St. Nicholas residents differ about LED streetlight installation
New LED street lights have been coming to St. Nicholas, and not all residents are happy about it. In early 2016, the City of Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Electric Authority launched a multi-year effort to upgrade all existing high pressure sodium (HPS) street lights with new LED lights, said Gerri Boyce, media relations coordinator for […]
Master plan aims for zero bike/pedestrian deaths
When it comes to walking and bicycling, Jacksonville – which notches nearly 40 bicycle and pedestrian fatalities each year – has a reputation of being one of the most dangerous cities in the nation. To transform the city into the kind of walkable, street-friendly place where future businesses may settle and millennials might want to […]
Riverkeeper serious about fighting dredging project
After five years of negotiations with the Jacksonville Port Authority and the Army Corps of Engineers, the St. Johns Riverkeeper is ready to take off the gloves and file a lawsuit within 30 days regarding the proposed St. Johns River dredging project, said Riverkeeper Lisa Rinaman. Rinaman discussed the dredging issue and two other legislative […]
First Watch planned for Brooklyn/Riverside
First Watch, the “daytime” café, which has three locations already in Jacksonville, is coming to Brooklyn Station. The breakfast-brunch-and-lunch restaurant will take over the more than 4,000-square-foot free-standing building that formerly housed the Corner Bakery Café at 192 Riverside Ave., said Eric Davidson, a spokesman for Regency Centers, which owns the shopping center. First Watch […]
Women of the water
Playing or working, these gals can’t get enough of our local waterways By Krysten L. Bennett, Resident Community News You could say it’s water that runs through the veins of the women featured in this story. To a woman, they have a love affair with water, from dipping in an oar to powering ahead full […]
Miramar couple offers free lessons to budding swimmers
For Chris Oliver and Nancy Hennessey, swimming is life. The couple, who have spent nearly all their adult lives coaching at some of the finest swim clubs in the country, now want to give back to children from Jacksonville’s urban core, many who have never splashed in a pool or had the opportunity to learn […]
Rogers ends football career as winningest Florida coach
Legendary high school football coach Charles “Corky” Rogers of The Bolles School officially ended his coaching career with more wins, state titles, championship game appearances, Hall of Fame inductions and collegiate players than any coach in Florida. Rogers, 73, who has led the football program at Bolles since 1989, announced his retirement due to medical […]
New roof for Preservation Hall
Preservation Hall, the quaint historic church building in San Marco’s Fletcher Park, is getting a makeover. A new roof was put on the 129-year-old structure March 20, with paint and other cosmetic maintenance upgrades to follow, said Barbara Hall of San Marco, chairman of the San Marco Preservation Society’s committee which oversees the structure. The […]
