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The votes are cast, and “Our Town” has the results. With more than 18,000 votes in over 250 categories, the people have spoken. This year, two Butler businesses have taken home the crown for the Best of “Our Town” Awards! Customize your seafood experience at Mr. & Mrs. Crab and enjoy seafood boils your way....

In a move designed to marry the clinical and educational expertise of the state’s flagship university with one of the world’s premier biomedical research enterprises, the University of Florida and Scripps Research have announced they are in talks to integrate the Florida-based branch of Scripps Research with the research arm of UF’s academic health center....

Our city has benefited from its share of entrepreneurs that have made Gainesville what it is today. It’s easy to look at some of the local businesses and feel envious of where they are now. But as we often hear on the WHOA GNV podcast, entrepreneurship doesn’t always come easy. In the latest mastermind episode,...

The University of Florida College of Medicine has launched the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation, or PM&R, the first time in 30 years a new clinical department has been formed. The new department works to improve the functional abilities and quality of life for people with physical impairments or disabilities. PM&R fills an important...

The University of Florida is pleased to announce nine Fulbright Finalists and four Alternates for the 2021-2022 academic year. Top (l-r) Ikrom Alajoulin, Camille Armada, Kacey Aukema, Zariah Brown, Rosana Gutierrez, Kaitlyn Salyer; Bottom (l-r): Alexandra St Tellien, Kasia Wiech, Priya Amilineni, Catherine Bush, Karen Coker, Julia Paoli. These 13 Gators were selected from a...

On July 11, 2021, the National Association of Counties (NACo) announced its Achievement Award winners. Alachua County’s program, “County Response to Food Disparity and Insecurity” was selected as a winner in the category of Human Services. This initiative was led by Alachua County Foster Grandparent Program Manager Satori Days. Since the launch of the Alachua...

The popular IdentoGo TSA Pre✓® Mobile RV event is returning to Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV). The event will run from Mon., Aug. 23 – Fri., Aug. 27, 2021. The Mobile Enrollment Center will be located on the airport property at 3880 NE 39th Ave., Gainesville, Fla., 32609, at the east end of the terminal. IdentoGo,...

University of Florida researchers studying the use of a noninvasive brain stimulation treatment paired with cognitive training have found the therapy holds promise as an effective, drug-free approach for someday warding off Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Yet determining optimal dosing for the treatment known as transcranial direct current stimulation, or tDCS, which is delivered...

RTI Surgical, a leading surgical implant company providing blue-chip OEM customers with a portfolio of tissue-based, synthetic and metal implants, has announced it has entered in a long-term strategic agreement with leading global medical device OEM Exactech, related to the development and supply of biologic bone substitutes. As part of the agreement, RTI Surgical has...

Business owners work so hard to see their business turn a profit. It takes years of grinding past 9 to 5 before more entrepreneurs really start to see results. Once they reach that point in their business, it should be time to sit back and relax, right? John Spence, a leader in professional development and...