Local Folks: Sarah Marshall
Sarah Marshall is the spearhead of JAX Story Art Studio for homeschool families, where a team of three teachers offers classes and workshops all based around stories—reading them, writing them, and depicting them in visual art. The downtown classes and workshops are meant to help local homeschoolers grow a community, to connect with other kids […]
“The Butcher’s Boy” tells his story
The autobiography of Harmon Wages Growing up delivering groceries from Pinegrove Market Deli, where his father was the butcher, Harmon Wages knew everyone and all their stories. The December release of his autobiography, “The Butcher’s Boy,” is a way for people to learn all of his. While many will recognize him as the former NFL […]
Discovering a lost family
San Marco author chronicles reconnecting with family she’d never known in memoir San Marco resident Amy Gilbert had no memory of a life before her adoption from a Korean orphanage in 1974. She was raised in Alachua County, roughly an hour and a half southwest of Jacksonville, where her parents still live today. It wasn’t […]
Chance Partners redevelops Southgate Plaza as The Jack on Beach Apartments
Southgate Shopping Center, one of Jacksonville’s first suburban shopping centers in the St. Nicholas neighborhood, is being reincarnated as The Jack on Beach — a 295-unit multifamily housing community consisted of three four-story buildings. Located just east of St. Nicholas Town Center, South Gate Plaza — as it was originally known — was completed in […]
ElderSource recognizes award winners during annual “A Night with the Stars” event
It was an evening of celebrations and recognitions at “A Night with the Stars” — ElderSource’s annual event celebrating “individuals and organizations that work with seniors and their caregivers as well as other outstanding senior advocates.” ElderSource is a Jacksonville organization devoted to empowering “people to live and age with independence and dignity in their […]
DCPS approves sex ed supplemental curriculum
The Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) Board recently approved “supplemental health education materials for reproductive health and disease prevention” for the 2022-23 school year. At a Dec. 6 meeting, board members voted five-to-two in favor of these supplemental materials for the district’s elementary, middle and high schools to complement the state-approved textbook adopted in 2007. […]
Angels for Allison hosts annual Holiday Open House
The Allison Brundick Haramis Foundation — or Angels for Allison, together with the Miller Company, welcomed more than 100 guests at its Holiday Open House on Nov. 30 in Ortega Village. This annual event recognizes the winners of its angel art contest, which had more than 200 entries from local third to fifth graders. From […]
In Memoriam: Elise Bancroft McQuaid
November 12, 1932 – December 7, 2022 The world has lost a great lady. Elise Bancroft McQuaid died on December 7, aged 90 years old. She was surrounded by her family: husband and best friend, C. Murray McQuaid; children David, Matilda, Anna and Patricia; grandchildren Ben and Lisey, and nephew Bill. Six other grandchildren – […]
Source of Murray Hill odor issue still unresolved
City study continues Since 2018, residents in Murray Hill have been complaining about noxious odors they describe similar to the scent of turpentine that they typically smell late at night, early in the morning and over weekends. Beginning in 2021, the complaints dramatically increased with residents in other urban neighborhoods such as Ortega, San Marco, […]
