In Memoriam: Maxine Meritt Kroll
November 21, 1918 to January 23, 2023 104 Years! What an extraordinary life well and fully lived! Documenting the achievements, interests, philosophical bits of wisdom, humor and joie de vivre of everybody’s favorite luncheon and dinner date, friend and advisor Maxine Kroll would take another 104 years and another 200-plus Facebook messages. At her recent […]
Checkmate for chess champions
The 25th Annual Jacksonville Scholastic Chess Championship was held Feb. 11 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in San Marco. The tournament, sponsored by North Florida Sinus Center, drew 127 scholastic chess players and 23 chess teams to compete. Locally, Hendricks Avenue Elementary won the K-2 division and was runner-up in the K-5 division. Landon College […]
Voter Information: What to know
Election Day for the Duval Unitary First Election is coming up on March 21. By now, voters impacted by the new court-ordered Jacksonville City Council District map — approximately 200,000 voters, according to the Duval County Supervisor of Election’s (SOE) office — should have received their new voter information card displaying their updated district and […]
Gone country for downtown: Downtown Vision Inc. hosts 8th annual Downtown Vision Gala
Guests dusted off their hats and kicked up their cowboy boots at Downtown Vision Inc.’s 8th annual Downtown Vision Gala. Proceeds from the evening, which took place on Friday, Feb. 24, went to funding placemaking in downtown Jacksonville. In accordance with this year’s theme — “Rhinestone Cowford” — guests attempted to capture their “eight seconds […]
Animal House: The serenity of the fishbowl: A deep dive on tropical fish-keeping
An aquarium of shimmering tropical fish could be one of the only tabletop item to instantly calm life’s chaos and provide escape from a difficult day, stressful thoughts and feelings just from looking at it. Aquariums induce relaxation and sensory enjoyment by gliding through lush, swaying emerald aquatic plants to the sounds of soothing water […]
The Way We Were: Martha “Molly” Holmes King
Martha “Molly” Holmes King arrived in Jacksonville at nine years of age in February 1941 from her birthplace in Birmingham, Alabama. “Now, I’m 91 and three fourths,” she said, and she lives in the same house that she had grown up in on Harvard Avenue in Ortega. Molly was raised an only child; two siblings […]
A star-filled evening
Hendricks Avenue Elementary’s annual Reading with the Stars Local stars and celebrities visited Hendricks Avenue Elementary on Tuesday, Jan. 24 to read to students and their parents for HAE’s Reading with the Stars, an annual event hosted by the HAE Parent Teacher Association as part of the school’s Literacy Week. Stars included former Jaguars player […]
Assumption Catholic School celebrates 100 years
Assumption Catholic School celebrated its 100th year in January, making it one of the oldest parochial schools in Jacksonville. Alumni members and students’ parents along with former and current staff members gathered on the Atlantic Boulevard campus for food, drinks and fellowship to celebrate the milestone. The more than 200 attendees included 150 alumni. Among […]
