Utility work coming to Hendricks San Jose Boulevard corridor
San Marco area drivers prepare yourselves. Coming this winter, the Jacksonville Energy Authority is planning to do routine maintenance work on the sewer lines and water mains along Hendricks Avenue and San Jose Boulevard. The work will be completed prior to the start of Florida Department of Transportation’s resurfacing project. According to JEA spokesperson Gerri […]
New liquor store to open near Naval Air Station Jacksonville
ABC Fine Wine & Spirits is planning to open a new two-story store later this year at 6313 Roosevelt Blvd., in the Target Plaza next to Naval Air Station Jacksonville. It will replace the current building a mile north in the Venetia Village retail center. More than 8,000 square feet of retail space is under […]
Finger lickin’ good time at the Florida Theatre
[su_slider source=”media: 35136,35137,35135,35134,35133,35132,35131,35138,35130,35129″ link=”lightbox” width=”620″ height=”420″] Between brisket, beans, wings and other sticky things, the music of Mamma Blue, Smokestack and an appearance by many micro brews, the Florida Theatre was brimming with activity Aug. 25. As supporters made their way through the corridors of the high-style movie palace, a casual evening with great food, […]
Community Connections honors Rick Catlett, business leaders
[su_slider source=”media: 35121,35126,35125,35124,35123,35122″ link=”lightbox” width=”620″ height=”420″] Achieving goals and bettering lives for Jacksonville’s most vulnerable is best accomplished by the business community. With its organic growth over the years and the leaders who act as change agents in our city, much more can be accomplished for those underserved in the community. Those were a few […]
Nemours delivers for children, funds for care
[su_slider source=”media: 35112,35118,35117,35116,35115,35114,35113″ link=”lightbox” width=”620″ height=”420″] The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens set a beautiful backdrop for this year’s annual fundraiser, An Evening of Promise, on behalf of Nemours Children’s Specialty Care. The summer evening soiree brought like-minded sponsors and patrons to raise much-needed funding for patient care, research, outreach and education for the […]
Local Olympic Games enthrall neighborhood kids
[su_slider source=”media: 35109,35108,35107,35106,35105″ link=”lightbox” width=”620″ height=”420″] For Olympic competitors and their fans, there’s probably nothing more thrilling than hearing the iconic words “Let the games begin!” For nearly two dozen Avondale children, those same words – and the lighting of the Challen Avenue Olympic torch – kicked off an evening of fun Aug. 14. The […]
Riverside dancer’s tenacity pays off in a big way
At 18, Pamela Litz has a world of opportunities before her, but the journey has not always been easy for the young dancer and scholar. While a student at LaVilla, her parents divorced when she was 14. Litz’ normally cheerful demeanor changed and her academic studies suffered. The one constant in her life was her […]
The Way We Were: Dorothy Surrency Rosenbloom
If you were limited to choosing just one word to describe Dorothy Ann “Dot” Surrency Rosenbloom, chances are “longevity” would be the word. Dot Rosenbloom’s long life has been full of long-lived relationships, beginning with her grade school friendship with the boy who would become her husband of 67 years. The 88-year-old Ortega resident was […]
