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Race for The Ballot Brings in Big Names

October 28, 2020 admin 0

By Lynn Jones-Turpin – Devoted fans and concerned voters showed up at Lonnie Miller Park on the northside to attend the #Freethevote rally featuring Common. The objective was to motivate Duval County’s black young adults […]

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Mayor Curry Extends Jacksonville Mask Mandate Another 30 Days

October 27, 2020 admin 0

By JESSICA PALOMBO – Mayor Lenny Curry announced Tuesday afternoon he’s extending the city’s mask mandate for another 30 days, making the new expiration date Thursday, Nov. 26. The executive order declares that every person over […]

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Vote Yes for Safe. Secure. Modern Schools

October 22, 2020 admin 0

By Warren Jones Duval County School Board  Chair – Our school buildings are on average 44-years old. Some have been around 100-years. That makes them the oldest in Florida, as well as the state’s worst […]

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Dream Comes True of Wheelchair Bound Youth

October 21, 2020 admin 0

Dreams Come True of Jacksonville, the First Coast’s locally-based wish granting organization for children battling life-threatening illnesses, presented 5-year-old Caila Landua-Figueroa with her own customized Axiom Racer dream jogging chair. Caila was born in March […]

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Robinson Promoted to Chamber Chief Innovation Officer

October 21, 2020 admin 0

 JAX Chamber executive and entrepreneur Carlton Robinson has been named the business resource powerhouse Chief Innovation Officer. In that roll he will lead the Venture Services Division that has been revamped to better reflect roles […]

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Voting Rights Advocate Stacey Abrams Challenges Jax Voters

October 21, 2020 admin 0

Former State of Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams visited Jacksonville and held a press conference on the eastside of Jacksonville. Abrams visit also included the Prime Osborne Convention Center for a “Drive-In Get Out the […]

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J’Ville Riders Take to the Streets for Public Schools

October 21, 2020 admin 0

J’Ville Riders Motorcycle club took their Sunday day of rest and rode through the city to show support for and promote passage of the half-cent tax for safe, secure and modern schools on the general […]

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Mobile Van Tackling City’s Urban Food Deserts

October 21, 2020 admin 0

Feeding Northeast Florida FNEFL recently launched its second Corner Market mobile pantry, which will provide healthy food and nutritional guidance to families across Jacksonville’s Northwest Quadrant in an effort to mitigate food deserts. The mobile […]

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Coalition Unites to Aide Dilapidated Schools

October 15, 2020 admin 0

Have you seen the commercials on television? Noted individuals from Mayor John Delaney and Sheriff Nat Glover to a former Duval County Superintendent have joined forces to support the half penny sales tax amendment. Known […]

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New Farmers Market to Open in Northside Food Desert

October 15, 2020 admin 0

The 10.5 acre “White Harvest Farms” in the heart of urban Jacksonville on on Moncrief Rd. ,recently broke ground on a Farmers Market, an outdoor classroom and a training center.  The vision of the Clara […]

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