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Gainesville’s first soil collection ceremony memorializes city’s lynching victims About 100 community members, Gainesville residents and local officials gathered to honor the 12 victims February 22, 2021 | 6:30am EST Alachua County Commissioner Marihelen Wheeler, 69, (right) and her granddaughter Tashayla Downer, 8, (left) fill a jar with soil to honor Andrew Ford at the Gainesville Soil Collection Ceremony on Feb. 20, 2021. Ford was lynched in Gainesville on Aug. 24, 1891, according to a pamphlet from the Alachua County Community Remembrance Project. Photo by Julia Cooper | The Independent Florida Alligator Latoya Brazil didn’t know the story of how her great-grandfather Lester Watts was lynched in Gainesv ....
We can all agree this year has brought challenges like no other. Whether at work or home, COVID-19 has affected us all in some way. The year also changed the Gaston County restaurant scene. Some spots permanently closed their doors after serving the community for many years. And many new restaurants embraced the tough business climate and opened despite state and county stay-at-home orders and new, rigorous standards for cleaning and sanitization. In this story we look back at the restaurants that left us this year, and we celebrate the restaurateurs who brought their concepts to Gaston County in 2020. If we omitted a restaurant that should be included in this story, email gstewart@gastongazette.com. ....