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 […]
New lighting to come to Davin Park
Thanks to several generous donations to the San Marco Preservation Society, Lillian S. Davin Park in San Marco is going to have new landscape lights. New uplighting will soon replace the string lights threaded through the branches of the stately oak trees in the 500 by 50-foot median on River Road, said San Marco Preservation […]
Willing volunteers make creek clean-up big success
Nearly half the people who worked shoulder to shoulder with St. Nicholas residents to clean up Millers Creek Aug. 13 hailed from other neighborhoods in Jacksonville, said Millers Creek Special Tax District Secretary Sharon Johnson. Thanks to everyone’s efforts, the event was a big success, she said. Meeting on land owned by E-Med proprietors Rene […]
Precinct and polling locations have changed in Council District 5
Come election time Tuesday, Aug. 30, residents living in District 5 – the area of Jacksonville represented by City Council President Lori Boyer – may find either their polling location and/or congressional district have changed. During a Town Hall meeting sponsored by the San Marco Preservation Society, Boyer announced that City Council passed Ordinance 2016-410 […]
Yellow muck causes Millers Creek Board concern
Although the Millers Creek Special Tax District Board of Directors had recommended setting the yearly assessment at the maximum amount allowed by city ordinance, it was not tax money that got Millers Creek residents stirred up during its Non-Ad Valorem Public hearing July 18. With no residents speaking against the amount of the additional tax, […]
Portion of River Road now one way to relieve speeding
Residents are now finding relief from speeding and congestion stemming from public fishing in Riverfront Park. Jacksonville’s Department of Public Works will soon be modifying traffic flow in front of the park by converting the section of River Road between Laverne Street and Landon Avenue into a one-way street. Prior to the change, the roadway […]
Local musicians perform in historic English venues
To perform at New York City’s Carnegie Hall is to “arrive,” but for six local musicians the chance to perform in oldest purpose-built concert hall in Europe where 18th century composers Joseph Hayden and George Handel played was the opportunity of a lifetime. “Performing in the same location that Haydn played in about 250 years […]
