Third time was charm for attorney’s trek on El Camino trail
It took two tries, but El Camino de Santiago’s lure finally captured local attorney and Ortega resident Tim McDermott. “I had heard about the El Camino a number of years ago and always thought it would be an interesting experience, if the time and opportunity presented themselves,” said McDermott, a business litigation and civil trial […]
Best-selling author speaks at Ortega book club luncheon
Through a friendship between a New York Times best-selling author and a former Ortega resident, the Tale Spinners Book Club kicked off its 49th year of endearing friendships, delicious meals and love for reading with a visit from Patti Callahan Henry, author of 14 novels. Anis Daley and her four daughters, Muffet Rhyne and Annie […]
Chiropractor wins Men’s 75 Doubles tennis championship
Chiropractor Robert (Chip) Travis and his tennis partner, Jim Parker, recently took the trophy for the 2019 Men’s 75 Doubles Champions, sponsored by the National Senior Men’s Tennis Association. The NSMTA Super Senior Doubles Championships were held Jan. 9-12 in Naples, Florida. Although Travis adheres to a strict regime – eating healthy, lifting weights and […]
Leaders in local fundraising raise awareness for the career
Regardless of the title – development director, charitable gifts administrator, director of funding – the people who fill those roles all have something in common. They are professional fundraisers, specifically to generate philanthropic support for a wide variety of charitable institutions. Guided by a 59-year-old organization – the Association of Fundraising Professionals – people, like […]
North Florida Land Trust turns over Spanish American war fort to National Park Service
North Florida Land Trust officially turned over ownership of the 1898 Spanish American War Fort to the National Park Service Dec. 14, 2018 at the National Park Service’s Jacksonville headquarters. Special guests invited to join the ceremony to mark the occasion included Lake Ray IV, who presented an antique post flag to NFLT President Jim […]
City plans to close two railroad crossings for pedestrian path
City officials came one step closer to realizing their dream of building a multi-use path encircling North San Marco when the Florida Department of Transportation held a two-hour public meeting to discuss construction of a new pedestrian railroad crossing as well as closing two vehicular railroad crossings in San Marco. The meeting was held in […]
Artistic ‘outdoor living room’ coming to San Marco
Down by the train tracks on Hendricks Avenue, near historic South Jacksonville City Hall, Tiffany Ash wants to create a sort of “artistic outdoor living room,” on property that includes two of the neighborhood’s historic landmarks, San Marco Train Station and Union Hall. Ash, who is business manager for AshCo, a family-owned design and development […]
Developers aim to make a place of ‘ambience, fiber and essence’
The District – Life Well Lived developer Peter Rummell has said it many times: “You can’t be a suburb of nowhere, and Jacksonville’s downtown is now nowhere. We’ve got to make it a place with ambience, fiber and essence so it can have a personality.” Perhaps no one agrees more with Rummell than the Downtown […]
