Guests rock to Caribbean tunes during Morning Star’s Havana Nights
Ricky Ricardo would have been right at home during Havana Nights, Morning Star School’s 8th Annual Gala and Auction Sept. 28 at the Haskell Building in Riverside. The event, which boasted Cuban-inspired cuisine, mojitos, open bar, casino games, a cigar lounge, and dancing to Caribbean tunes, helped to raise money for the school that services […]
DLC Nurse & Learn celebrates three decades of caring for children
DLC Nurse & Learn celebrated its 30th Anniversary of Hope and Miracles at the RiverFront Cafe Sept. 12. Local author and advocate Pam Tebow, mother of football player Tim Tebow, winner of the Heisman Trophy, was the keynote speaker at the event, which included dinner and a reflection of 30 years of miracles with the […]
St. Nicholas resident views life from different perspective
Because she can’t see, Emily Michael has a different view of life growing up in St. Nicholas, where she lives and went to high school. She views the world from the perspective of someone who is considered “different,” a label that she said doesn’t define her, but instead, allows her to embrace opportunities as a […]
Dredging is in process on Millers Creek
The long-discussed Millers Creek dredging project became a reality in early October, when DredgIt, a fully integrated sediment management company from Houston, Texas, set up shop on land owned by Korean First Baptist Church adjacent to the creek. DredgIt started mobilizing its equipment on Sept. 30, a task that took two weeks, said Michelle Wright, […]
Ventures apartment building close to construction
Developers of a new apartment building on the Southbank are much closer to breaking ground on a project that was once controversial but now has the go-ahead from the City. Ventures Development Group had originally proposed constructing an apartment tower of up to 300 units on nearly three acres, near Baptist Health and Wolfson Children’s […]
Bring on the bulldozers, Publix is coming
Anticipation pervaded the room as more than 200 San Marco residents crowded into the fellowship hall at Southside Baptist Church to view renderings and learn the details about Regency Center’s plans to build a new Publix on its East San Marco property at the corner of Hendricks Avenue and Atlantic Boulevard. The project, which is […]
Colonial Manor resident honored with NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award
Eagles are in no way an endangered species when it comes to the Searcy family. Since the 1940s, seven Boy Scouts within the Searcy family have attained the rank of Eagle Scout, with John V. Searcy of Colonial Manor, patriarch of the family, receiving the National Eagle Scout Association (NESA)’s Outstanding Eagle Scout Award from […]
Loss prompts attorneys to fundraise for breast cancer
Participation in Real Men Wear Pink growing locally, nationally Yelena Chizhik was an important member of Coker Law until she died of breast cancer. Chizhik created the trial firms’ trial presentations, focus groups and trial technology. “She was an outdoors woman – hiking, she loved to train dogs, she lived an amazing robust life,” said […]
