Community garden starts with 20 plots
Riverside Avondale Preservation will share details of the winning community garden design to residents interested in participating in the planned garden at Azalea Terrace and Park Street. The meeting will be held on Thursday, Aug. 7 at 6 p.m. at the site of what is currently the Willowbranch Rose Garden Park. The winning design, Simple […]
JEA performs smoke test in San Jose
The JEA tested sanitary sewer lines in the San Jose/Lakewood area last month to identify areas within the JEA sanitary sewer system that may be allowing unwanted infiltration of water, usually from rain or irrigation, into the system. By identifying these areas, JEA is able to reduce the amount of water it is required to […]
Frisch takes on Water Taxis
Prominent leader steps up – In spite of Harry Frisch’s good intentions, the City of Jacksonville doesn’t seem to be any further along with resolving the issue of water taxi service. When the second pontoon boat, seating 100 passengers, was delivered early in July, Frisch came out to Sadler Point Marina to look at his […]
Businessman shares autobiography – for FREE!
Still Climbing Mountains, Still Planting Trees (the second edition of Sid Gefen’s autobiography) is available for residents interested in learning about Jacksonville going back to the World War II era. Author Gefen has made the PDF available as a download, for FREE, on our website. Click below to download this fascinating autobiography from one of […]
Downtown Night Trolley Trial Run Connects with Riverside Avondale
The Riverside Avondale Night Trolley, which runs the first Friday and Saturday of each month from 6 p.m. to 2 am., will now connect with a new Downtown Night Trolley route in the Historic 5 Points commercial corridor. The new Downtown Night Trolley will add a loop from the Historic Five Points district to downtown restaurants […]
Adrienne Flynn Hollis
Her Grandparents’ Story Adrienne Flynn Hollis is the granddaughter of St. Elmo Acosta, the multi-talented statesman and city advocate who helped bring about the first automobile bridge over t he St. Johns River in 1921. Hollis grew up with Florida history right in her living room. She was born at St. Vincent’s in 1931 […]
Dixie Hardman
Back in the late 1950s, when good taste and quality fashion were more important than the newest thing, Dixie Hardman’s stylish Aunt Gilda took her school shopping to stores like Sablow’s and Bolun’s in Jacksonville to find matching cashmere sweaters and skirts. By the time Dixie graduated from Robert E. Lee High School, her passion […]
Mother-daughter dance-drama team receive rave reviews
A mother and daughter team co-direct the Dance Ensemble and the Drama Ensemble at Fishweir Elementary School of the Performing Arts and recently led student performances to rave reviews. The Fishweir Elementary Dance Ensemble began in 1998 under the direction of Cecelia Futo, along with 11 dancers (10 girls and one boy) and a $50 […]
Ruth N. Upson school year ends on playful note
Ruth N. Upson Elementary ended the 2013-14 school year with a play day and awards for outstanding achievement by the students in a number of categories. The PTA sponsored a fun play day coordinated by first grade teacher Gail Kane and Coach Curtis Curry. Activities included balloon races, an obstacle course, water ball race, tug […]
