Progress in San Marco Square, a community readies for completion
A photo of the San Marco Square reveals the progress of not only commemorative bricks being laid, but the planting of six new oak trees, several crape myrtles and new palms in the corridor. The afternoon of installations brought out Al Thigpen of Al Thigpen Landscaping, one of many contractors responsible for the recent progress. […]
McCoys Creek clean-up crew collects tons of trash
Sarah Nan has spent countless hours helping to clean up Jacksonville’s polluted waterways, but even someone with her experience has a difficult time comprehending what people have done to McCoys Creek. “People don’t understand how damaging trash can be to the ecosystem,” said Nan, a Riverside resident and member of the Keep Jacksonville Beautiful Commission. […]
Otto – an orphaned otter’s odyssey
Resident News reporter uncovers the end of the journey “Chirp. Chirp. CHIRP!” It was March 2011 when Nick Sharrow of Jacksonville’s Sharrow Tree Service traced the disturbing high-pitched, penetrating distress call to an abandoned river otter pup in a client’s Riverside yard. “It was hard to ignore,” he said. The otter was so young its […]
News Update: Detours galore through Avondale and Riverside
Navigating St. Johns and Riverside avenues is a lesson in patience these days. Residents find that project detours for the Willowbranch and Riverside roadwork are colliding with detours for the JEA’s water main improvement project at Cherry Street. Drivers must also proceed with caution over the narrow temporary “bridges” over streets, such as Bayard, while […]
Mega Adoption Event for Homeless Pets
Local shelters and rescues come together for largest adoption event in the country More than a thousand homeless dogs and cats will be looking for new homes as part of the Mega Adoption event scheduled this weekend. It will take place July 26-28, at the Jacksonville Fairgrounds, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. First Coast […]
Annual fishing tournament a 6th-year success
Top honors in the 6th Annual Clay Roberts Memorial Inshore Slam Fishing Tournament, sponsored by In River Or Ocean, went to the D. J. Cabler’s team whose Clay Roberts’ record slam weighed in at 16.46 pounds. Terry Sturgeon’s team placed second in the slam (14.27) and Tom Riley placed third (14.06). Gary Roberts, of Roberts […]
Historic tree gets TLC from its PCP
After 25 years of annual and biennial checkups, Early Piety could be considered the primary care physician for the 250-year-old live oak tree known as Treaty Oak. Over the years Piety and his company, Specialty Tree Surgeons, has removed deadwood, ensured that no infrastructural changes or improvements to the Jessie Ball duPont Park interfere with […]
SMPS spring meeting hosted at Aardwolf Brewery
Nine receive awards and recognitions Immediate past president Diane Martin opened the spring meeting of the San Marco Preservation Society with the comment, “Now I know what it takes to raise the attendance at these meetings!” Aardwolf Brewery was a packed house on May 20 for the annual beautification awards and election of officers. Historian […]
