Pokémon GO takes historic neighborhoods by storm
They can be seen in Riverside Park, Whatley Park in San Marco or wandering the streets of St. Nicholas or Murray Hill. Teens, undeterred by summer heat, trek along the sidewalks in 5 Points or San Marco Square or along St. Johns bulkhead in Riverfront Park, heads down, smartphones in hand, as they search for […]
Cowford’s Pioneer support runs strong
The American Cancer Society’s North Florida Chapter of young professionals are working hard to build a constituency among other like-minded supporters. Their recent Cowford Kickoff reception was held July 21 at Mellow Mushroom in Avondale to gain new recruits and support current membership. Donations of time and effort, alongside a campaign to grow ticket sales […]
Costume-clad party-goers benefit adult reading programs
Guests dressed as favorite book characters set the tone for Learn to Read Jacksonville’s gala, Night at the Library – Where the Characters Come to Life. The July 23 event, held in the atrium and the Betsy Lovett Courtyard at the Main Library downtown, was emceed by John Bachman and Tenikka Hughes, CBS47/Fox30 Action News […]
High school entrepreneurs head off to college
Come August, when Jesse Evans and Chris Prattos head off to college, San Marco dog owners may be hard pressed to find a pet sitter. Evans and Prattos are Miramar neighbors who became entrepreneurs after founding Happy Hounds Dog Walking and Pet Sitting Service, when they were in eighth grade. On the cusp of heading […]
Mentors return to teach baseball, grow mission
Jacob Svejkovsky, 23, of Riverside, knows what it means to have a good mentor and strives to be one. The Robert E. Lee High School graduate and employee at the Timuquana Country Club could be the oldest member of the 16-year-old RBI Camp held every summer in Murray Hill Park. “My first year we had […]
Detergent provides object lesson for summer art camp
Annie Pajcic’s annual summer art camps could be called famous among the circles of tween and teen girls in Jacksonville. Nearly 500 local girls attended one of the three one-week camp sessions in July, held at St. Johns Presbyterian Church. “ThouArtExalted started when my daughter was going into fourth grade. I very quickly realized that […]
Hannah Lou Southwell McGowan
Few people can say they met their soulmate in third grade, but Hannah Lou Southwell did when she and Charles “Charlie” McGowan became classmates at Southside Grammar School. Hannah Lou and her parents, Charles Theodore and Hazel (Walker) Southwell, moved to Granada and the home they built at 1011 Alhambra Drive South in the early […]
Nofa Farha Dixon
Nofa Farha Dixon, of Avondale, can thank her late mother, Alice Katibah Farha, for the gifts of positive attitude, strong work ethic and a nurturing spirit which grounded her career as an artist and an educator. The University of North Florida professor of art and design recalled her family suffered twin tragedies early on with […]
