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Southern Charm Kitchen, Inc. has purchased the property it has been leasing from the City of Gainesville since 2011 for $215,000. This purchase further establishes Southern Charm Kitchen as a mainstay of east Gainesville cuisine. The success story began in 2008 when the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) purchased the properties at 1712 and 1714...

Two veteran educators have been chosen by their peers to represent Alachua County Public Schools in Florida’s Principal and Assistant Principal of the Year programs. Dr. Beth LeClear, the current principal at Lake Forest Elementary School, was selected by her fellow principals as the district’s Principal of the Year. LeClear has been the principal at...

Cyclo Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYTH), a clinical stage biotechnology company dedicated to developing life-changing medicines through science and innovation for patients and families living with diseases,announced it has received notification that its study may proceed from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for its initial investigational new drug (“IND”) application for a Phase 2...

The University of Florida has been selected to join The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s landmark clinical study, the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI), a global project seeking to discover new insights into the onset and progression of Parkinson’s disease by studying people with and without the disease. On Dec. 2, The Michael J. Fox Foundation...

A University of Florida Health researcher has successfully analyzed the many mutations in the omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a crucial step in better understanding the variant’s potential threat and ways to combat it. Immunologist David A. Ostrov, Ph.D., was asked by a worldwide consortium of scientists to analyze and map the locations of...

The Greater Gainesville Chamber hosted its 2021 Business Awards on Wednesday December 2 at the Curtis M. Phillips Center before a crowd of 300 representatives from the community’s best organizations and supporting citizens. Hosts Jason Hurst and Soly Schrack congratulated winners from a dozen categories following a cocktail hour celebration. VyStar Credit Union served as...

On a recent cool Florida morning, light streamed in and broke into beams around the raised-scale texture of an iconic University of Florida holiday display. Every year before the Holiday Gator is transported to its seasonal home, a UF maintenance team uses an air hose and some lint cloths to freshen it up. No chemical...

Butler Enterprises hosted its first annual holiday fashion show, Deck The Runway, on Friday, November 19th. The event grossed over $100,000 for PALS THRIVE. It was an evening of fun, fashion, and philanthropy celebrating the latest styles from Butler retailers.   For the inaugural show, Butler Enterprises partnered with PALS THRIVE. PALS THRIVE provides free counseling...

More than 53.4 million people expected to travel, the highest single-year increase since 2005 AAA forecasts a strong rebound in holiday travelers this Thanksgiving. The Auto Club Group predicts 53.4 million Americans will travel for the Thanksgiving holiday, up 13% from 2020. This brings travel volumes within 5% of pre-pandemic levels for the 2019 holiday.  ...

A pair of over-the-counter compounds has been found in preliminary tests to inhibit the virus that causes COVID-19, University of Florida Health researchers have found.  The combination includes diphenhydramine, an antihistamine used for allergy symptoms. When paired with lactoferrin, a protein found in cow and human milk, the compounds were found to hinder the SARS-CoV-2...