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Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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Guests dine at a Thanksgiving-style feast Thursday evening at Gainesville’s American Cancer Society Winn-Dixie Hope Lodge. Winn-Dixie hosted the dinner.
Metro

Cancer patients celebrate Thanksgiving a week early

Twenty-seven years ago, a grocery store chain funded the building of Gainesville’s American Cancer Society Winn-Dixie Hope Lodge for cancer patients and their families. On Thursday night, the same chain provided its first Thanksgiving dinner for current residents.


News

Hot peppers serve as a metabolism booster

There are too many diet fads to keep track of nowadays. There’s the paleo diet, vegan diet, juice cleansing, raw food diet, ice cream diet, etcetera. And yes, I said ice cream diet, but I highly discourage you from looking any further into that diet.


Florida Alligator
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UF agriculture program unites farmers, consumers

On Wednesday night in downtown Gainesville, you can find Amber Geller at the Union Street Farmers’ Market distributing fresh produce to consumers at no cost. What appears to be an unfair trade is actually part of the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program.



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