Posted on April 9, 2020
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Village Bread is initiating a bread drive by donating 1,000 loaves of bread to Feeding Northeast Florida on Friday, April 10. “We are asking our local community to join us in giving back to those impacted by Covid-19,” said Vinny Jubani, president of Village Bread & Bagel. “Last Friday, April 3, we teamed up with […]
Posted on April 8, 2020
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Neighborhood News, Riverside, Avondale, Ortega, Murray Hill
Religious institutions around the world are changing the way they connect with people during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition to offering virtual services, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church is engaging its parishioners during Holy Week by using a different “outside-the-church” idea. Beginning Holy Monday through Good Friday, parishioners are invited to walk, drive or bike the […]
Posted on April 6, 2020
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LifeSouth is partnering with medical centers in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama to collect plasma from COVID-19 patients who have recovered from the virus, to transfuse to patients with COVID-19 to help with recovery. Recovered COVID-19 patients who were tested and found positive, can donate plasma if they have not had symptoms for at least 14 […]
Posted on April 1, 2020
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Animal House, Columns
Pet owners, who question if the new coronavirus COVID-19 can infect or harm animals, will take comfort in the constantly updated information now available. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), in coordination with the scientific veterinarian community and leading animal experts and organizations, have released pet owner and pet safety guidelines to […]
Posted on April 1, 2020
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Our Community, Top Stories
There’s the old cliché: “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb,” but in 2020, the reverse was true. Thanks to the spread of COVID-19, an unknown form of a known family of viruses that has sickened people throughout the world, Jacksonville residents have been advised by Mayor Lenny Curry to […]
Posted on April 1, 2020
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North Florida School of Special Education (NFSSE) is applying its ‘gold standard’ approach to creating the best education possible for students with intellectual and developmental differences during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a clever spin to its mission — to discover and foster each student’s unique abilities to reach their full potential in an engaged ‘virtual’ […]
Posted on March 31, 2020
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In response to the nationwide shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 crisis, Baptist Health is expanding its use of robotic disinfecting technology to clean and preserve N95 masks, which help team members protect themselves and others from the spread of infectious diseases such as COVID-19. The health system is one of the […]
Posted on March 30, 2020
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The Coronavirus will not stop the Easter Bunny from making an appearance this year, thanks to Peterbrooke Chocolatier, which has shifted operations to carryout and delivery throughout Jacksonville and the more than 20-store network that stretches across Florida, Alabama, and Georgia. However, individual locations are reducing operating hours, closing most shops by 8 p.m. every […]