Delicious Destinations: A culinary Tour de Force
Some of the world’s greatest chefs shared their tastiest gourmet fare during the 14th Annual Delicious Destinations event at the Ponte Vedra Inn and Club, Sept 10-12. The three-day event raised more than $300,000 for St. Vincent’s Community Outreach Programs, which provide access to free medical care for underprivileged men, women and children throughout Jacksonville. […]
Episcopal science students compete for $20,000 grant
Thanks to a sizeable grant from Judy Nicholson Kidney Cancer Foundation, students in Marion Zeiner’s Honors Science Seminar at Episcopal School of Jacksonville will have the opportunity to experience first-hand what it is like to be in the competitive world of medical research. Zeiner’s seminar allows high school students at all four grade levels […]
Susan Lovett Mullin
Susan Lovett Mullin believes San Marco is amazing. In the midst of this laid-back historic area, she said, are several important companies and famously successful individuals, and she feels privileged to have worked for three of those companies. All are significant in Jacksonville’s history, and operated in succession in the same Southbank tower. “I’m […]
Call for change after tragedy in St. Nicholas
St. Nicholas business owners and nearby residents have been concerned about speeding traffic for some time about Beach Boulevard near the St. Nicholas Town Center. With one crosswalk at Beach Boulevard and San Mateo Avenue, and another almost one-third of a mile away at Linden Avenue – with no safety islands or other crosswalks in […]
City addresses flooding on Pennsylvania Avenue
San Marco residents who live on Pennsylvania Avenue near Hendricks Avenue Elementary School will finally get relief from backyard flooding. Construction has begun to install new drainage pipes along the rear of several house lots along Pennsylvania Avenue to alleviate the severe flooding, which has caused significant damage to garages and homes on the […]
Students strut their stuff for ribbon-cutting ceremony
The artistic talents of many Douglas Anderson students were on display Sept. 10 during the ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the new $13 million addition to the prestigious arts school. DA’s wind symphony greeted guests with Olympic Fanfare by John Williams before the hour-long VIP-studded ceremony, which took place in front of the new 60,000-square-foot […]
Pansy Watts Helms
While Pansy Helms, 77, of Ortega Farms, has fond memories of moving into her tidy cul-de-sac neighborhood near Timuquana Road with her husband Doyle and two young children in 1971, she didn’t appreciate what her children had to go through for school. The Helms were unhappy that their children had to attend so many […]
Despite accident, no flashing signal planned for Herschel and Pinegrove
If the sound of a Ford F159 truck t-boning a Jeep Cherokee Laredo early on a Saturday morning on Herschel Street wasn’t enough to bring residents running from nearby homes, the additional sound of the Jeep careening off a parked car and flipping upside down was a guaranteed wake-up call. Accidents and near misses are […]
Quarter-century wait for culvert replacement
Although the wheels turn slowly in city government, eventually they do make forward progress. When the year ends, it will also close on the 24th year residents have been waiting for replacement of an arched culvert on Herschel Street that crosses Azalea Creek, also known as Little Fishweir Creek. A CARE [Citizen Active Response […]
