PAL Roasts Wally Lee
The 4th Annual Police Athletic League Sheriff’s Roast draws a crowd to the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville riverfront hotel to roast some of the more prolific characters in Jacksonville. This year was no exception as Ron Autrey, Gregory Smith, Rick Cox, Bruce Barcelo, Sandy Bartow and James Rinaman, Jr. raised a glass and wreaked some havoc […]
Food and philanthropy at Celebrity Chefs luncheon
Recognizable Jacksonville celebrities from television, nonprofit leadership positions and other successful businesses came together at the Salvation Army’s 27th annual Celebrity Chefs Tasting Luncheon and Silent Auction on Mar. 14. The event, held annually at the Prime F. Osborn Convention Center, will help to fund the Salvation Army Senior Center, Adult Rehabilitation Center, Child Development […]
Cummer Ball the highlight of the social season
The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens hosted its annual black tie gala March 16. The event was a hit, as Co-Chairs Suzanne Hinckley and Chris Hieb planned the eventful evening from start to finish. The celebration of natural Florida and themed art from Jim Draper and Allison Watson set the tone with original, large […]
Patrons go big for Arts, support CAP
There were high hopes for the Cathedral Arts Project’s largest annual fundraiser, as art and education advocates tried to outperform a fundraising goal of $450,000, topping 2012 numbers. Arts and education advocates were recognized for their exceptional efforts, helping over 1,800 students enrolled in Cathedral Arts Project afterschool and summer classes this school year alone. […]
Outspoken columnist receives Godbold Award
In 2012 Ron Littlepage, environmental gadfly and Op-Ed writer for the Florida Times Union, received an important letter. Chris Buckley, chair of the Keep Jacksonville Beautiful Commission, wrote, “It is my pleasure to inform you that the Keep Jacksonville Beautiful Commission has selected you as the recipient of our Annual Jake Godbold Award. This award […]
Downtown literary oasis may issue fresh water again
Jessie Ball duPont Fund announces plan to acquire Haydon Burns Library Its modern architecture fit Jacksonville’s vision as a city on the cusp of change. Built in 1965, two years before Jacksonville voters approved the consolidation of city and county governments, the Haydon Burns Library served Northeast Florida as an oasis of literacy. Now, almost […]
Bolles student number one in Florida swimming
Bolles School sixth grade student and Ortega resident Katherine Baker is the Florida Age Group Champion for the 11-12 Girls in the 100-yard Breaststroke at a meet held last month in Sarasota, with a time of 109.85. Katherine also won second place for her 100-yard Individual Medley with a time of 1:05.55 and placed third […]
School zone speed limits in Ortega not always obeyed
Councilman Love responds to residents’ complaints Eight o’clock on a school day morning last month found District 14 Councilman Jim Love surveying the traffic speeding through not one, but two, school zones along Baltic Street. Love was responding to complaints about drivers that do not observe the twice-a-day school zone speeds for St. Mark’s Episcopal […]
