Attendance down for third JAX2025 event
But downtown & neighborhoods a lively topic By Kate A. Hallock Resident Community News Perhaps it was the balmy weeknight that resulted in less than 1,000 people who were there to develop the indicators for measuring the success of the vision in 12 years. Or maybe interest is waning in the months-long process of determining […]
Riverside Avenue water project flowing smoothly
By Kate A. Hallock Resident Community News Despite the nearly non-existent turnout by area residents at the JEA’s Feb. 28 informational town meeting, construction began on Mar. 13 at Barrs Street and Riverside Avenue. Due to the low attendance, where project officials outnumbered residents two to one, the JEA sent out a second mailing the […]
Boyer speaks against another Mobility Fee moratorium
What does it mean for taxpayers? By Kate A. Hallock Resident Community News For the hundred or so citizens who deigned to attend the Mar. 11 joint committee meeting of the City Council’s Rules, Finance and TEU committees, the two-and-a-half hour session on Mobility Fees didn’t get interesting until nearly the end. That’s when District […]
Patrons “mad” about Murray Hill Library invited to fundraiser
Fundraising and advocacy can be fun, as friends of the Murray Hill Library will find out at 8 p.m. on Apr. 7 at Blue Fish Restaurant in Avondale. A watch party of the Season 6 premiere of AMC’s popular Mad Men series will be hosted by Friends of the Murray Hill Library (FMHL) to raise […]
Marsha Leibo Pollock and Deborah Mizrahi Katz – Junior High and Beyond
By Laura Jane Pittman Resident Community News When Marsha Leibo Pollock and Deborah Mizrahi Katz entered junior high together, the two had already been friends for many years. They recall their remaining years of school to be equally as fun as the first ones. Their 7th grade classes met in Swaim Memorial Methodist because it […]
Tommy Madison
Standing in his glass enclosed river room high above the St. Johns, Tommy Madison looks like a captain on the bow of his ship. His Beau Rivage view encompasses the skyscrapers of Downtown and sweeps south to the Naval Air Station. His personal geography is spread out below him. “I was born in 1931 and […]
In River Or Ocean honors son’s memory
It was a beautiful sunny day on what would have been Clay Roberts’ 24th birthday on Mar. 16 River Cleanup & Celebration Day. Parents Gary and Terry Roberts, founders in their son’s memory of In River or Ocean, were out with the cleanup crew at the Arlington Boat Ramp site. “It was neat to honor […]
Junior Girl Scouts earn business owner badge at Cowford
Twelve Junior Girl Scouts from Troop 889 recently peppered shop owner Deb Fewell of Cowford Traders in The Shoppes of Avondale with questions to earn their Business Owner badge. The girls, primarily from Stockton Elementary School, learned a little bit about the history of the store, including its earlier functions as a bowling alley, grocery […]
San Jose Catholic student wins award
Chloe Newell, a 7th grade student at San Jose Catholic School, has earned national recognition in the 90th Annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. She was awarded a Silver Medal in the Short Story Category, with her original story A Free Bird, and will be accepting her award at Carnegie Hall in New York City […]
