Gainesville collecting letters and planning festivities for Santa
Red-and-white mailboxes reading “North Pole Express” will be placed throughout Gainesville for the next week to collect letters for Santa Claus.
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Red-and-white mailboxes reading “North Pole Express” will be placed throughout Gainesville for the next week to collect letters for Santa Claus.
Jess Hardy and Katherine Triplett met while working at a primate sanctuary.
While the nation’s fate hung in the balance Tuesday night, Sara Riehm went soundly to sleep, knowing all would be fine in the morning.
As punk rock fans piled into Gainesville for Fest on Friday, local businesses prepared for some of the year’s highest sales numbers.
The previously plain wall outside Leonardo’s 706 was covered in green, orange and blue paint Friday afternoon.
A panel of four street artists from across the country spoke to a crowd of about 20 people Tuesday at the Civic Media Center, discussing how their murals have changed the fabrics of urban communities.
West University Avenue resembled a moving rainbow Saturday afternoon, with hundreds of people carrying colorful flags as they marched for LGBTQ+ pride.
After coauthoring a biography about Grammy-award-winning soul singer Curtis Mayfield — whose music influenced the civil rights movement — a UF alumnus will sign copies of his recently published book today.
With reports of clown sightings in Gainesville over the past two weeks, a local costume-store owner expects a surge in clown-related sales at his three stores across the city.
For parents grieving the loss of a child, a Gainesville woman is offering support.
With climate change on their minds, about a dozen local residents attended a UF-led panel Sunday to ask questions and get answers.
UF student Julia Jeanty walked down West University Avenue on Sunday morning, megaphone in hand.
As Tamaria Henderson, 20, rode her bicycle Saturday, she was reminded of alcoholism, an addiction she has battled for the past nine months.
The days of clogged traffic along Northwest Eighth Avenue may end this Fall as roadwork in the area nears its final stages.
On the 45th anniversary of New York’s Attica Correctional Facility riots, a group of Gainesville residents protested inmate mistreatment.
In the pouring rain Sunday afternoon, labor union members and supporters protested for increased wages and better working conditions.
With a new name and business model, Omi’s Tavern in downtown Gainesville opened its doors Monday morning.
Hungry students leaving Midtown bars now have a new option for late-night munchies.