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One of Gainesville’s most family friendly events — the annual Cracker Fly-In — has been grounded due to stormy weather. This would have been the event’s 45th year celebrating homebuilt, vintage and warbird aircraft. Richard Strickland of the EAA’s (Experimental Aircraft Association) Local Chapter 611 …
I am sick and tired of complaining about the weather. Are you? It’s time we stopped whining … and actually did something about the weather! An old friend who knew all about psychcobabble once said, “Denial is the strongest human emotion.” I say we stop …
Festivities get underway early in many places this year, with fireworks scheduled to hit the sky on Wednesday, July 3rd, shortly after dark. If you have smuggled illegal fireworks into Georgia and you’re intent on blowing them — and a finger or two — off, …
Sister Hazel is a band — which, in a cruel trick, is comprised of what appears to be five guys — based in that lesser Gainesville where all the old people live. Their sound is likened to a blend of folk, folk rock, pop, classic …
There’s more to rowing a boat than effortlessly floating gently down your average stream, although that’s a fun way to spend a few hours with a favorite friend or two. Rowing is one of the most elegant of Olympic sports. Teams — called “crews” …
I have to admit that when we first heard of the video showing a wedding party getting tossed in the drink while posing for pictures on a dock on Lake Lanier, we were skeptical. A friend who is a computer guru says such videos are …
Joanna Cloud of the Lake Lanier Association wrote a letter to the editor of the Gainesville Times regarding the concept of a 1073′ full-pool level of Lake Lanier. We appreciate Joanna’s ideas, clarity and passion expressed so well, and the willingness of the Gainesville Times …
The Friends of Gainesville Parks and Greenways will beautify the skies over Gainesville (a.k.a. Poultryville and/or Chicken City) on Sunday, May 19, 2013, during their 17th Annual Butterfly Release. The fluttery fun takes off around 1 PM and hovers until 4 PM. Every kid will be given …
The Byron Herbert Reece Society is sponsoring a Southern Literary Trail “Trailfest” event Saturday, May 18, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Reece Farm and Heritage Center, one mile north of Vogel State Park on Highway 129. Admission is free and the public is …
If you cannot imagine what it’s like for a town of 900 or so people to throw a party for 20,000 folks for five days, come to Damascus, Virginia, and find out how they do it. Trail Days — which officially runs from May 17th …