Donors play childhood games to fight hunger
More than 150 participants raised more than $5,400 to help feed hungry families in Jacksonville when they competed in the First Annual Hunger Fight Games at The Bolles School’s Skinner-Barco Stadium Aug. 15. Organized by Sherri and Dean Porter of San Marco, the event was a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hunger Fight, Inc. of North […]
Venetia Athletic Club kicks off football season
Beginning its fifth season of play, the Venetia Athletic Club embraces boys – and thus far, one girl – from many Jacksonville communities. The club was formed in 2011 by Brad Walters, Todd Froats, John and Deana Green, and Jason and Sara Brackin to provide a focus on developing the player. “We’re teaching the players […]
Philip Stockton May, Jr. & Gloria May
Phil May, who celebrated his 90th birthday in June, was born in 1925 at the old St. Vincent’s Hospital. He and his wife of 50 years, Gloria (Binzel) Sullivan May still reside in the Avondale-Riverside area where they first met. “We met in 1964 on a blind date to a Riverside Garden Club Christmas party. […]
Activity expected to increase in Brooklyn
Progress on projects revealed Although the redevelopment of Riverside’s Brooklyn neighborhood appears to be slow going at first glance, a central part of the redevelopment, Unity Plaza, has finalized its first phase of construction. According to sources, two of the Plaza’s three restaurants are in their final construction and slated to open this fall. In […]
Three-year growler fight prevails over decades-old ban
Of the 27 recent bills Governor Rick Scott signed, which went into effect July 1, 2015, only SB-186 induced a virtual beer buzz among its enthusiastic followers. This bill, three years in the making, rescinds a decades’ long ban on 64-ounce “growlers” – reusable glass containers resembling cider jugs – used to transport fresh beer […]