Gubbin retires from head library post after 12 years
You can call her an “Energizer Bunny,” a go-getter, a mover and a shaker, but whatever moniker you put on Barbara A.B. Gubbin, former director of the Jacksonville Public Library, it’s not big enough to describe the accomplishments of the petite 65-year-old Brit. More than 100 friends, co-workers, Library trustees and Foundation board members, and […]
Women’s Sailing Network celebrates 20 years
It’s been 20 years since a “motley crew” sat down at Neena Guidi’s dining room table in San Marco to devise the purpose statement for the Women’s Sailing Network (WSN) of Northeast Florida. Led by Guidi and fellow sailor Terry Osman of St. Simons Island, the women created the loosely-formed organization that established a racing […]
Jessie Ball Regatta puts women on the water
[su_slider source=”media: 36878,36880,36879,36877″ link=”lightbox” width=”620″ height=”420″][su_slider source=”media: 36751,36754,36755,36753″ link=”lightbox” width=”620″ height=”420″] [/su_slider] Six boats competed June 2 in the second of four sailing events sponsored by the Women’s Sailing Series. Hosted by Epping Forest Yacht and Country Club, the Jessie Ball Regatta included three performance boats with all-female crews and three cruisers with mixed crews. […]
FDOT begins I-95/I-10 operational improvements
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) held an open house June 1 at its Training Center to share its plans for operational improvements to the interchange at Interstate 10 and Interstate 95, the Fuller Warren Bridge, and along U.S.17 between McDuff Avenue and Rosselle Street. The designers, engineers, contractors and FDOT teams working to make […]
Chick-fil-A re-opens with new décor, new drive-thru bypass lane
The Chick-fil-A at 4495 Roosevelt Blvd. received a $750,000 facelift during late May and June, temporarily diverting customers from the popular lunchtime restaurant. The renovations in the 4,344-square-foot building included a 242-square-foot addition at the back of the store to house a new freezer and provide more space for the kitchen. It also included interior […]
Infamous St. Johns Avenue S-curve to get reflective road markers
A Florida Department of Transportation safety improvement project on St. Johns Avenue is being undertaken during the month of July between Greenwood and Van Wert Avenues. Internally Illuminated Retroreflective Pavement Markers (IIRPMs), also known as “solar RPMs” are an innovative product being piloted on a section of S.R. 211 (St. Johns Avenue) to determine their […]
New homes to be built near San Jose Forest
The wooded landscape fronting the San Jose Forest subdivision on San Jose Boulevard has changed for residents living in the quiet neighborhood near Christopher Creek and Nathan Krestul Park. At the entrance of their subdivision, on six parcels covering just under two acres of land bordering San Jose Boulevard, the San Jose Estates subdivision is […]
Downtown Dwellers to log volunteer hours in “partnership” with city
The Downtown Dwellers, a group seeking to be the “voice” of the residents living Downtown, has decided to cement its partnership with the Jacksonville Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department by asking its members to log the “volunteer” hours they spend monitoring the Southbank Riverwalk outside of their homes. In a meeting April 28, in […]
