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(01/14/19 1:47am)
Hillary Buscovick, a 31-year-old professional roller derby skater, works with Lizz Zieschang, 28, to demonstrate blocking techniques at a workshop for local skaters at the Alachua County Fairgrounds on Saturday. “I want every skater and athlete to be the best they can be,” Buscovick said. Buscovick, who goes by Scald Eagle when playing, has played competitively since 2011 and currently plays for the Denver Roller Derby Mile High Club team.
(01/14/19 1:44am)
Hillary Buscovick, a 31-year-old professional roller derby skater, works with Lizz Zieschang, 28, to demonstrate blocking techniques at a workshop for local skaters at the Alachua County Fairgrounds on Saturday. “I want every skater and athlete to be the best they can be,” Buscovick said. Buscovick, who goes by Scald Eagle when playing, has played competitively since 2011 and currently plays for the Denver Roller Derby Mile High Club team.
(01/14/19 1:44am)
About 40 people put on their helmets, strapped on their knee pads and laced up their skates Saturday.
(11/17/18 1:18pm)
A line of turkeys and hams weighed down several folding tables at the Alachua County Fairgrounds on Thursday.
(10/14/18 8:03pm)
Gainesville Police arrested a man Friday afternoon for helping his brother hide after committing murder in April, police said.
(04/17/18 11:27pm)
The seventh annual Hogtown Craft Beer Festival from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Alachua County Fairgrounds
(04/17/18 11:26pm)
Although UF College of Medicine Assistant Professor Terrie Vasilopoulos has a doctorate in psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience, some would say she also has a master’s in mixology.
(02/12/18 10:50pm)
The city is spending $19.6 million to rebuild part of East Gainesville.
(01/28/18 9:28pm)
Kai Hartless poses with his newly-purchased wooden sword at the 32nd Annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire at the Alachua County Fairgrounds. The faire will reopen on Feb. 2.
(01/28/18 9:23pm)
Kai Hartless poses with his newly-purchased wooden sword at the 32nd Annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire at the Alachua County Fairgrounds. The faire will reopen on Feb. 2.
(11/07/17 7:20am)
Local law enforcement is collecting non-perishable food during the start of November until next Monday.
(09/20/17 11:32pm)
Alachua County Board of Commissioners will meet Tuesday to discuss a $25 million plan for new fairgrounds.
(02/13/17 11:29pm)
Four men with ties to UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are being recognized for helping advance the agricultural field.
(01/27/17 2:00am)
Chris Rodd-Layedra, 24, and Sara Greenberg, 22, practice a fighting routine at the Alachua County Fairgrounds on Wednesday. Rodd-Layedra fights with a sword while Greenberg fights with a staff and a stuffed squirrel, which sits on her shoulders.
(01/27/17 2:00am)
For 38 years, Susan Griffin has made a living painting faces.
(01/26/17 11:53pm)
Chris Rodd-Layedra, 24, and Sara Greenberg, 22, practice a fighting routine at the Alachua County Fairgrounds on Wednesday. Rodd-Layedra fights with a sword while Greenberg fights with a staff and a stuffed squirrel, which sits on her shoulders.
(09/22/16 12:00am)
This Saturday, just a month before Fest returns to Gainesville and punk rock rears its madcap head once again, Curia on the Drag is hosting AM/PM, a celebration of Fest’s 15th anniversary with the perfect ingredients: local music, local coffee and local beer.
(02/08/16 9:59am)
Hundreds of members of the Gainesville community gathered on the Alachua County Fairgrounds on Jan. 30-31 and Feb. 5-7 for the Hoggetowne Medieval Faire, a bustling collection of knights, queens and sword fights.
(01/25/16 11:49pm)
It’s been 30 years since the first knights and maidens gathered in Gainesville.
(01/19/16 12:31am)
In the name of fun and charity, Athena Conde threw colored powder at runners Saturday.