Hearts for giving, sneakers for comfort
The 2015 American Heart Association Tuxes and Tennis Shoes Heart Ball raised nearly $500,000 when it was held Mar. 2, at the Sawgrass Marriott. This year’s event, chaired by Moody Chisholm, president and CEO of St. Vincent’s HealthCare, honored Mel and Debbie Gottlieb for their dedication to the cause. Many leaders from local health care […]
Urban hike nets merit badges
You might not think so, but the required Eagle Scout Hiking Merit Badge is one of the toughest to earn, consisting of five 10-mile hikes in preparation for a 20-mile grand finale. On Feb. 14, 10 Scouts from Troop 26 finally earned their Hiking Merit Badge making a roundtrip hike from Ortega to the Southbank. […]
In 10th decade, Assumption builds again for future
From humble beginnings a century ago, when the original school accommodated 110 students, to its present campus with 620 pre-kindergarten to 8th grade boys and girls, Assumption Catholic School is one of the oldest, continually operated parochial schools in Jacksonville. Since those early years, the parish has undergone seven construction projects, each time responding to […]
More diamonds for local boys of summer
Baseball League eyes more field If you live in the San Marco area or along Hendricks Avenue just south of Emerson Street, you may hear the sound of people cheering on a nice clear spring evening when the traffic noise drops for a moment. Where is that happy sound coming from? Most likely from the […]
Jean and Helen Benjamin
When Helen Benjamin, 80, first heard about property her father-in-law planned to buy and develop, it didn’t sound great. L. Walter Benjamin, Sr. took his two sons, L. Walter Jr. (deceased) and her husband Jean to see woodlands off San Jose Boulevard just south of San Clerc Road. The Beauclerc Country Club and golf course […]
Patti Golden
Patricia Kirkpatrick Golden, 76, was lovingly raised by her maternal grandmother Annie Meredith at 2743 College Street, a two-story home near the intersection with King Street. They had moved to Jacksonville from Macon, GA in 1953 when her grandfather died, because Annie always wanted to live in the “big city” of Jacksonville and she had […]
Give Blood: Impact Five Lives and a Dream Come True
As of today, 3/25, The Blood Alliance’s supply remains extremely low. “We are in need of O-Negative, O-Positive, A-Negative, A-Positive, B-Negative and B-Positive donors. Only in March can your one pint impact FIVE lives through the final week and days of our Dreams Come True promotion. As blood cannot be manufactured or harvested we are […]
UNF Poll Finds Uncertainty and Indecision as March Election Looms
From the Department of Public Relations, University of North Florida: A new poll from the Public Opinion Research Laboratory at the University of North Florida reveals registered voters on the First Coast are indecisive as the March election draws near. The poll, which interviewed likely voters in Duval County, revealed that Alvin Brown is leading […]
