Centenarian a trailblazer, may be record holder as well
Mada Allen’s eyes were misty as she listened intently to the old familiar words of her Kappa Delta (KD) sorority song. Always think of KD when you hear this melody. We’ll be wishing you goodnight in sleepy harmony. May your days all be bright ones, may your cares all be light ones, Tonight while moonlight […]
Third-grade student sends over $1,500 to Texas Diaper Bank
Mattie Sacks, a third-grade student at Hendricks Avenue Elementary School, put her love for baking to philanthropic use last month. The San Marco resident raised more than $750 for the Texas Diaper Bank for Hurricane Harvey relief selling chocolate chip cookies. “She wanted to give to the diaper bank because we have one-year-old twins, and […]
TaxSlayer Bowl creates ‘dream team’ for lifetime experience
Twelve children, ages 7 to 16, were “signed” as the inaugural TaxSlayer Bowl Dream Team as representatives and ambassadors for the TaxSlayer Bowl through their participation on the Dream Team. Over the 13 weeks of the college football regular season, each of the dreamers – identified by Dreams Come True – will be highlighted individually […]
The Way We Were: Dr. Louis and Patricia Larmoyeux
The Christmas card says it all: “After 50 years of marriage, the gift of love and family continues to fill us with pride and joy! Christmas blessings from our family to yours! Louis and Pat Larmoyeux 2016.” Their secret for a long, loving marriage? Well, read on for the details. Both Louis and Patricia (Pat) […]
Opposition to Southbank development gets second set-back
The proposed 13-story apartment project by Ventures Development Group cleared a big hurdle last month when the Downtown Investment Authority approved the final design for the riverfront project on Prudential Drive, rejecting an appeal against the Downtown Development Review Board’s approval in June. Baptist Health and the owners of the former Aetna building had objected […]
Pavers replaced around Navy Memorial on Southbank
The Jacksonville Navy Memorial, also known as the Lone Sailor, on the 4,000-foot Southbank Riverwalk has a new set of pavers with a somewhat different look, according to Sandra Fradd, co-founder of Downtown Dwellers. “The old pavers were deteriorating from an overspill of water. The circle around the fountain used to be yellow,” she said. “It […]
San Marco to be first neighborhood with complete bicycle lane
When the repaving of Hendricks Avenue is completed next year San Marco will be the first neighborhood in the city with a complete bike lane, running from Baymeadows Road to Prudential Drive. And when reconfiguration of traffic on Riverplace Boulevard is done, that bike lane will go all the way to downtown. Attorney Chris Burns, […]
Library budget cuts upset advocates
When Roxanne Henkle, president of Friends of the Willowbranch Library (FOWL), read through Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry’s 378-page 2017-2018 proposed budget, she got a sinking feeling when she saw what was slotted for the Jacksonville Public Libraries. While funding for “same level of service” (salaries, contracts with security, etc.) was approved with slight modifications to […]
Motorists given fair warning to reduce speed, stop for pedestrians
In an effort to reduce vehicle crashes off St. Johns Avenue into adjacent properties, the Florida Department of Transportation began installation in early August of IIRPMs (internally illuminated retroreflective pavement markers) from Greenwood Avenue north to Van Wert Avenue. The $100,000 safety project was estimated to be completed in four to six weeks by Petticoat […]
