Resident forms committee to bring benches to Duck Pond
It may take a while, but if neighborhood organizer Suzanne Honeycutt has her way, duck pond benches may eventually come to San Marco’s popular Duck Pond. Honeycutt, who has a better than bird’s eye view of Colonial Manor Lake Park from her porch, has assembled a committee of friends and neighbors to raise money and […]
District developer sees future blending of Southbank and San Marco
Rapid change is a-coming and in five years it is entirely possible people will stop differentiating the “Southbank” from San Marco and will consider the entire area from the Strand to San Marco Square to be one community – San Marco, said Michael Munz, president of public relations at Jacksonville’s Dalton Agency. Munz, who has […]
Utility work coming to Hendricks San Jose Boulevard corridor
San Marco area drivers prepare yourselves. Coming this winter, the Jacksonville Energy Authority is planning to do routine maintenance work on the sewer lines and water mains along Hendricks Avenue and San Jose Boulevard. The work will be completed prior to the start of Florida Department of Transportation’s resurfacing project. According to JEA spokesperson Gerri […]
Neighbors gather to toast college-bound entrepreneurs
There were mimosas, and champagne, breakfast casseroles and, of course, cookies shaped like dog bones as the San Marco’s Colonial Manor neighborhood held a Saturday good-bye brunch for their favorite dog walkers before they headed off to college. Hosted by Suzanne and Joe Honeycutt, nearly 50 friends and neighbors stopped by their Duck Pond home […]
Cemetery blog provides rich resource on St. Nicholas history
Although she has no familial connections to anyone buried in the Historic St. Nicholas Cemetery on Olive Street, Kay Ellen Gilmour probably knows more about the people buried beneath its ground than anyone alive. Through her blog, Historic St. Nicholas Cemetery, which she developed a few months ago, Gilmour shares for free what she knows […]
HAB art exhibit to feature San Marco painter
As far as Ginny Stine is concerned, there is no better or more appropriate place than Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church for her to debut her painting expertise. The San Marco interior designer and resident, who paints as a hobby, will hold her first formal art show, “Animated by Detail: Oil Paintings of Ginny Stine,” in […]
Methodist women bring hope to Guatemalan villagers
For the eighth year in a row, a team of 22 women from Southside United Methodist Church traveled to the Chisec, Guatemala, to bring hope to the Mayan people. Led by Dr. Lourdes Pittochi, the team of Melissa Frankie, Angie Cosper, Kendall Cosper, Gwen Gallagher-Howard, Kailyn Moore, Sarah Wheeler and Ruthann Wheeler gave medical assistance […]
Greek Orthodox Church to celebrate 100 years in Jacksonville
As the Reverend Dr. Nicholas Louh contemplates the upcoming 100th anniversary of St. John the Divine Greek Orthodox Church, two words come to mind: legacy and honor. “We are honoring our past, the way God worked and Christ worked in our church over the last 100 years through the hands and feet of countless priests […]
