Gala sheds moonlight on natural resources

Gala sheds moonlight on natural resources

Black Tie and Blue Jeans was the order of the evening on Apr. 3 as guests enjoyed an evening at The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens in support of the North Florida Land Trust. The Moonlight on the River gala offered an evening of dinner, dancing and auctions to benefit the conservation of local […]

Budding publishers focus on area businesses

Budding publishers focus on area businesses

Students ventured outside the classroom using San Marco businesses instead of text books to learn how to make a different kind of literary work – a magazine. Seventh graders at Julia Landon College Preparatory and Leadership Development School have worked since January on an English Language Arts project to create the first edition of the […]

Annual SMPS Beautification Awards acknowledge the efforts of locals

Annual SMPS Beautification Awards acknowledge the efforts of locals

In a moment of déjà vu, for the second year in a row Diane Martin, immediate past president, opened the spring meeting of the San Marco Preservation Society at Aardwolf Brewery. The agenda was short and sweet: talk about accomplishments, present beautification awards, induct new officers. Among the accomplishments mentioned were some serious efforts: review […]

Remembering the Philips Highway corridor

Remembering the Philips Highway corridor

Regular contributor David Gum once again provides interesting and detailed memories of a particular part of town – in this case, the Philips Highway corridor between Atlantic and University boulevards. Who remembers back in the late 1990s/early 2000s when the city finally changed all the Philips Highway street signs to be consistent? Before then, half […]

Towering ‘stealth’ cell tower toppled by committee

Towering ‘stealth’ cell tower toppled by committee

Despite recommendation by the Planning and Development Department to approve a railroad-side cellular tower, at the end of the day, vegetation ruled. On May 8 the Tower Review Committee, by denying a landscape waiver, essentially toppled the application by Dynan Group and PI Telecom Infrastructure to erect a 150-foot cellular tower in a right-of-way near […]

Dredging up interest

Dredging up interest

Millers Creek group to gauge depth of desire for a special tax district – St. Nicholas residents living on Millers Creek met last month for the second time to discuss creating a special tax district to fund the dredging of the waterway that has become increasingly shallow over the years. While there is still plenty […]

Tribute to 90 years fitting for Memorial Day

Tribute to 90 years fitting for Memorial  Day

Approaching the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, The Memorial Park Association hosted a free community breakfast in the park on Memorial Day.  The Navy’s Color Guard opened the day with a brief formal ceremony, followed by breakfast treats donated by a number of the community’s merchants. Keynote speaker Dr. Wayne Wood […]

Repurposing a rose garden for maximum community impact

Repurposing a rose garden for maximum community impact

It’s been talked about for several years and is a fond wish of Avondale residents Jake Ingram and Victoria Freeman, two among many well-known gardeners. Thanks to two local groups, Ingram, Freeman and others with green thumbs will see their wish take root and, eventually, bear fruit. Earlier this year, the Emerging Design Professionals group […]

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