Life's a Trip: What Will You Discover?

If you’d like to discover the freedom of the open road and set yourself free, it’s time to consider an RV. In the Southeast, RV experts are right up the road at Travel Country RV Centers. Why should you consider an RV? It’s about enjoying the great outdoors, ...

The Real Scoop on Feeding Your Pet

Feeding our pets is an activity done each day that impacts the health of our pets. Since dogs and cats have a condensed lifespan compared to humans, nutritional deficiencies and excesses have a much larger impact on that shorter lifespan. This quite simply, is the biggest opportunity ...

Down Sizing

Thirty-four percent of adults age 20 and older are considered obese in the United States, according to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. For many, the struggle with weight is a difficult one. Diets and exercise may not work, and health problems like high blood ...

Cedar Key - One of Florida’s Best-Kept Secrets

Life stands still in Cedar Key. The atmosphere is serene and carefree. Even the name of a storm reflected the town’s flavor back in 1950. In no rush to hit land, Hurricane Easy, a Category 3 storm, circled the island three times before making landfall. Although it caused heavy ...

39th Annual Gatornationals

For the past 39 years, drag racing fans have descended on Gainesville in March to witness the spectacle of National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag racing at the Gatornationals, held at the Gainesville Raceway, north of town off of County Road 225. The event is a keystone in the ...

Love of Sea - Inspires Unique Glass Art

An area Gainesville man combines his love of drawing – with inspiration from the ocean – to create unique custom glasswork by using a sandblasting technique. Kyle Hunter Goodwin’s studio, Hunter Glass, is tucked away in a quiet area of McIntosh. It is the perfect ...

Spring Break!

“A week with no school!” These words are music to kids’ ears as spring break approaches. They dream of sleeping late, playing with friends from dawn until dusk and staying up well past bedtime. But soon the novelty wears off, and those five words are replaced ...

Play Ball!

Spring is a time of renewal— a fresh start, a new beginning. The Gator baseball and softball teams are no exception as they start their respective seasons with new beginnings of their own! Perhaps the biggest news for this year’s baseball team is new Head Coach Kevin ...

Things I Love About Gainesville: Ron Fleming

10. Home. I spent the first 36 years of my life in Orlando, but we’ve been here 12 years now. The community, the people and the friends we’ve made here have made this town feel like home. I travel a lot, and I can honestly say now that when someone asks me where I’m ...