Residents circle wagons to prevent river access closure

Residents circle wagons to prevent river access closure

Motives for bill’s fast track not clear, questioned by residents The path from Richmond Street along Little Van Wert down to the St. Johns River was, until recently, overgrown but visitors still traverse it to the sea wall, where it is a great vantage point for fishing, watching fireworks and the Blue Angels, as well […]

Hemming Park transforming cynics one event at a time

Hemming Park transforming cynics one event at a time

In 1857, two public parks were created that today that have served eight generations of citizens. One, famously known, is Central Park in New York City. The other was a forgotten treasure until about a year ago: Hemming Park, originally known as City Park, renamed St. James Park in 1869 and then in 1899 again […]

Gladys Cariani O’Heir

Gladys Cariani O’Heir

Gladys Cariani was in her earlys 20s when met her future husband, Walter O’Heir, but they didn’t hit it off at first. Even though a friend introduced them, she was reluctant to agree to a date with him. Fate intervened and one morning Gladys needed a ride to work. Walter picked her up in his […]

Lillian Margulies Meizlik

Lillian Margulies Meizlik

Lillian Magulies Meizlik, “Aunt Lil” to her friends, is truly a “golden girl.” At 99, she radiates the same poise and elegance that can be seen in the photographs of her when she was a striking tall young woman, one who always wore a red rose in her hair. “She’s the type of person you […]

Preschoolers don red noses to help children in need

Preschoolers don red noses to help children in need

On May 21, four-year-old Leah Postal of San Jose wore a red plastic nose at school for a very special reason. “To raise money for poor kids so they can go to the doctor and stay healthy,” she said. Joining Postal in wearing red noses were 11 of her schoolmates in Nicole Alexander’s VPK class […]

Crenshaw visits Episcopal economics class

Crenshaw visits Episcopal economics class

Twelfth grade students in Ortega resident’s Perry Walthour’s economics at The Episcopal School of Jacksonville received a visit from U.S. Congressman Ander Crenshaw (R-Florida, 4th District) on May 5 as part of their participation in the SIFMA Foundation’s 12th Annual Stock Market Game Capitol Hill Challenge. Congressman Crenshaw, currently Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee […]

Bishop Kenny students assist human trafficking victims

Bishop Kenny students assist human trafficking victims

Representatives from World Relief and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office were on hand when Bishop Kenny High School’s Interact Club donated 25 backpacks for victims of human trafficking on the First Coast during a ceremony at the school. Ally Schneider and Lily El Hassan, both sophomores at the school, led the presentation. Schneider awarded thank-you trophies […]

Mosaic mural project draws observers, helpers

Mosaic mural project draws observers, helpers

Art in Public Places truly a public work of art Had the “call for artists” for the Southbank Riverwalk Main Street Bridge mural project gone another way, the process may have been a whole lot different and the outcome, perhaps, viewed in another light. Fortuitously, the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville’s project description to create […]

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