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Riverside, Avondale, Ortega, Murray Hill

All the latest news relevant to the Riverside, Avondale, Ortega and Murray Hill areas.

Residents file lawsuit against a local factory to combat noxious smell

For the past three years Murray Hill residents have sporadically complained about noxious odors akin to the scent of turpentine wafting through their community late at night, early in the morning, and on weekends. And in the past three months, the problem has spread beyond Murray Hill’s borders and has become decidedly worse. “We could […]

Community meetings held on Robert E. Lee High School name change

Alumni, residents, current Lee High School students, and Parent-Teacher-Student Association members will have an opportunity to weigh in on whether they think the name of Robert E. Lee High School should be changed. The School Advisory Council of Robert E. Lee High School (SAC) held the first of five community meetings on the issue Feb. […]

Riverside’s Cherry Museum elevates yard art to its finest

Riverside’s Cherry Museum elevates yard art to its finest

Move over Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, there is a new “micro” art gallery in Riverside. Visible only to pedestrians, joggers, and perhaps slow-moving cyclists, the new Cherry Museum sits adjacent to Cherry Street, just inside the walls of the Riverside Avenue home of nationally renowned artist Lana Shuttleworth and her husband, Jacksonville Architectural […]

New construction abounds in Murray Hill

New construction abounds in Murray Hill

Construction is well underway for two developments that will change the landscape of Murray Hill. A new retail storage complex is starting to take shape on land located on Plymouth Street that is near Edgewood Avenue South, which was once occupied by the Jones College Edgewood campus. The three-story, 97,000-square-foot building will eventually house 788 […]

Northbank construction projects in flux

Northbank construction projects in flux

Recent turn of events has put more than one Northbank construction project in flux. A no vote on Lot J by the Jacksonville City Council sent Jaguars owner Shad Khan and his development team back to the drawing board. Khan and the city also received bad news when the National Park Service rejected the city’s […]

Community Foundation fund helps compensate nonprofits for COVID-19 costs

Thanks to The Community Foundation of Northeast Florida’s Respond/Adapt/Recover Fund, 117 local nonprofit organizations received a total of nearly $1.2 million to help offset the costs they incurred trying to re-open and continue serving clients during the COVID-19 pandemic. The grants, which ranged from $500 to $50,000, helped cover agencies’ purchases of personal protective equipment, […]

Neighbors keep Avondale median nice and tidy

Neighbors keep Avondale median nice and tidy

Inspired by a park clean-up event sponsored by Riverside Avondale Preservation, Avondale residents with homes fronting the median between Edgewood Avenue and St. John’s Avenue rolled up their sleeves and spent two weeks cleaning up the grassy expanse in November. “The median is not considered a park, however, but I was inspired by the RAP […]

School PTA thanks generous donors

Letters to the Editor are submitted as OPINION. The Resident Community News does not stand behind these statements as accurate or factual. Dear Editor: West Riverside Elementary School’s Parent Teacher Association (PTA) would like to thank four of its major sponsors, VyStar Credit Union, Coldwell Banker Vanguard (CBV) CARES of Avondale, Cowford Realty & Design, and […]