Ortega marina getting back to normal post-Irma
While it may seem like eight months is a long time to wait for hurricane-related repairs, Paul Howe, Ortega River Marina harbormaster, said he was lucky to be first in line. Bellingham Marine, a Jacksonville-based dock design, manufacturer and construction company had been at the Lakeside marina making repairs related to the 2016 Hurricane Matthew […]
Ohio restoration company returns to care for statue after Irma leaves her mark
Two years after an Ohio company took on and completed the restoration of the statue in the fountain at Memorial Park on Riverside Avenue, Hurricane Irma swept through the park in September 2017 and left behind evidence of its destructive force. When Irma’s flood waters inundated the park, they filled the hollow sculpture with brackish […]
Restaurant developer requesting right-of-way turned into parking
The developer of a barbecue restaurant proposed for a pie slice-shaped property between Roosevelt and Ortega Boulevards has submitted a bill (2018-265) which requests the City of Jacksonville to convert a right-of-way into use for angle parking. The 150-seat restaurant, known as Edley’s Bar-B-Que, is required to have a minimum of 48 off-street parking spaces, […]
Trees for the planting, thanks to tree mitigation fund
If you’ve always wanted or needed to plant a tree in the right-of-way in front of your property, now you can, thanks to the City of Jacksonville’s tree settlement with a variety of civic groups in July 2017. The suit filed in 2015 by the Public Trust Environmental Legal Institute of Florida challenged the city’s […]
The Way We Were: Jane Condon
Jane Condon’s maiden name, Sharp, is an excellent fit for the woman who successfully led three Jacksonville schools for the arts. The English idiom “sharp cookie” describes one who is intelligent, bright, and sharp enough to identify attempts to deceive or mislead. Jane’s strong, innovative, astute and insightful leadership as principal of Douglas Anderson School […]
Local bartender takes creative cocktail to Scotland
A local man mixed the perfect cocktail and won a trip to Scotland. The backstory about Ben Golden, a bartender/mixologist at Bellwether, is that he entered a global competition run by Glenfiddich, the Scotch whisky producer, to be named the World’s Most Experimental Bartender. The competition, now in its fourth year, challenges bartenders to create […]
Children of all ages enjoy PTA carnival
Bounce houses, a climbing tower and bungee bounce swing, carnival games, face and hair painting, and food trucks turned the Hendricks Avenue Elementary School campus into the perfect setting for a spring carnival May 4. The warm late afternoon, early evening event was sponsored by the Hendricks Avenue Elementary PTA, which strives to break even […]
Arts educator asks for donations to mitigate budget cuts
Central Riverside Elementary School held its 5th annual student art exhibit and fundraiser, and it couldn’t have come at a more critical time. Due to budget cuts to the arts programs, Duval County Public School District funding for art supplies is not expected to continue next year. “I hope we do well, as we will […]
