Sweetwater Branch Creek is Gainesville’s most disrespected waterway. Running through the heart of GNV, the creek has, over the years, … More
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Ron Cunningham is a sometime journalist who used to string words together at the Gainesville Sun before I retired to free lance and blog. If I still had a business card it would read: Ron Cunningham: Trained Observer Of The Human Condition. Because like The Donald, you know, ego.
The substance in our shadows
While we’re on the subject of Black History Month, here’s another must-see GNV exhibit: “Shadow to Substance.” It’s currently on … More
Something happened here
Not to make anybody feel uncomfortable or anything. But this is Black History Month, and Gainesville and the University of … More
Another traffic death
A spray of dead flowers propped on a concrete pole was a sad reminder that something terrible had happened at … More
Potatoes, pines and dark waters
On a cold clear January day, Walt Barry and I decamped from Anastasia State Park and took ourselves and our … More
Returning to the scene of the sinkhole
A review of “Return To Sunset Village,” Currently playing at the Gainesville Community Playhouse. Sinatra: Love is lovelier the second … More
Dereliction of duty.
Gainesville adopted its first speed limit in 1882 – 10 mph – to crack down on fast horses and daring … More
It’s gonna be epic
Well, if nothing else, this year’s campaign for Gainesville mayor promises to be entertaining if perhaps not altogether, um civil. … More
Potatoes, pine trees and dark waters
On a recent chilly January day, Walt Barry and I decamped from Anastasia State Park and took ourselves and our … More
Let’s make 8th Avenue a complete street
A spray of dead flowers propped on a concrete pole was a sad reminder that something terrible had happened at … More
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