Play Ball: Life Lessons Learned on the Diamond
The Hendricks Avenue Baseball League (HABL) kicked off its new season on Saturday, Feb. 24. For more than 75 years, the community baseball league has introduced generations of children to the sport and instilled the love of the game. This season will host 351 kids, divided among 32 teams in four different age groups: T-ball […]
Douglas Anderson Students Win YoungArts Awards
Four local Douglas Anderson School of the Arts (DA) students were among the nearly 700 visual, literary and performing artists named as 2024 YoungArts award winners. Maurice Chakour (Jazz/Guitar), Ayanna Nelson (Voice/Jazz) and Ayviana Singh (Theatre/Spoken) were selected as competition winners. Kierra Reese (Visual Arts) was listed as a notable Winner with Distinction. These students […]
Spring Start Date for Park Street Enhancements
The Brooklyn community will soon be seeing progress on the long-awaited road enhancements planned in the Park Street Road Diet. Discussions and plans for this project, part of the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), stretch back several years. The development team on this project include Prosser, Inc. and Prime AE. According to a summary of the […]
City Raises Contention Over Ethics Bill
The Jacksonville Ethics Commission has issued a statement opposing a state bill containing amendments that it says would result in “reducing anti-corruption efforts of all local ethics commission in the State of Florida.” The bill in question – Senate Bill 7014 – was passed on Feb. 1 with amendments added “last minute,” the statement continued, […]
Historic Firsts for Miss Wolfson Competition
Sofia West was all smiles as she was crowned Miss Wolfson 2024 during the “Saturday Night Fever”-themed annual pageant at Samuel Wolfson School for Advanced Studies on Jan. 27. The competition was the closest ever in the pageant’s history, as there was a tie for first runner-up between Ella Hutsell and Skye Mason-Raper, with both […]
Record-Breaking Crowd for Ortega River Run
A record-breaking crowd cheered on nearly 1,700 runners during the 46th Annual W.W. Gay Ortega River Run Feb. 10. The run was anchored at Episcopal School of Jacksonville’s St. Mark’s Campus, whose financial aid efforts were also the beneficiary of the event. Face painting, balloon art, a game truck, sweets, giveaways and more were all […]
Preservationists Honored by RAP
Riverside residents and supporters of Riverside Avondale Preservation gathered for the organization’s Annual Meeting and Preservation Awards Feb. 15 at Riverside Church at Park and King. Celebrating 50 years of community and projects, the awards honored individuals, organizations and businesses within the historic district that exemplify outstanding achievement in historic preservation and the welcoming and […]
In Memoriam: Hooshang Harvesf, Ph.D.
The Avondale community learned of the passing of Hooshang Harvest, Ph.D. on Saturday, Feb. 3, in Jacksonville, Florida, his hometown outside of his native country of ancient Persia. He was predeceased by his father, mother and brother, Dr. Keikhosrow Harvesf, M.D., a local pediatrician, whom he followed to North Florida back in the 1960s. He […]
Olympian Speaks on Mental Health for High-Achieving Children
Olympic gold medalist Samantha Arsenault Livingstone visited the Bolles Upper School San Jose Campus Jan. 24-25 for a series of presentations centered on mental health, the dangers of perfectionism and finding balance for high-achieving kids. The world-renowned swimmer is a high-performance consultant, speaker and mental health activist. Livingstone founded Livingstone High Performance (LHP) in response […]
