Southside Sun correction
World Education Inc. in Boston provides technical support for the Dandelion Middle School in Beijing. Because of incorrect information from a source, a Q&A on Page 1 of the Jan. 13 Southside Sun...
View ArticleTurning 100: Lolly Norstrom talks Bing Crosby, China and how to have a long life
Lolly Norstrom, who turns 100 on Feb. 20, has had quite the life. A Minnesota native, she was an actress and play director in California, had a brief early marriage to a big band director and a 64-year...
View ArticleSouthside Sun Braggin' Rights
Kudos to these Southside residents: Schools - The fifteen semifinalists for the 2011 Florida Blue Teacher of the Year include five educators from Southside area schools. The semifinalists were selected...
View ArticleLibraries to offer JEA home energy efficiency kits, workskops
Got a library card? Soon you will be able to use it to cut your home energy costs. In March, residents on the Southside and across Jacksonville will be able to check out JEA do-it-yourself Home Energy...
View ArticleJack-knifed semi closes I-95 southbound at Jacksonville's University Boulevard
A jack-knifed semi truck has closed southbound Interstate 95 at University Boulevard.
View ArticleLiving history comes to Jacksonville’s Camp Milton Historic Preserve this...
The third annual Road to Olustee Living History Weekend comes Saturday and Sunday to Jacksonville's Camp Milton Historic Preserve at 1175 Halsema Road. read more
View ArticleCollege financial aid seminars at area libraries
A free session on the college financial application process will be held at three local library branches by the Jacksonville Public Library and Florida Department of Education Office of Student...
View ArticleGame tournament at UNF to benefit Child's Play
Team PWN!, a student gaming club at the University of North Florida, is holding its First Annual PWN! to Benefit Child's Play Friday night from six to midnight. The $10 event celebrates Child's Play,...
View ArticleWatch: What does a 5-time Rolex 24 winner do to relax before the big race? He...
Five-time Rolex 24 at Daytona winner Hurley Haywood came out of retirement to tackle the round-the-clock race again last weekend in Brumos Racing's new Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car. But before the race...
View ArticleCar events this weekend, and a hot lap of a freshly-repaved Daytona...
Video bonus: Watch Times-Union reporter Dan Scanlan's hot lap of the newly-repaved 3.5-mile Daytona road course with Ponte Vedra Beach’s Hurley Haywood, the world’s winningest endurance driver, just...
View ArticleLaw & Disorder: Boy hit and killed by SUV on Blanding identified
A 12-year-old Jacksonville boy who died Sunday after he fell while crossing Blanding Boulevard and was struck by an SUV has been identified as Kaylum Frank of the 6100 block of Harlow Boulevard, police...
View ArticleFHP checkpoints for vehicle condition and drivers licenses scheduled
The Florida Highway Patrol will be holding random driver's license and vehicle inspection checkpoints at various locations in Clay and Duval counties between now and Thursday, June 30. The checkpoints...
View ArticleBuzz over to a free Mandarin Museum and Historical Society honeybee lecture
The life and times of honeybees will be the buzz at the Mandarin Museum and Historical Society's Third Thursday Lecture Series, set for 6:30 p.m. Feb. 17, at the Mandarin Community Club at 12447...
View ArticleGreat Backyard Bird Count is coming
Get the binoculars ready, because the largest bird count in North America begins Friday, Feb. 18, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission wants state residents to help. The Great...
View ArticleDaughter arrested Monday after elderly woman’s bank account was cleaned out
A 50-year-old Southside woman was arrested Monday on a charge of exploitation of the elderly, after an 84-year-old woman's bank account was cleaned out of thousands of dollars, according to the...
View ArticleChild safe after car he’s in is stolen Super Bowl Sunday
Two 16-year-old Westside boys are behind bars after a Sunday night theft of an Oldsmobile from a gas station at 7890 103rd St. turned into the false imprisonment of a 4-year-old boy, according to the...
View ArticleJacksonville budget workshops scheduled
Jacksonville citizens can be part of the fiscal year 2011/2012 budget preparation process by attending one of five planned community budget workshops facilitated by Jacksonville Community Council, Inc....
View ArticleLaughology — how to improve life through laughter — focus of workshop
Laugh out loud, it's good for you! The benefits of laughter for our personal health and welfare will be the focus of a Sept. 20 workshop at 21st Century Oncology of Jacksonville. The free workshop,...
View ArticleSailors give Woodland Acres Elementary a back-to-school makeover
As the new principal of Woodland Acres Elementary School in Arlington, Tim Faegins has plenty to be excited about. But a few days before students arrived, something else had him smiling. Almost 150...
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