Willowbranch Creek remediation settlement withdrawn
After more than a year in negotiation with the City of Jacksonville’s Regulatory Compliance Department (RCD), the Public Works Department – another City entity – chose to pay a $36,160 penalty and withdraw from a signed settlement. This agreement would have entered Public Works into a compliance plan with the Jacksonville Energy Authority (JEA) to […]
Artists chosen for Murray Hill murals
The Murray Hill Preservation Association (MHPA) announced the artists selected for two of four sites for public murals. The first location is a 32- by 16-foot space on the side of Blue Moon Printing and will be painted with a sunflower design by Brenda Kato. The second mural, on the northern wall of the Murray […]
Planning Commission approves application for beer, wine
With no opposition, the Planning Commission approved a zoning exception application April 21 to allow Starbucks Coffee at 4265 Roosevelt Blvd. to add beer and wine to the coffee shop’s beverage menu. The Planning Commission approval, on recommendation by the Planning and Development Department, is the final step in the process to allow Starbucks to […]
Casual evening for Catholic Charities gala
The Hyatt Regency Riverfront Hotel played host to the 2016 Gala – picnic style – with a casual and sporting affair. From Lynchburg Lemonade to games of horseshoes, croquet, ladder golf, cornhole and Jenga, partygoers put on their game face for the evening’s festivities. With Michael Corrigan as Master of Ceremonies and the Str8Up six-piece […]
Celebrating the Cummer legacy at the 2016 Ball
It was a beautiful night to celebrate one of Jacksonville’s great visionaries, as patrons were treated to a tribute to Ninah Cummer. Through the current exhibit and display, “Conservation, Beautification, and a City Plan: Ninah Cummer and the Establishment of Jacksonville Parks,” the mission of one woman was illustrated throughout the evening. From artistic moments, […]
‘Dirt’ fisherman searches for treasure among trash
It took 50 years, but Chip Kirkpatrick, a former Boy Scout at Lakeshore Methodist Church, finally found his uniform kerchief slide. Kirkpatrick had lost it at his very first Scout meeting in 1964. He found it five decades later buried in four inches of mud on the church grounds. He also found a toy gun […]
Bolles Freshmen, competition is the tie that binds
Perhaps the reason Charles Hicks and Chase Rivera became such fast friends is that few in a race can keep up with them. As freshmen, the Bolles’ duo are tops both on the track and cross country trails as well as in the classroom. On top of that, academically, both are straight A students enlisting […]
Generous donation transforms computer lab
In the 1990s, when their granddaughter, Jennifer, was in school, Neil and Kiki Rood donated the funds to establish the Rood Family Computer Lab at San Jose Episcopal Day School. Since then, the world of computers has changed. Desiring their great-grandchildren to have access to up-to-date technology while at school, the Roods have donated $86,000 […]
Rowing Club benefit honors founders
When her daughters, Phoebe and Poppy, were students at Stanton College Preparatory High School, biology teacher Tess Durant didn’t realize for the next 25 years her resume would include the title Owner, Stanton River Bank Rowing. At the time Stanton High School was established as a magnet school, there would be no sports, by design. […]
