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Helping boys become men A local mentoring program for boys is celebrating the graduation of one its first members from college. Miles Sullivan, 21, a former member of the Manhood Youth Development Foundation's Project Manhood 2015 program, graduated from Florida A&M University in Tallahassee in April with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business. Sullivan, a Buchholz High School graduate who was in the finance program while a dual enrollment student at Santa Fe College, said his stepfather, Curtis Peterson, encouraged him to join Project Manhood. “I encouraged Miles to join because i...

About Town The Gainesville Sun ABOUT TOWN Editor's note: The Guardian no longer accepts fliers as information for events that appear under "About Town." The information must be typed out and sent via email. Please include the following: type/name of event, date, time, location, speakers, theme and cost, if any, and who to contact for more information. Send via email to guardian@gainesville.com (The new email address — now in effect — to send announcements/information and to request coverage). The deadline is noon Fridays for publication the following Thursday. For more inf...

About Town The Gainesville Sun ABOUT TOWN Editor's note: The Guardian no longer accepts fliers as information for events that appear under "About Town." The information must be typed out and sent via email. Please include the following: type/name of event, date, time, location, speakers, theme and cost, if any, and who to contact for more information. Send via email to guardian@gainesville.com (The new email address — now in effect — to send announcements/information and to request coverage). The deadline is noon Fridays for publication the following Thursday. For more inf...

Nicole Harris of Gainesville High School was named Alachua County's 2021 Teacher of the Year last Thursday night in a livestreamed ceremony. She will go on to the state's program this summer where she has a one in 67 chance of becoming the Florida 2022 Teacher of the Year. "I'm shocked," she said. "I stand on the shoulders of giants." Harris told The Sun after her name was called that the county Teacher of the Year title was not just an honor for herself. "I'm just one person in this great force of educators. This award tonight is about all of the educators that affect communities and gen...