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Friday in Gainesville featured a grassroots effort to provide community support after a devastating house fire.
Read More »Supporters Show Up To Help Clean Kali Blount’s Fire-Damaged Home
Teacher Aims to Bring ‘Smooth Flava’ to Gainesville
Wanda Lloyd, a Jacksonville native who moved here 12 years ago with her husband, runs her Smooth Flava Gainesville classes each week.
Read More »Four Roasters, Four Stories: The Unique Aspects Of Some Gainesville Roasters
We spoke with four roasters in Gainesville to have them explain their different processes of roasting the perfect blend of coffee.
Read More »Family Fights Rare Genetic Disorders
The Meachums founded Xtraordinary Joy, a non-profit group, in 2016 "to raise funds that will promote clinical interventions, therapies and care opportunities for children afflicted by never-before-studied X chromosome deletions."
Read More »Florida Voices | World War II Veterans: Warren Rubin
This is Florida Voices, a series of stories from ordinary Floridians with extraordinary stories to share.
Read More »Florida Voices | World War II Veterans: Frederic Rubin
This is Florida Voices, a series of stories from ordinary Floridians with extraordinary stories to share.
Read More »A ‘Historic Thrill’: Vintage Aircraft Fly To Promote Armed Services, Aviation
Expect unfamiliar sounds to drum from the skies high above Gainesville this weekend as the tinny hum of vintage aircraft pierce through the clouds. The 1920s will be roaring again, in the form of a Ford Tri-Motor airplane and other classic aircraft. Erin Porter, manager of public relations for the …
Read More »How An Ocala Stylist Eases Ordeal Of A Haircut For People With Autism
For a special needs child, the 30-minute visit for a hair cut can turn into an ordeal.
Read More »‘Food For Fines’ Program Clears UF Parking Tickets
UF Transportation and Parking Services offers students, faculty and others a way to pay for their parking tickets with food donations this week through the Food For Fines program.
Read More »In Exchange for Food Donations, UF Offers To Forgive Thousands of Dollars in Parking Fines
For April Fool's day, University of Florida President Kent Fuchs has been known to play along with gags printed in the student newspaper.
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