Private school has plans to modify campus entrance
The Episcopal School of Jacksonville has submitted to the City of Jacksonville an application to put a security gatehouse on a public street at the entrance to its campus. Currently, no guard house exists at the entrance to the school from St. Elmo Drive, which is also access from Atlantic Boulevard for residents of the […]
Median work underway along Hendricks Avenue
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)is making progress with the San Jose Boulevard/Hendricks Avenue (State Road 13) from Cornell Road to San Marco Boulevard resurfacing and improvement project that is expected to be complete in spring 2019. The $5.4 million project includes resurfacing three miles of roadway, restriping the shoulders to provide for new bicycle […]
Emergency approval for additional funding will allow Riverplace Boulevard work to begin
Riverplace Boulevard is finally starting its long-awaited “road diet” that will make the street on the Southbank slower-paced and pedestrian friendly. The project was put out for bid last fall but the bids, opened in December, were over budget. In March, District 5 Councilwoman Lori Boyer pushed through an emergency measure adding $642,663 to the […]
Road name change to honor POW, MIA
A bill to honor and recognize former prisoners of war and the more than 82,000 service members still missing in action and unaccounted for was heard at the March 13 City Council meeting. Proposed by Cecil Field POW/MIA Memorial, Inc., Bill 2018-124 would rename New World Avenue as POW-MIA Memorial Parkway, effective July 1, if […]
Developer receives approval to build mixed-use units in Riverside
For a developer seeking a Certificate of Appropriateness to build within the Riverside Avondale Historic District, working through the process can be a lesson in patience with a medal for perseverance. Since their May 2016 purchase of property on the southwest corner of College and Stockton Streets in Riverside, Hayden Hawk Investment Group has been […]
Sewer replacement project on horizon for Avondale
For 27 years, the City of Jacksonville Public Works Department has indicated it will replace an 87-year-old arched culvert on Herschel Street over Little Fishweir Creek. Finally, it seems the project may be at hand. According to Tia Ford, spokesperson for the City of Jacksonville, a contract was issued on Feb. 7 to J.B. Coxwell […]
Therapy dog in training draws attention wherever she goes
For a self-described homebody like Rachel Murphy, having a dog like Flora might be considered a burden. Quite simply, Flora is beautiful and attracts a lot of attention. A medium-sized, snow white, fluffy ball of fur with intelligent eyes, perky ears and an engaging attitude, Flora is irresistible – a real people-magnet. When Murphy takes […]
College coed performs two roles in ‘Wolf Hall’
San Marco resident Susan “Susie” St. Denis recently made her acting debut, performing in two roles, as Elizabeth Cromwell (wife of Thomas Cromwell) and Mary Boleyn (sister of Anne Boleyn), in “Wolf Hall” at Theater Jacksonville March 2-18. “Overall this play is a powerful historical narrative. It shows not only the complex relationships in the […]
