Local bartender takes creative cocktail to Scotland
A local man mixed the perfect cocktail and won a trip to Scotland. The backstory about Ben Golden, a bartender/mixologist at Bellwether, is that he entered a global competition run by Glenfiddich, the Scotch whisky producer, to be named the World’s Most Experimental Bartender. The competition, now in its fourth year, challenges bartenders to create […]
Children of all ages enjoy PTA carnival
Bounce houses, a climbing tower and bungee bounce swing, carnival games, face and hair painting, and food trucks turned the Hendricks Avenue Elementary School campus into the perfect setting for a spring carnival May 4. The warm late afternoon, early evening event was sponsored by the Hendricks Avenue Elementary PTA, which strives to break even […]
Arts educator asks for donations to mitigate budget cuts
Central Riverside Elementary School held its 5th annual student art exhibit and fundraiser, and it couldn’t have come at a more critical time. Due to budget cuts to the arts programs, Duval County Public School District funding for art supplies is not expected to continue next year. “I hope we do well, as we will […]
Art, music speaks to students in language all its own
Twenty-five deaf/hard-of-hearing students and those with varying exceptionalities from Central Riverside Elementary School enjoyed the 23rd annual Very Special Arts (VSA) festival May 2 at The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens. Over a four-day period during the first week in May, over 1,450 volunteers welcomed 1,678 students and 691 teachers and chaperones from 38 […]
San Marco Promenade apartments under development
Nearly a year after receiving approval from the City of Jacksonville’s Planning Commission to swap locations of two phases of a $33.35 million project for a residential community east of San Marco’s Alexandria Oaks Park, Chance Partners LLC is starting to move dirt. The new apartment complex at 2600 Philips Highway, a property originally rezoned […]
Kompan playground equipment coming to Landon Park this summer
One of San Marco’s favorite places to play is getting a facelift. To become compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the City of Jacksonville plans to refurbish Landon Park this summer. Included in the plans are new state-of-the-art playground equipment, said LeAnna Cumber, former president of the San Marco Preservation Society (SMPS). With […]
Residents offended by compensation offered by developer for damages
As far as Lynne Robison and her Madrid Avenue neighbors were concerned, the offer was “outrageous” and “insulting.” After suffering soggy grass and standing water in their backyards for more than a year, Robison and her neighbors received an email May 7, offering $250 cash as part of a $1,500 “Neighborhood Fund” for each “to […]
New JEA pump station generators drawing ire
Following the recent installation of a new electric generator that will supply back-up power for a Jacksonville Energy Authority (JEA) lift station at the end of Mallory Street, some residents were more than dismayed to see the size of the structure. In fact, Stewart Taylor was outraged. “It’s extreme overkill,” he said. “It looks like […]
Roosevelt Square Mall renovations underway
Amid speculation about plans for the Roosevelt Square Mall, a spokesperson for Dewberry Capital Corp. is setting the record straight. Douglas German, a nephew of the company’s president, John Dewberry, said last month the company wants to turn it into a more pedestrian-friendly outdoor mall. A total renovation of all building façades and roofs will […]
