Jacksonville chosen as partner city for Kennedy Center’s Any Given Child program
Representatives from the City of Jacksonville, Duval County Public Schools and the Cathedral Arts Project welcomed Darrell Ayers, vice president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to Central Riverside Elementary School on Aug. 22. Ayers announced that Jacksonville was chosen as the 14th Partner City nationwide for Any Given Child, a […]
Avondale station bites the dust, makes way for the Mellow Mushroom
Ironic end to historical icon A small crowd gathered to watch the destruction of the derelict gas station at the corner of St. Johns and Ingleside on the site for the planned Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers in the Shoppes of Avondale. Demolition was virtually complete within 30 minutes on Monday, Aug. 12. A few items […]
San Marco Library, Balis Community Center Saved
As of Thursday, Aug. 29, City Council voted to restore the San Marco Library and Balis Community Center to their department budgets. In an email sent out from the San Marco Preservation Society, Reese Riggle, president, said, “Heartfelt thanks to all of you who took time and thought to compose letters to city council. Your […]
Looking for her forever home
Gracie looking for forever home Fairfax/Ortega residents take in abandoned stray temporarily Late in July, a medium size female dog, appearing to be of a boxer-terrier mix or a lab-terrier mix, was found after seeing dumped behind an office building on Lakeside Drive (at the end of Euclid). After a frustrating month of trying to […]
Urgent: San Marco cornerstones on chopping block
The Balis Community Center and the San Marco Library are cornerstones of San Marco, but both are on the chopping block. The community center is targeted for elimination Thursday, Aug.15 in the Finance Committee meeting. The center was built in 2003 with $1 million of private money in a Public/Private Partnership, but the City of […]
Local celebs demonstrate river’s “swimming health”
By Stephen Kindland Resident Community News The success of the recently held Celebrity Jump to showcase the St. Johns River’s recreational value has Riverside resident Jim Alabiso already looking forward to next year. “It set a really good example for the city,” Alabiso said after a dozen local celebrities dove into what he refers to […]
Tonca the alligator snapping turtle celebrates his birthday in style
By Stephen Kindland Resident Community News Tonca, the Museum of Science and History’s star attraction, celebrated his 47th birthday in style. Aside from a little green fuzz growing on his back and perhaps feeling a bit irritable, the middle-aged alligator snapping turtle appeared to be in good health as attendants ushered him into a room […]
From heart wrenching to heartwarming, Gracey’s story an inspiration
Jacksonville Bar Association’s Young Lawyers sponsor her dream By Kate A. Hallock Resident Community News Readers may recall the heart wrenching story about Avondale resident Gracey Smith, who was diagnosed with Type D acute lymphoma leukemia at age 14 and immediately underwent aggressive twice-a-week chemotherapy treatments and then radiation. On Feb. 12 Gracey, now 15 […]
