Therapy Cats Need New Home
A local woman facing Stage IV liver cancer desperately wants to go home to New York to be with family during her final months. She has two cats, Trouble and Rascal, and needs to find a good home for them in Jacksonville or nearby, so that she can go to New York. They are wonderful, […]
36th Annual Red Rose Ball chairs announced
Save the date for Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. St. Vincent’s HealthCare’s 36th Annual Red Rose Ball will be in good hands under the chairmanship of Betsy and Steven Siegel, M.D., Nanette and David McInnes, M.D., and Paula and Michael Phelan, M.D. Dr. Siegel has been a practicing hematologist and oncologist with Cancer Specialists of North Florida […]
Wendy’s 5 Points design in question
Critics feel character too modern for historic district The 5 Points Wendy’s restaurant located at 2006 Park Street is a 42-year-old neighborhood icon, albeit a tired one, and soon that icon will sport a fresh, new look. In keeping with a corporate move, which began in 2012 to overhaul the look of its restaurants, Wendy’s […]
Flying Iguana is a no-go in San Marco Square
It looks like the Flying Iguana is not coming to San Marco Square after all. Unable to work out a financially feasible parking solution to accommodate the 150-seat restaurant he planned to install in the Stellers Gallery building adjacent to the fire station, restaurateur Al Mansur decided to pull out of a deal where he […]
Appeal against new Avondale restaurant settled, with conditions
A settlement has been reached between Avondale resident Alicia Grant and the restaurant group interested in leasing space in the Shoppes of Avondale at the site of the former Cowford Traders shop. Grant had appealed the City of Jacksonville Planning Commission’s Aug. 18 decision to allow New York-based BMR Dining Group to install a new […]
Baptist Health to partner with Walgreens
Baptist Health made another contribution to its “mission to change healthcare for good” for the residents in the northeast Florida region when it announced a new special partnership with pharmaceutical giant Walgreens during a press conference at its hospital on the Southbank Nov. 16. As part of the agreement, Baptist’s retail pharmacy operations will open […]
JTA board to hear Skyway recommendations
Expanding the Skyway to San Marco and Riverside could be among the recommendations submitted to the Jacksonville Transportation at its Dec. 8 board meeting. For the past year, a subcommittee has been studying how to modernize the 27-year-old people mover system. Public sentiment is strong for extending the system to Jacksonville’s sports complexes, San Marco […]
Boyer seeks coordination in city waterways projects
Perhaps it could be considered a call to action. Although finding better ways to coordinate a citywide effort to enhance Jacksonville’s waterways in an inexpensive way was “not on her radar six months ago,” City Council President Lori Boyer is now rallying the troops to make it a priority. Realizing “our natural assets are our […]
