The first 10 participants who attend a toxic waste collection Wednesday will receive free tickets to see “The Toxic Avenger” at the Hippodrome State Theatre.
Gainesville Police arrested a local man Sunday morning after they said he threatened to shoot a family, including two young boys, ages 14 and 8.
A record amount of people are estimated to travel on the days leading up to Monday, but gas prices will likely reach the lowest point since Memorial Day 2005. The American Automobile Association announced an estimated 38 million people — more than two million in Florida — will travel between today and Monday, according to a press release.
Gainesville Police arrested two Florida men Wednesday morning after they said the men had 19 confirmed altered credit cards.
Five Star Pizza will stop delivering to Granada Apartments in Northwest Gainesville after a delivery driver was robbed and hospitalized.
David Swanson, a 2015 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, spoke about his newest book, “War is a Lie,” to an audience of roughly 70 on Saturday. Rather than focus on individual wars, Swanson analyzed noble ideals used to justify wars in the public sphere.
Even without echolocation, hundreds found their way to the Lubee Bat Conservancy for an opportunity to learn about endangered species. The conservancy’s second annual Endangered Species Awareness Day took place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and attracted more than 300 guests. The event was held to raise awareness of threatened and endangered animals.
About 84 people received trivia facts, healthy-cooking demonstrations and advice from a Gainesville-licensed dietitian Saturday.
When Amanda Brown was 8 years old, she was gifted a sparkling new bike. Even though the sparkle faded, Brown rode the bike all the way through her undergraduate and graduate studies at UF.
This Wednesday, Gainesville locals can participate in a tree-planting project to commemorate National Bike Month, which is held in May.
Despite fewer UF students living in Gainesville during the summer, the Union Street Farmers Market keeps its liveliness.
Solar-powered lights will be installed at 24 Regional Transport System bus stops in the Greater Gainesville area by the end of June. The Federal Transit Administration will fund the $36,120 project to improve visibility and safety at each location, according to a press release.
Get Air! will open its first Florida location in Gainesville, and it recently added 10,000 square feet to its original construction plan.
As part of an American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists’ event, the UF Small Animal Hospital will provide free eye exams to certified therapy and service dogs Friday.
In just a few months, the community will gain a 32-acre urban park and, hopefully, a boost to its economy and sustainability. Planning for Depot Park began about 20 years ago, and the project is both within its $5.9 million budget and on schedule for a soft opening August 1, said Nathalie McCrate, the project manager for the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency.
Gainesville will celebrate Cofrin Nature Park’s renovations Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. The City of Gainesville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department started ren- ovations in 2003 and closed the park for six months in fall 2015, said Linda Demetropoulos, the nature manager for PRCA.
Though May is Military Appreciation Month, thousands of veterans make use of resources throughout Alachua County all year. About 650 veterans and 160 active-duty students currently attend UF.
Author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings won a Pulitzer Prize before her death in 1953, and now, 63 years later, a rose is registered under her name. Two professors at Florida Southern College – literature professor Keith Huneycutt and rose expert Malcolm Manners – collaborated to make Rawlings’ dream a reality.
A Gainesville man currently faces charges of first-degree child sexual abuse after Gainesville Police, U.S. Marshals and District of Columbia Police worked together to arrest him a week ago.
Richard Rowell’s son, Nolan, had to undergo heart surgery at just three-weeks-old. Doctors diagnosed Nolan with a heart defect while he was still in utero. Consequently, Rowell searched for a support group on Facebook and found Broken Hearts of Florida.
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