We have a tendency in this town to crucify change agents. We’ve seen two successive city managers come to grief…
Revolving door superintendents
If school board members Gunnar Paulson, Rob Hyatt and Mildred Russell fire Superintendent Carlee Simon next week – and it…
In search of Sweetwater
Back when GNV was a railroad town Sweetwater Branch, which ran through the middle of downtown, was something to brag…
A walk along the Sweetwater
Sweetwater Branch Creek is Gainesville’s most disrespected waterway. Running through the heart of GNV, the creek has, over the years,…
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…
Something happened here
Not to make anybody feel uncomfortable or anything. But this is Black History Month, and Gainesville and the University of…
Another traffic death
A spray of dead flowers propped on a concrete pole was a sad reminder that something terrible had happened at…
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…
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…
Dereliction of duty.
Gainesville adopted its first speed limit in 1882 – 10 mph – to crack down on fast horses and daring…
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