Residents take legal aim against developer
Even though fences are supposed to make good neighbors, the new wooden barrier recently erected along the property line between San Jose Estates and adjacent homes in the Christiana Forest subdivision has not helped to quiet tensions between the developers and their abutting homeowners. On Oct. 23, Madrid Avenue homeowners Kevin Conner and his next-door […]
Courthouse run goes big in Freed to Run 2.0
Jacksonville attorney Mike Freed’s passion for helping others is contagious. Last year, Freed launched Freed to Run, six marathons in six days from the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee to the Duval County Courthouse in Jacksonville. After years of doing pro bono work with the nonprofit Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, he decided to create his […]
Two of area’s oldest civic organizations use decades-old golf tournament to benefit others
On the cusp of celebrating its centennial anniversary next year, the Meninak Club of Jacksonville engaged in an annual decades-old friendly rivalry with the Rotary Club of Jacksonville – a charity golf tournament that harkens back to 1965, with roots going back 12 years earlier. The Meninak / Rotary Charity Golf Tournament pits a golf […]
Digging up history in Memorial Park
Nearly 94 years ago on Christmas Day, a Jacksonville Citizens Committee put a parchment scroll, onto which 1,220 names of Florida men and women who died serving in World War I had been beautifully inscribed in India ink, into a lead box. They soldered the box shut, put that box into a bronze box, soldered […]
Equal Justice honorees celebrated by JALA
[su_divider top=”no” style=”dotted” size=”1″ margin=”50″] Jacksonville’s legal community was out in full force when Jacksonville Area Legal Aid hosted its 19th Annual Robert J. Beckham Equal Justice Awards Celebration at the Omni Jacksonville Hotel Sept. 20. During a VIP reception, the attorneys had the opportunity to rub shoulders with the evening’s keynote speaker, Piper Kerman, […]
Patrons rallied for survivors, loved ones at Cowford Ball
[su_divider top=”no” style=”dotted” size=”1″ margin=”50″] The American Cancer Society’s annual Cowford Ball took up the theme “Party ‘Til the Cows Come Home” and patrons danced the night away at the Glass Factory Sept. 29 to one of the best dance bands in the country, Soul Survivors, from Miami. If dancing wasn’t enough activity, guests took […]
Animal lovers’ generosity benefits veterinary medical fund
[su_divider top=”no” style=”dotted” size=”1″ margin=”50″] Chaired by Jacksonville Jaguars General Manager David Caldwell and his wife, Joelle, the 20th Annual Toast to the Animals gave Jacksonville’s animal lovers a chance to sample some of the best cuisine the First Coast has to offer, while supporting the Jacksonville Humane Society. The Sept. 22 event, held at […]
Must-attend benefit another culinary crowd-pleaser
[su_divider top=”no” style=”dotted” size=”1″ margin=”50″] Over 450 connoisseurs of gourmet food and fine wine – and supporters of St. Vincent’s HealthCare Foundation – enjoyed two days of fine wine and delectable dining during the 17th Annual Delicious Destinations Sept. 7-8 at The Ponte Vedra Inn & Club. The five-star culinary experience and fundraiser brought top […]
University Boulevard crosswalk to be installed near Lakewood shops
For pedestrians and bicyclists hoping to cross busy University Boulevard near the shops in Lakewood, soon it will be safer and easier. The City of Jacksonville has signed a construction agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to build a new crosswalk approximately halfway between Stanford Road and Auburn Road. The City had to […]
