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As the world shuts its doors to hide from COVID-19, a new sense of normalcy has emerged inside many homes.
Read More »Stuck At Home: What Is The New Normal In The COVID-19 Era?
Gainesville Small Businesses Struggle To Figure Out Ways To Survive The Pandemic
In the Gainesville area, many small businesses are trying to push through barriers by coming up with new ways to continue to provide services to their customers and keep themselves afloat.
Read More »‘I Realized I Was Somebody’: Gainesville Group Celebrates 100 Years Of Women Voting And Modern Women’s Liberation
Besides commemorating the centennial, local residents are also noting Gainesville’s role as one of the birthplaces of the modern women’s liberation movement.
Read More »81-Year-Old Archer Native Voluntarily Maintains Historically Black Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
Roberta Lopez is an 81-year-old Archer native working with Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Cemetery Restoration Organization to maintain the historically black cemetery where generations of her family are buried.
Read More »Gainesville Celebrates The Female Pioneers Of Florida At The Matheson Museum
Author and historian Peggy Macdonald spoke about some of the most notable women in Florida’s history at the Matheson History Museum on Thursday.
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 »Gainesville Free Store Offers Clothes And Supplies To Those In Need
The tables at the Free Sore were stocked with everything from toiletries to kid’s clothing, all donated from various sources.
Read More »Alachua County Advances Truth And Reconciliation Process With Memorial For Lynching Victims
Alachua County has the highest number of reported extrajudicial lynchings in the state, followed by Orange and Marion Counties.
Read More »Vietnam Veterans Ride To Honor One Another At Second Annual Event
To these Vietnam War veterans, freedom sounds like the roar of a motorcycle engine.
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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