School board considers name change for Robert E. Lee High
Riverside’s Robert E. Lee High School may soon boast a different moniker. Duval County School Board Members voted unanimously June 16 to move toward considering changing the names of six schools that now honor Confederate soldiers: Joseph Finegan Elementary School, Stonewall Jackson Elementary School, Jefferson Davis Middle School, Kirby-Smith Middle School, J.E.B. Stuart Middle School, […]
Fishweir Creek dredging to begin in 2021
Residents who remember boating along Fishweir Creek before the waterway slowly constricted can look forward to putting a boat into a deeper, more easily navigable waterway. And, hopefully, there will be manatees to see along the journey. The U.S. Corps of Army Engineers plans to begin dredging early next year to help restore the creek […]
Changes coming soon to Murray Hill
Murray Hill’s thriving Edgewood corridor will soon get busier, as plans for new businesses, a new place for families to live, and preparation for new public artwork is put into place. Residents will soon see the gap Jones College Edgewood campus once occupied fill up with a new retail storage unit complex and a new […]
Episcopal schools become one family
A marriage of three beloved Jacksonville schools, long awaited, has finally taken place. Students who attend St. Mark’s Episcopal Day School and the Beaches Episcopal School are now part of the wider student body of Episcopal School of Jacksonville. The mergers have been planned since 2018. As one school, students and families will have the […]
One Big Episcopal Family: merger fulfills dream of many visionaries
The story of Beaches Episcopal School, St. Mark’s Episcopal Day School, and Episcopal School of Jacksonville goes back to many visionaries in the Jacksonville community. The Reverend Dr. Robert Ray Parks and Jacksonville attorney and Episcopalian, Lucius Buck, had long dreamed of creating an Episcopal high school in Jacksonville, a dream that began with 265 […]
SMPS presents beautification awards during virtual annual meeting
The San Marco Preservation Society (SMPS) successfully passed the torch to a new slate of officers and congratulated nine beautification winners as it held its first virtual annual meeting June 11, which was livestreamed over Facebook Live. Former SMPS President Linzee Ott oversaw a virtual vote, which subsequently elected four San Marco residents – Chris […]
FDOT begins landscaping project on Hendricks Avenue
The Florida Department of Transportation has begun more road work on Hendricks Avenue/ San Jose Boulevard in both San Marco and San Jose. Construction on a landscaping project along State Road 13/Hendricks Avenue between La Vaca Road and Dunsford Road began June 12. The project consists of the installation of new landscape material and the […]
City Council seeks residents for resiliency committees
With so much coastline, City may be primedfor flooding Concerned about the prospect of increased flooding and more intense hurricanes, members of the City Council’s Special Committee on Resiliency are looking for community volunteers to join three new sub-committees that will be tasked with finding ways to prepare the City for disasters. The sub-committees are […]
