Freed to Run draws big rivalries for Legal Aid
Marathon from Tallahassee to Jacksonville endows medical legal partnership Members of the Jacksonville Bar Association (JBA) representing Big Law, alternative dispute resolution and solo/small firms are entering into an epic battle to see who can garner the most support for Freed to Run 6.0, which is expected to fully fund an endowment for Jacksonville Area […]
Plans underway for Cynthia Saben’s 5th annual Breakfast In The Park
Cynthia Saben’s plans are underway for her 5th annual Breakfast In The Park. She needs volunteers and donors as she prepares for Christmas morning 2022 at New Dawn Outreach Center on Duval Street. In November 2018, Cynthia had an idea. She was going to wake up on Christmas morning, cook up some biscuits and gravy […]
Ulysses Owens, Jr. Selected for the Ann McDonald Baker Art Ventures Award
Grammy award-winning performer, producer and educator uses music to empower Jacksonville youth Grammy Award-winning jazz percussionist, producer and educator Ulysses Owens Jr. was recently named the 2022 Ann McDonald Baker Art Ventures Award recipient by The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida. The award, bestowed annually, recognizes a gifted local artist whose work brings distinction to […]
Jordan joins Baptist Health’s Familial Brain Aneurysm Study to help others, ends up saving her own life
Threat discovered during state-funded research screening to assess the hereditary probability of brain aneurysms in families. Pamela Jordan, 61, wasn’t having any symptoms, exercised three days a week and lived a healthy lifestyle; but, because of her family history of aneurysm and stroke, she agreed to participate in Baptist Health’s Familial Brain Aneurysm Study. Backed […]
Pedestrian safety for students a topic of concern
Growth brings more traffic and distracted drivers When the new school year began, San Marco resident Dale Farrow walked with his sixth grader to make sure he and his friend knew how to approach crossing the busy streets, particular Atlantic Boulevard, to get to Landon Middle School. He did that for three weeks and spoke […]
Big Fishweir Creek restoration contract awarded to San Mateo firm
Dredge moves from plans to implementation A year-long delay in the procurement process to restore Big Fishweir Creek to a more navigable waterway for water sport enthusiasts and manatees alike is finally over. And given it followed more than a decade of planning, engineering and budgeting work, all parties are celebrating the $8.2-million contract award […]
Substantial completion achieved on renovations to Fire Station 10 in Riverside
Renovations on Fire Rescue Station 10 on McDuff Avenue in Riverside reached substantial completion on Aug. 16, according to Director and Fire Chief of Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department Keith Powers. Construction on the station began in October of last year and the general contractor was Auld and White Constructors. The total cost for the […]
FDOT rolls out study for I-95 improvements from I-10 to Beaver Street
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) hosted a pair of public meetings last month to present a study featuring proposed improvements to I-95 from I-10 to Beaver Street. The Project Development and Environment (PD&E) study presented “options to improve safety, capacity, and traffic operations on I-95” including adding two 12-foot lanes in each direction of […]
