Community garden celebrates first year
[su_slider source=”media: 36903,36904″ link=”lightbox” width=”620″ height=”420″][su_slider source=”media: 36751,36754,36755,36753″ link=”lightbox” width=”620″ height=”420″] [/su_slider] One year almost to the day after local gardeners celebrated the April 2016 grand opening of the Riverside Avondale Community Garden, they were busy working to open it for the Riverside Avondale Preservation Home Tour – and to celebrate the garden’s first anniversary. […]
In Memoriam: William D. Brinton – September 19, 1952 to June 19, 2017
The country lost a real champion when William “Billboard Buster” Brinton of Avondale passed away at age 64 after a brief but fierce battle with lung cancer. Just a month prior, 300 friends, family, colleagues and clients had gathered to pay tribute to Brinton for his decades-long efforts in helping many cities across the United […]
Lee Class of ’67 celebrates 50th reunion at Yacht Club
[su_slider source=”media: 36892,36896,36895,36894,36893″ link=”lightbox” width=”620″ height=”420″][su_slider source=”media: 36751,36754,36755,36753″ link=”lightbox” width=”620″ height=”420″] [/su_slider] You can tell the Robert E. Lee High School Class of 1967 is a tight-knit group when members come from as far away as Alaska, California and Washington to attend their 50th reunion June 8-10. According to Reunion Chair John Ballantine, a mere […]
Gubbin retires from head library post after 12 years
You can call her an “Energizer Bunny,” a go-getter, a mover and a shaker, but whatever moniker you put on Barbara A.B. Gubbin, former director of the Jacksonville Public Library, it’s not big enough to describe the accomplishments of the petite 65-year-old Brit. More than 100 friends, co-workers, Library trustees and Foundation board members, and […]
Women’s Sailing Network celebrates 20 years
It’s been 20 years since a “motley crew” sat down at Neena Guidi’s dining room table in San Marco to devise the purpose statement for the Women’s Sailing Network (WSN) of Northeast Florida. Led by Guidi and fellow sailor Terry Osman of St. Simons Island, the women created the loosely-formed organization that established a racing […]
Jessie Ball Regatta puts women on the water
[su_slider source=”media: 36878,36880,36879,36877″ link=”lightbox” width=”620″ height=”420″][su_slider source=”media: 36751,36754,36755,36753″ link=”lightbox” width=”620″ height=”420″] [/su_slider] Six boats competed June 2 in the second of four sailing events sponsored by the Women’s Sailing Series. Hosted by Epping Forest Yacht and Country Club, the Jessie Ball Regatta included three performance boats with all-female crews and three cruisers with mixed crews. […]
FDOT begins I-95/I-10 operational improvements
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) held an open house June 1 at its Training Center to share its plans for operational improvements to the interchange at Interstate 10 and Interstate 95, the Fuller Warren Bridge, and along U.S.17 between McDuff Avenue and Rosselle Street. The designers, engineers, contractors and FDOT teams working to make […]
Chick-fil-A re-opens with new décor, new drive-thru bypass lane
The Chick-fil-A at 4495 Roosevelt Blvd. received a $750,000 facelift during late May and June, temporarily diverting customers from the popular lunchtime restaurant. The renovations in the 4,344-square-foot building included a 242-square-foot addition at the back of the store to house a new freezer and provide more space for the kitchen. It also included interior […]
