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With the arrival of blueberry season, u-pick farms have become popular spots during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More »Crowds Pack U-Pick Blueberry Farms, Raise Safety Concerns
COVID-19 Strains Emergency Personnel Nerves And Resources In Florida’s Rural Counties
COVID-19 has changed the way rural departments approach, evaluate and transport patients.
Read More »Ex-Inmates In Gainesville Make It Their Job To Ease The Stigma For Others Like Them
Community Spring is a grassroots group working in East Gainesville to help with the problems of poverty.
Read More »Postal Service Seeks Alternative As Midtown Location Prepares to Close
USPS does not have any sites in mind and there are no set dates beyond this Saturday's closing.
Read More »Where Healthy Food Is Scarce, A Dream Of A Flourishing Fruit Tree In Every Yard
When Enio Ximenes arrived from California four years ago with his girlfriend Jacquelyn Cafasso, the couple began volunteering at the nonprofit Edible Plant Project. The nonprofit, he said, “stood out because they were doing education, and they were trying to get people to plant edible plants in their yards.” “I …
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