Bishop Kenny’s boys/girls swim teams celebrate end-of-season victories
Bishop Kenny High School’s boys’ swim team has cause to celebrate after winning the FHSAA 2A state title at the 2022 Swimming & Diving State Championships for the second year in a row. A press release stated, “The combined results of Barrie Snyder’s individual first place finish in the 50 Freestyle and the three first […]
Artist honors Jacksonville history, completes Cowford murals
The Cowford murals may have had their origin as a solution for covering graffiti, but with the creative genius of local artist David Nackashi, they have become a visual history lesson. This fall Nackashi completed the last of the murals beneath the Acosta Bridge that he started in 2021. The large murals, 40 feet wide […]
A tradition for the season: Christmas in Avondale
Friends, families and neighbors gathered along St. Johns Avenue for another year of Christmas in Avondale, a time-honored community event that is a holiday tradition of more than three decades. “This is our opportunity to give back to the community,” said Avondale Merchants Association Vice President Bronwyn Benoit. “That has been our focus the last […]
Looking back, looking forward
The start of a new year is a combination of closure and anticipation. In that blink of a moment between 11:59:59 and 12:00:00, we bid farewell to the old year, sometimes closing the door gently behind us, other times slamming it and embrace the beautiful (terrifying?) unknown of a fresh 12 months. It is also […]
Loyal to Local: The Riverside Arts Market
The Riverside Arts Market (RAM) is a weekly makers and farmers market hosted by Riverside Avondale Preservation (RAP) on Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., rain or shine. Keep reading to learn more about what makes RAM a must-visit part of each Saturday and how you could be part of what makes RAM such […]
Jacksonville Humane Society hosts 24th annual “Toast to the Animals”
The Jacksonville Humane Society (JHS) celebrated its 24th annual “Toast to the Animals” — touted as Jacksonville’s “premier charitable tasting event” — on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Originally scheduled for September this year, the event was postponed because of Hurricane Ian and moved to last month. This year, the event recognized and celebrated “Jacksonville Philanthropist and […]
In Memoriam: Catherine “Kitty” Gish Williams
November 8, 1929 — November 1, 2022 Catherine “Kitty” Gish Williams passed away peacefully on All Saint’s Day, November 1, 2022, at her home on Thornwood Lane in San Marco, one week short of her 93rd birthday. Born on November 8, 1929, to Nicholas and Ona Mae Gish, Kitty was a lifelong resident of Jacksonville. […]
Community comes together to help WWII vet achieve a goal
San Marco resident Rufus McClure was a paratrooper who served during WWII in a special division that was trained to invade Japan. “I was in Europe when President Harry Truman gave the orders to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After that, the war was over. Instead of getting shipped to Japan to possibly […]
