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Hopes for the return of a ferry link are sailing on after a delegation from a French port and ferry officials visited Rosyth.

Peter Bradley Ackerman, 42, passed away unexpectedly at home on

Peter Bradley Ackerman, 42, passed away unexpectedly at home on

The Gainesville Sun COVID comeback  This spring, as millions lined up for anti-COVID vaccinations, we seemed to be near the end of the pandemic. But then it became clear that other tens of millions were refusing to be vaccinated — and were also vehemently rejecting masks and social distancing.  Now the virus, and especially its variants, are coming back strong. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. And the "winners," besides the virus itself, are Donald Trump and his acoly...

Readers comment on increasing COVID-19 cases, arrests at a nearby prison, laws on protests and more The Gainesville Sun © Doug Engle, Doug Engle/Ocala Star Banner Retired Registered Nurse Shirley Holston, right, gives a patient a second shot as Heart of Florida nurses worked on vaccinating people Friday afternoon, May 21, 2021 in the Heart of Florida Health Centers Vaccine Annex next to HFHCs main location located at 2553 E. Silver Springs Blvd. HFHC has received $5 million i...

On Dec. 6, I was at a protest outside Florida State Prison in Raiford. Soon after we arrived, the Bradford County Sheriffs Office showed up and ordered us to leave, saying there was no legal place there for a protest to occur.  Though many of us felt we did have a right to protest there, we went back to our cars to leave. But before we could leave, I watched as three people were senselessly arrested, with one person sent to the hospital in an ambulance. Now those individuals are heading to t...