alzheimer’s research walk
(09/14/12 12:15am)
Students interested in walking to raise money for Alzheimer’s research can still sign up.
Labor Daze festival serves working class
(09/04/12 12:56am)
Visitors could hear the laughter before they saw the 25-foot-tall climbing wall towering over the downtown plaza.
Downtown festival draws Gators of all ages to Bo Diddley Plaza
(09/04/12 12:31am)
Clad in a Gators shirt and following a half step behind his mother, 3-year-old Isaac Searcy babbled in his tiny toddler way about his favorite football team.
Labor Daze
(09/04/12 12:18am)
Angel Gabrial, left, a teacher for the UF club Objects in Motion, gives Jason Winfrey, 7, some tips on juggling during a Labor Day festival at the Bo Diddley Community Plaza on Sunday night.
Annual Labor Day festival aims to bring working class together
(08/29/12 12:15am)
This Labor Day weekend, a Gainesville festival will focus on the working class.
UF student groups rally at Republican National Convention
(08/28/12 2:00am)
TAMPA, Fla. — With the threat of Tropical Storm Isaac approaching Tampa, UF student activists shrugged and threw on some ponchos.
Gainesville guide to decorating your home from local shops
(08/15/12 12:15am)
I remember freshman move-in day. After the sweaty process of transporting boxes of stuff through Florida rain and humidity, I was excited to make my new space into my new home. I had the bedspread, the desk lamp and storage bins, all from department stores.
Bo Diddley Community Plaza hosts concert series
(05/17/12 12:15am)
It might be the sweetest word in the English language — especially to college students who sustain themselves off of Ramen and whatever else they can find when foraging through their refrigerators.
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(05/15/12 12:15am)
Pat Fitzpatrick stands outside City Hall on Monday afternoon. Fitzpatrick and other protestors were arrested last October for trespassing on Bo Diddley Community Plaza.
Occupy Gainesville protesters fight trespassing charges
(05/15/12 12:15am)
Pat Fitzpatrick said he couldn’t believe the irony that unfolded when he was arrested while protesting next to a First Amendment monument last October.
Festival shares European cultures, traditions
(04/09/12 12:27am)
[Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect a correction. Monday’s edition of the Alligator misspelled Gail Keeler’s name. Keeler is a spokeswoman for UF’s Center of European Studies.]
Union Street Farmers Market celebrated Sweet 16 Wednesday
(04/05/12 12:50am)
The gentle clanging of cymbals and drums drifted through the farmers market tents, like the people sniffing scents wafting from nearby herbs and soaps.
Farmers market to celebrate Sweet 16
(04/04/12 12:43am)
A Sweet-16 celebration will hit the downtown plaza today, but this one will have more vegetables than cake.
Gainesville City Commission may ban smoking in Bo Diddley plaza
(03/29/12 12:26am)
The Gainesville Public Safety Committee decided Wednesday night to recommend the City Commission ban smoking in Bo Diddley Community Plaza.
Occupy Gainesville to hold conference
(03/22/12 12:21am)
Occupy Wall Street movements from across the Southeast will meet this weekend for a gathering north of Gainesville.
Still Occupied
(03/21/12 11:36pm)
Occupy supporter Annette Gilley, 58, of Waldo, talks with activists in Bo Diddley Community Plaza on Wednesday afternoon during the Union Street Farmers Market. Supporters have occupied the downtown plaza since Oct. 12.
Ordinance allows downtown bars to operate near churches
(02/17/12 12:38am)
Residents will no longer need to travel far to grab a mimosa after church on Sundays.
Singing Search
(01/30/12 12:45am)
Garnette Hathaway, 61, sings at the American Icon Search, organized by Big Brothers Big Sisters, on Friday in Bo Diddley Community Plaza.
