Local muralist transforms popular tagging wall
A gigantic, exquisitely gnarled fig tree recently took root in Riverside, on College Street near King. The 150 foot-long mural is Jacksonville’s latest art project and graffiti deterrent. “We wanted to do something cool to bring the Riverside and King districts together. Hiring Shaun Thurston to transform a big, gray wall, regularly tagged by graffiti, […]
Alumni hot about name change petition
Who is Brandon Kirsch and why is he stirring things up? Alumni at the first ever 65th anniversary class reunion of Robert E. Lee High School certainly had a lot to talk about last month. The Class of 1948 most likely did much more than simply catch up with their classmates’ lives; they also probably […]
“Moppin’ up McCoy’s” project adds momentum to commitment
Several environmental advocacy groups are banding together to hold a clean-up event along McCoy’s Creek as efforts to restore the purity of the once free-flowing waterway continue. Moppin’ Up McCoy’s – an event that welcomes volunteers – is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 28 at eight different sites along the 3.5-mile creek, which flows through Murray […]
Jacksonville chosen as partner city for Kennedy Center’s Any Given Child program
Representatives from the City of Jacksonville, Duval County Public Schools and the Cathedral Arts Project welcomed Darrell Ayers, vice president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to Central Riverside Elementary School on Aug. 22. Ayers announced that Jacksonville was chosen as the 14th Partner City nationwide for Any Given Child, a […]
Avondale station bites the dust, makes way for the Mellow Mushroom
Ironic end to historical icon A small crowd gathered to watch the destruction of the derelict gas station at the corner of St. Johns and Ingleside on the site for the planned Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers in the Shoppes of Avondale. Demolition was virtually complete within 30 minutes on Monday, Aug. 12. A few items […]
San Marco Library, Balis Community Center Saved
As of Thursday, Aug. 29, City Council voted to restore the San Marco Library and Balis Community Center to their department budgets. In an email sent out from the San Marco Preservation Society, Reese Riggle, president, said, “Heartfelt thanks to all of you who took time and thought to compose letters to city council. Your […]
Looking for her forever home
Gracie looking for forever home Fairfax/Ortega residents take in abandoned stray temporarily Late in July, a medium size female dog, appearing to be of a boxer-terrier mix or a lab-terrier mix, was found after seeing dumped behind an office building on Lakeside Drive (at the end of Euclid). After a frustrating month of trying to […]
Urgent: San Marco cornerstones on chopping block
The Balis Community Center and the San Marco Library are cornerstones of San Marco, but both are on the chopping block. The community center is targeted for elimination Thursday, Aug.15 in the Finance Committee meeting. The center was built in 2003 with $1 million of private money in a Public/Private Partnership, but the City of […]
Jacobson named Fellow at Kent State’s Reynolds HSJ Institute
San Marco resident Anna Jacobson, an active Bolles club sponsor and journalism teacher, was one of 34 journalism teachers from 21 states attending the 2013 Reynolds High School Journalism Institute at Kent State University in Ohio this summer. The institutes are intensive, two-week journalism training programs for secondary school teachers. They are hosted by five […]
