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Marvel-Inspired Experiences Coming to Disney Destiny in November 2025

August 1, 2024 admin 0

Disney Cruise Line rounds out Disney Destiny reveal by announcing venues, experiences, and stern character that draw on legacies of Marvel heroes and villains for new ship setting sail November 2025 CELEBRATION, FL (Aug. 1, […]

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Alphas Challenge Literacy with Little Library Opening

July 31, 2024 admin 0

The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Sigma Pi Lambda chapter held the ribbon cutting for its “Little Library” last weekend at the Moody Avenue Park in Orange Park, Florida. As a component of the fraternity’s […]

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Mayor Proud of Bold Moves and Opportunities Created in First Year

July 25, 2024 admin 0

By Lynn Jones | Mayor Donna Deegan recently culminated her inaugural year in office by delivering her proposed budget for the First Coast. Reflecting back on the historic year, Mayor Deegan sat down with the […]

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Entrepreneurs Celebrate a Decade of Success and Support from the Jax Chamber

July 24, 2024 admin 0

JAX Bridges celebrated a decade of helping Jacksonville’s small business community expand. With more than 2,000 alumni, the program provides entrepreneurial education at no cost for small and medium sized businesses to inspire strategic network […]

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Jerome Brown BBQ Holds 10th Senior Community Day

July 24, 2024 admin 0

Since 1997, Jerome Brown’s BBQ has been a staple in Duval’s Northside community. The family restaurant is operated by family members: father Jerome, mother Joann and daughter Katrina. For ten years, the Brown’s have held […]

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Summer School Tackles Hunger, Diversity, Food Prep and Education

July 24, 2024 admin 0

Home economics may have long disappeared out of public schools, but a local elementary is looking to tackle diversity, food insecurity and preparation all in one swoop. This summer South Woods Elementary is hosted a weekly […]

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Mayo Clinic Scientists Define New Type of Memory Loss in Older Adults

July 22, 2024 admin 0

Researchers at Mayo Clinic have established new criteria for a memory-loss syndrome in older adults that specifically impacts the brain’s limbic system. It can often be mistaken for Alzheimer’s disease. The good news: Limbic-predominant Amnestic Neurodegenerative Syndrome, […]

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Second Calling: Former Mayor Alvin Brown Once Again Answers the Call to Serve – This Time in the Pulpit

July 17, 2024 admin 0

By Lynn Jones When Alvin Brown was elected Jacksonville’s first African-American mayor in 2011, he carved his name in the annals of history as he answered the call of community service. Fast forward over a […]

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Can You Prevent Cancer with Lifestyle Changes?

July 12, 2024 admin 0

Nearly half of cancer deaths in the U.S. are associated with preventable risk factors — such as smoking and alcohol use — according to a new American Cancer Society study. Dr. Jon Ebbert, medical director of the Mayo Clinic […]

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Book Store Opens Challenging Next Generation to Level Up

July 10, 2024 admin 0

As America approaches its first generation that may never have an opportunity to open a book, State Representative Angie Nixon-Morene is working to ensure the lost art and beauty of books is not lost with […]

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