Evening of Taste brings in more than $75,000 for Children’s Home Society
[su_slider source=”media: 37187,37182,37183,37184,37185″ link=”lightbox” width=”620″ height=”420″][su_slider source=”media: 36751,36754,36755,36753″ link=”lightbox” width=”620″ height=”420″] [/su_slider] The Children’s Home Society of Florida held its annual An Evening of Taste with Chef Matthew Medure on April 23, raising more than $75,000 to benefit children and families in Northeast Florida. Chef Matthew Medure presented an intimate atmosphere where guests sipped, savored […]
Foster families get a break
The children call her “Mama Mia,” or “Miss Amelia,” and although she modestly says she’s not exceptional, there probably is a special place in heaven reserved for Amelia Frazer Day. Over the past seven years, the stay-at-home mother of three has brought more than 50 foster care children into her Miramar home, filling in as […]
Jacksonville native now goalkeeper for Armada FC
As a pioneer moving from the team’s development program to its highest-level professional squad, Kyle Nasta feels a sense of pride and responsibility each time he dons the Jacksonville Armada Football Club’s navy blue and white kit. After starting six games for the Armada’s Under-23 development squad last year, the Episcopal School of Jacksonville and […]
Jewish women experience Israel on ‘momentous’ journey
Twenty local Jewish mothers participated in an exclusive “Momentum” journey to Israel June 26-July 3 in a partnership between the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project (JWRP) and Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs. Among the women participating were Avondale resident Colleen Bell, medical director for behavioral health at the IM Sulzbacher Center, and Kimberly McDonough of Monclair, […]
Firefighters help relieve patient stress with new home theatre
Thanks to a retired Jacksonville firefighter and two-year volunteer at the Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville, guests at the local lodge can now enjoy family movie nights at a brand-new theatre on the campus. John Peavy, a 34-year veteran of the Jacksonville Association of Firefighters, got the idea during the renovation and expansion of Ronald […]
Riverkeeper releases report, claims ‘deep dredge is economically infeasible’
Within two weeks of unanimous approval by the JAXPORT Board of Directors to begin the Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Project, the St. Johns Riverkeeper released a new report by a leading international port and shipping expert who “finds the proposed dredging of the St. Johns River to be ‘economically infeasible.’” According to the report, Dr. Asaf […]
Visually impaired since birth, Murray Hill resident plays piano from the heart
In 1947, Jan Atchley Bevan was the smallest baby (at 1 lb. 8 oz.) ever born at St. Luke’s Hospital. Although she is visually impaired as a result of her premature birth, Bevan has never allowed her blindness to cloud her vision. Bevan’s family moved to Murray Hill when she was five years old, and […]
Geocaching a high-tech game of hide-and-seek in Historic Districts
Jacklyn Cogburn of 5 Points remembers her first “find” in the parking lot of the Golden Corral on Normandy Boulevard. She and her fiancé Beau had just started dating. He’s a serious geocacher with over 500 finds. “We went to breakfast and he said there’s one in the parking lot, and we went out and […]
Parishioners preserve ‘saintly’ windows at local Catholic church
The four Gospel writers – Matthew, Mark, Luke and John – together with Saints Peter, Paul, Jerome, Ambrose, Augustine, and Gregory are depicted beautifully in a series of stained glass windows – donated in 1941 by the Lester W. Foley family – at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Riverside. After three-quarters of a century, the […]
