It's not easy starting a business. Josh Greenberg and Sam Tarantino remember when they created Grooveshark, which now boasts about 15 million users in North America alone. They started in 2006, working on improvised desks of cardboard boxes.
When J.D. and Ila Jean Ward opened their roadside fruit stand in 1951, Northwest Sixth Street was an unpaved, two-lane road that marked Gainesville's city limit.
So you think you can hack?
Gator football fans may not need another way to prove their passion, but a Florida tourism marketing corporation is hoping fans will take another opportunity to flaunt their orange-and-blue blood anyway.
A 68-year-old employee at the Independent Florida Alligator was loading newspapers into his car at about 6 a.m. on Aug. 25 when a man robbed him at gunpoint, according to a Gainesville Police press release.
They may not all remember it, but UF students turned out in droves Friday night to celebrate the end of the first week of school and the promise of many more weekends to come.
While Hurricane Irene surged across the East Coast this weekend, students in Gainesville took advantage of sunny blue skies at Ginnie Springs.
Swamp Head Brewery isn't big.
Want to run a 5K and get a perfect tan at the same time?
Musicians, storytellers and belly dancers will take Florida Museum of Natural History visitors on a journey through sounds and music from around the world Friday.
Students, new and old, should not just be focused on when and where their classes are, but more along the lines of how they will be getting there, said Dekova T. Batey, the Bicycle/Pedestrian Program Coordinator for City of Gainesville Public Works.
The liquidation sales are scheduled to begin around Aug. 31.
Researchers have found a new, more effective way of testing patients who come to the emergency room with chest pain.
When Andrew Schaer heard about the city's plan to replace free parking downtown with $1-an-hour meters, he thought of his wife and children.
Santa Fe College took the top spot among the 28 state and community colleges in Florida for arguably the most important thing that happens in a student's college career - graduation.
American Eagle reintroduced the second daily round-trip flight from Gainesville Regional Airport to Miami International Airport on Tuesday.
UF students could see the smoke from campus.
In the heat of the afternoon on University Avenue, the mood inside the Florida Book Store was surprisingly calm. Cashiers worked efficiently, but not too hurriedly, to get the dozen or so students gathered around the registers taken care of.
Owners say it's no place for a Natterday.
Picket signs and protest lines gearing up for action this week will have to be put away until further notice.
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