One of the reasons I love this town is that we are a little blue island in a vast sea…
Robert L. Knight: Time to reclaim the Ocklawaha’s lost springs
Editor’s note: Since the Sun, um, phased out opinion content, we (by which I mean me) here at Free GNV…
Big changes coming to University Avenue
The following is a press release from the City of Gainesville announcing an $8 million federal grant to help turn…
To all my friends, followers and ships at sea
That’s right. All three of you. When I began this blog, several years ago, I concocted the most preposterous blog…
Pork and pickles and cheeses and fungi and coconuts and water buffalo and baubles oh my!
Time flies when you are building a neighborhood institution. Three years ago Monica Albert organized a farmer’s market in her…
Stopping by The River on a cold, sunny day
Two days sitting in meetings in Tallahassee and then a long drive home. Started to get drowsy around Mayo (these…
Listen, I know I left it around here somewhere
I lived in Tallahassee for three or four years in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Just dropped in for…
What we don’t know about GNV’s traffic violence problem
If you think GNV has a violence problem you are right. If you think it’s mainly a gun violence problem,…
Back to the future at Boulware Springs
You know you’re getting old when you remember distant events that felt like they happened just yesterday. Like that time…
A short spin around an Ancient City
It’s time for our annual winter endurance camping adventure. When a group of over the hill retirees shiver in the…
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