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View ArticleBook drive for children of military runs this month
Blue Star Families, BOOKS-A-GO, and the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Duval County host a Books on Bases book drive for children of military members from Tuesday through Monday, Oct. 17, at...
View ArticleMah Jongg tournament set for Oct. 30 at The Temple
Grab your Mah Jongg set and National Mah Jongg League card and head over to the Temple Sisterhood's second annual Mah Jongg Tournament at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, at Congregation Ahavath Chesed,...
View ArticleSupreme Court focus of UNF event Oct. 13
The University of North Florida hosts "An Evening with Linda Greenhouse" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, in the Lazzara Performance Hall on campus at 1 UNF Drive. A Pulitzer Prize-winning legal writer,...
View ArticleFlorida 9B interchange workshop set for Oct. 20
A public workshop on the proposed Interstate 95/Florida 9B Interchange will be held by the Florida Department of Transportation from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at the Courtyard by Marriott at...
View ArticleWeeTrade stages consignment sale this week
The next public WeeTrade event, which bills itself as North Florida's premier name-brand children's consignment event, will be held Wednesday through Saturday at Shoppes of Bartram Park, 13820 Old St...
View ArticleHumane Society cuts dog adoption fees in October
The Jacksonville Humane Society has reduced the adoption fee for all dogs four months and older in October to $25 as part of its Dogtober Celebration. The non-profit animal welfare and education...
View ArticleOsprey Radio flies with award nomination
The University of North Florida's student-operated radio station, Osprey Radio, has been nominated as a 2011 "Best Student-Run, Internet-Only Station." The nomination comes from the College Music...
View ArticleClara White Mission students injured in noon accident
A van full of adult students from the Clara White Mission's culinary arts program flipped early Tuesday afternoon en route to a St. Augustine food competition, leaving seven injured. Jacksonville Fire...
View ArticleRelish a weinerwhistle? Have a bunderful time visiting the Weinermobile this...
The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile will hot dog its way through the Jacksonville area this week, all to help celebrate the company's 75th anniversary. One of the six hot dog-shaped promotional vehicles, each...
View ArticleO.R.C.A.S. sail Saturday at Jacksonville park
Radio-control boat modelers from around the Southeast are set to sail from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and the annual North Florida Operational and Radio Control Association of Shipwrights (O.R.C.A.S.)...
View ArticleTitle I parent workshop Oct. 22 at FSCJ Downtown
Title I sponsors a Parent University workshop from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at Florida State College of Jacksonville's Downtown Campus at 101 W. State St. Parents and caregivers of...
View ArticleUniversity of North Florida’s Presidential Medallion recipients named
Three community leaders have been chosen to receive the University of North Florida's Presidential Medallion, given to those who have helped guide the school during its 39 years. This year's honorees...
View ArticleAll but one of the Clara White Mission students injured in noon accident...
Nine of the 10 students injured when a van full of the Clara White Mission's culinary arts program flipped early Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 95 en route to a St. Augustine food event have been...
View ArticleNor’easter means heavy waves and potential trouble for young sea turtles
The current nor'easter will bring extreme surf and high tides to Northeast Florida beaches throughout the weekend and into next week. That means hazardous conditions in the ocean and on the beach, and...
View ArticleNew baby at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
There's a new kudu at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. The healthy male Greater kudu calf was born about 4 p.m. Tuesday to a female kudu named Dana, herself born at the zoo on August 20, 2004. The...
View ArticleTime to register 4-year-olds for the JaxKids Book Club
It's time to sign up for the JaxKids Book Club for children in Duval County who turned four by Sept. 1, and will enter kindergarten in 2012. Parents who sign up their children by the end of May receive...
View ArticleNew residential safety program kicks off Fire Prevention Week
Fire Prevention Week kicks off at 9:30 a.m. Mondayat Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Division headquarters at 515 N. Julia St. with Mayor Alvin Brown and Fire Chief Charles Moreland. read more
View ArticleSouth Jacksonville resident to those fighting cancer: 'Celebrate victories'
Betty Cody/Southside There are a lot of things worth fighting for and your life is one of them. A diagnosis of breast cancer started me fighting for my life five years ago. I started having an annual...
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