Posted on May 2, 2022
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Junior Residents
The Preschool in San Marco carried on its annual decades-long tradition of an Easter Parade. Led by the Easter Bunny, students paraded through San Marco Square and ended back at Aspire Church where they enjoyed cookies and an egg hunt. The Preschool in San Marco opened in August 2021 as a ministry of Southside Baptist […]
Posted on April 1, 2022
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Top Stories
Churches are celebrating the resurrection this Easter season, but they are celebrating something else – a revival. Churches of all denominations have seen their membership and attendance decline in the last decade because younger generations are less inclined to identify with established religion. And that was before the pandemic shutdown group activities. As we emerge […]
Posted on October 16, 2021
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Columns, Movers & Shakers, San Jose, San Marco, St. Nicholas
Amor Towles, New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility and A Gentle-man in Moscow, is coming to Jacksonville on Monday, November 15. He will visit Southside Baptist Church in San Marco Square at 7 p.m. to celebrate his latest work, The Lincoln Highway. San Marco Books and More (SMB&M) will host the event […]
Posted on July 1, 2020
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Neighborhood News, San Jose, San Marco, St. Nicholas, Top Stories
Although rumors on social media tried to fuel fear among residents who didn’t know what to expect, San Marco’s “I Can’t Breathe Solidarity Reflection Walk,” which took place in George Floyd’s honor, turned out to be exactly what it was advertised to be, a peaceful protest. On June 3, between 1,500 and 3,000 community members […]
Posted on February 2, 2020
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Neighborhood News, San Jose, San Marco, St. Nicholas
Pedestrians hoping to patronize Bold Bean Coffee Roasters and other neighboring businesses on Hendricks Avenue north of Atlantic Boulevard will soon be able to cross the busy San Marco thoroughfare more safely. In October, the Florida Department of Transportation installed a mid-block crosswalk near the entrance of the popular coffee house. Wheelchair accessible ramps have […]
Posted on January 1, 2020
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Articles, Columns, Senior Residents, The Way We Were
Young Bonnie Nelson “couldn’t wait to move to Jacksonville” from Kingsland, Ga., after her high school graduation in 1933 and vowed, “If I ever get there, I’ll never leave.” Born in Italia between Yulee and Callahan in her grandmother’s house, Bonnie recently celebrated her 104th birthday on Sept. 12 with a party, coconut cake, and […]
Posted on November 1, 2019
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Articles, Neighborhood News, San Jose, San Marco, St. Nicholas, Top Stories
Anticipation pervaded the room as more than 200 San Marco residents crowded into the fellowship hall at Southside Baptist Church to view renderings and learn the details about Regency Center’s plans to build a new Publix on its East San Marco property at the corner of Hendricks Avenue and Atlantic Boulevard. The project, which is […]
Posted on October 9, 2019
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Articles, Neighborhood News, San Jose, San Marco, St. Nicholas, Top Stories
Every seat in the sanctuary – including the balcony – of Southside Baptist Church was filled to capacity as more than 650 avid readers came to hear New York Times best-selling author Amor Towles discuss his second book, A Gentleman in Moscow. The evening with Towles, whose debut novel is The Age of Civility, was […]