Bright Lights, Big City at JCA Gala
Partygoers wore their best “urban chic” to Bright Lights, Big City, the Jewish Community Alliance’s annual fundraiser Feb. 25 at the JCA. After sweeping through an entrance draped with flowing white curtains, reminiscent of Miami Beach’s Delano Hotel, guests congregated in JCA’s courtyard, adorned with twinkling lights, as well as in several other similarly festive […]
Women of the water
Playing or working, these gals can’t get enough of our local waterways By Krysten L. Bennett, Resident Community News You could say it’s water that runs through the veins of the women featured in this story. To a woman, they have a love affair with water, from dipping in an oar to powering ahead full […]
Miramar couple offers free lessons to budding swimmers
For Chris Oliver and Nancy Hennessey, swimming is life. The couple, who have spent nearly all their adult lives coaching at some of the finest swim clubs in the country, now want to give back to children from Jacksonville’s urban core, many who have never splashed in a pool or had the opportunity to learn […]
Rogers ends football career as winningest Florida coach
Legendary high school football coach Charles “Corky” Rogers of The Bolles School officially ended his coaching career with more wins, state titles, championship game appearances, Hall of Fame inductions and collegiate players than any coach in Florida. Rogers, 73, who has led the football program at Bolles since 1989, announced his retirement due to medical […]
New roof for Preservation Hall
Preservation Hall, the quaint historic church building in San Marco’s Fletcher Park, is getting a makeover. A new roof was put on the 129-year-old structure March 20, with paint and other cosmetic maintenance upgrades to follow, said Barbara Hall of San Marco, chairman of the San Marco Preservation Society’s committee which oversees the structure. The […]
Millers Creek Board approves 2017-18 budget
The Millers Creek Special Tax District Board came three steps closer to seeing its dredging project become a reality during its meeting March 21 at Havana Jax Café in St. Nicholas. During the meeting, the board approved its budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year, just in time for the City of Jacksonville’s April 1 deadline. […]
If These Walls Could Talk: A Very, Very, Very Fine House
If the walls in newlyweds Dr. Katie Stender and Taylor Neilly’s 1913 Aladdin Kit house in Historic Ortega could sing perhaps they would choose the lyrics to “Our House” by Crosby, Stills and Nash. “Our house is a very, very, very fine house, with two cats in the yard (in this case, make that four […]
Southern tradition showcased at annual ball
Five Southern Belles made a grand entrance under raised swords at the 48th Annual Confederate Ball, held March 4 at the Florida Yacht Club in Ortega. This year’s Belles include Elizabeth Grich, whose Confederate ancestor is William Derr, a 2nd Lieutenant in the Virginia Cavalry; Hannah Arnold, whose ancestor is Stephen Roberson of the Georgia […]
