SJEDS Kindergarteners “journey” to Japan
San Jose Episcopal Day School Kindergarteners recently completed a two-week “journey” to Japan. Students learned Japanese greetings and how to count to ten. They studied customs and geography with an emphasis on Mt. Fuji and wrote reports on their fact-finding. Kimonos were beautifully painted. To celebrate the students’ “excursion,” a gorgeous meal was served complete […]
Historical Society celebrates Women’s History Month with educator Jane Condon
The world celebrated International Women’s Day on Tuesday, March 8. Girl power was at full throttle that evening in downtown Jacksonville as girls clad in rainbow-colored tutus, vibrant, oversized hair bows and side ponytails flocked to the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena to see pop icon JoJo Siwa perform. Across the street at the historic Old […]
IQ Fiber announces residential internet deployment in San Marco
IQ Fiber, Northeast Florida’s only local residential fiber-optic internet service provider, announces it has selected San Marco for its second infrastructure project in the Jacksonville market. Construction on the $8.4 million project is planned to start Tuesday. “We are proud to bring fiber-optic internet to San Marco,” said Ted Schremp, CEO of IQ Fiber. “With […]
Art is ageless: Karpeles hosts “Generations” exhibit by local artists
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum in Jacksonville’s Historic Springfield neighborhood is opening a new art exhibit featuring a group of local artists beginning March 1. The “Generations” exhibit will showcase more than 20 art pieces by seven artists – Leila Griffith, Suzanne Magee, Mary McAllister, Jim Pearce, Mimi Sherman Pearce, Megan Reid and Jackie Schrank – […]
The Way We Were: Winslow Ira Colbert
Winslow Ira Colbert of Ortega got her first boat, a wooden Curley boat with a 35mph motor, when she was fourteen years old. Her dad would launch it for her in the morning and the self- described “river rat” cruised up and down McGirt’s Creek, Moon Lake and the St. Johns River to Timuquana Country […]
Nashville Company Set to Open Music Venue in Rail Yard District
The latest piece of the Rail Yard District development puzzle has fallen into place, with a Nashville company committing to creating a music and event venue on the Dennis + Ives site. Marathon Live, which offers full-service venue management, will build and operate an as-yet-unnamed space for concerts, weddings, galas, parties, and other functions. “We’re […]
Third quarter President’s List recipients announced during convocation
The 2021-22 Third Quarter President’s List recipients were announced during an all-campus convocation in Davis Gym on March 17. Each quarter during the academic year, upper school faculty and staff nominate students for the award. A faculty committee receives the submissions and identifies stand-out student candidates who best exemplify The Bolles Way by pursuing excellence […]
USS Orleck arrives in Jacksonville
Achievement of epic proportions now part of Downtown skyline The Jacksonville Historic Naval Ship Association’s (JHNSA) plans to bring the USS Orleck to the city to house the Jacksonville Naval Museum are complete…almost. The 77-year-old ship made its way slowly down the St. Johns River to dock temporarily in front of the Hyatt Regency Hotel […]
Dorion Exhibit coming to St. John’s Cathedral
On Easter Sunday, April 17 a Dottie Dorion art exhibit will open downtown in Taliaferro Hall gallery at St. John’s Cathedral, 256 E. Church Street. Admission is free and open to the public. Dorion, a long-time member of the church, will show works she’s done using acrylics and oils on canvas, some framed and some […]
