Yesterdays closed after three decades in Avondale
Taps Bar & Grill moving into neighborhood landmark By Steve DiMattia Resident Community News When Steve Irvine passed in May his obituary noted, “Steve had a larger than life personality, often turning strangers into friends.” Three campaigns for Jacksonville mayor routinely brought out both characteristics, but never like when he was at Yesterdays, the Avondale […]
Beacon Riverside sales office opens Oct. 7
Rendering briefly unveiled at NEFAR Historic Area Council meeting By Steve DiMattia Resident Community News The Beacon Riverside luxury condominiums’ sales gallery officially opens for business Oct. 7, announced Hallmark Partners’ Bryan Weber at the September meeting of the newly revived Northeast Florida Association of Realtors Historic Area Council. The sales gallery is across from […]
West Dentistry trades movie for your Halloween sweets
West Dentistry will buy back Halloween candy from children on Nov. 4-5 during the 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. office hours. Each child, in exchange for the candy, will receive a child’s movie ticket (valued at $5.00). Last year West Dentistry collected 57 pounds of candy; this is the third year of participation in Operation […]
Inshore Habitat Project
By Nathan & Ted Miller Anglers who spend time looking at depth monitors while running around the ocean understand that subtle to drastic changes in depths and structure along the bottom are great places to target. These areas attract and host a large variety of marine life. And in turn provides structure and food for […]
Suzanne Catto
Suzanne Catto By Laura Jane Pittman Resident Community News Longtime Jacksonville resident Suzanne Catto of Empire Point can’t imagine being any more blessed than she felt while growing up in the Miramar area of Jacksonville. The ‘50s and ‘60s of her childhood were wonderful, she recalls. Catto’s parents bought a house near where the Miramar […]
A FOODIE DELIGHT AT DELICIOUS DESTINATIONS 2013
It was an evening of fantastic food, wine and libations as Delicious Destinations once again proved to be the premier food and wine gala of the season. The fundraising event, which provides essential support to the St. Vincent’s Mobile Outreach Programs, helps fund free medical care to under-served children and families in Northeast Florida and […]
A MILESTONE FOR THE NEWLY CRAFTED CUMMER CAMPUS
Capital campaign spurs change, improvements With the completion of the Landscape Enhancement Project and Olmsted Garden Restoration, the time to unveil the public sculpture garden had arrived. Patrons, staff and distinguished guests were on hand to view The Human Figure: Sculptures by Enzo Torcoletti, the first exhibition of the newly minted Riverside Avenue ‘promenade’. The […]
Couture for a cause, Nemours Children’s Clinic benefiT
Patrons of Rosenblum’s Clothier and supporters of Nemours Children’s Clinic gathered for a good cause last month. For three days, Rosenblum’s donated a portion of the proceeds from purchases of Eileen Fisher merchandise. A cocktail party at the boutique provided guests with an opportunity to rub elbows with some of Nemours’ world-class physicians, all while […]
