A destination with delicious in mind
It was another successful year for St. Vincent’s HealthCare Foundation, as founding partners Ponte Vedra Inn & Club and Southern Glazers Wine and Spirits were celebrated alongside an outstanding cast of Southern culinary stars and spirits providers. In Year 15, the charity continues to deliver, as it hosts Jacksonville’s Premiere Food & Wine event, where […]
Find your perfect pumpkin
For more than 20 years, youth at Ortega United Methodist Church have hosted a pumpkin patch, providing area residents with fall décor and photo opportunities. This year they hope to break a record in sales, bringing in two full truckloads of pumpkins in all sizes. The first load, weighing 43,000 lbs., was delivered Sept. 24. […]
Middle schoolers named as semifinalists in Broadcom Masters Science Competition
A.J. Horkan of San Jose Catholic School and Blake Caven of Julia Landon College Preparatory School have been named as semi-finalists in the nationwide Broadcom MASTERS Science Competition for Middle School students. Both boys were winners at the Northeast Florida Regional Science and Engineering Fair (NEFRSEF) and qualified by being among the top 10 percent […]
Two local junior sailors qualify for 2017 team trials
The Florida Yacht Club, in conjunction with the City of Jacksonville, hosted the 2016 USODA Southeastern Championship Sept. 16-18. The regatta featured 165 Optimist class boats, which raced the St. Johns River to the delight of more than 200 visitors and spectators from around the globe. Wes Myler and Patrick Kunz, representing Florida Yacht Club, […]
Bishop Kenny students support International Bowls project
Bishop Kenny students, faculty and staff joined forces with the school’s art club to create empty ceramic bowls in support of the International Empty Bowls project in the art room on Sept. 20. The bowls serve as reminders of all the people in the world who do not have enough to eat and will be […]
The Way We Were: The Cannon Siblings
For Linden Kinder “Kin” Cannon, III and his identical twin sisters Linda Cannon McMorrow and Selby Cannon Kaiser, the fact that they, their spouses, several children and grandchildren mostly live within the San Jose area hints at the closeness of this family. For these constantly moving military kids, nurturing family relationships, spending time together and […]
The Way We Were: James & Lee-Margaret Borland
For more than five decades, a prominent Jacksonville gastroenterologist and a nurse-turned-professional photographer have explored the world together, but James and Lee-Margaret Borland said they have one more continent to conquer. Although he turns 84 in November and they celebrate their 56th wedding anniversary in December, asked what they still might like to do in […]
Commander 3.0 one step closer to project approval
The first of three required approvals have put Chance Partners another step closer to a $42 million redevelopment of St. Johns Village and renovation of the Commander Tower Apartments at 3946-4000 St. Johns Ave. The Planning Commission unanimously approved two ordinances (2016-560 and 2016-561) Sept. 22, upon the recommendation of the City of Jacksonville’s Planning […]
