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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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Gone But Not Forgotten; Bereaved Family Members Join law Enforcement and Politicos Ride to Quench the Violence

October 15, 2020 admin 0

by Free Press staff – The Quench the Violence organization joined forces with law enforcement, churches and other nonprofits for the 14th “Reversing the Cycle of Violence” community bike ride on the Northside. down Moncrief […]

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Hundreds Turn Out for Voter Inspiration at Black Bus Tour Rally

October 15, 2020 admin 0

“The Blackest Bus in America” in partnership with the local NAACP office made a stop in Jacksonville, Florida in front of Bethel Baptist Institutional Church. Hundreds of congregation members, activist and elected officials participated in […]

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Community Baby Shower Aids Expecting Mothers in Need

October 15, 2020 admin 0

By Lynn Turpin – The Magnolia Project “Community Baby Shower,” hosted by Florida House of Representative District 13 Rep. Tracie Davis was held last weekend at the Magnolia East Clinic on Merrill Rd. The annual […]

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Florida Covid-19 Cases on the Rise

October 12, 2020 admin 0

AP – The Florida government reported an increase in confirmed cases of COVID-19 a day after not releasing virus data citing a problem with a private laboratory. The Florida Department of Health tallied Sunday 3,700 […]

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Jacksonville Hopes ‘Lot J’ Development with NFL Jaguars Spurs Downtown Reboot

October 8, 2020 admin 0

By A.G. Gancarski – City to spend more than $150 million on sports development. The city of Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Jaguars rolled out a proposal for a mixed use neighborhood on Monday, a version 2.0 for a proposal floated […]

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Ribault Trojans Crown King, Queen and Court

October 7, 2020 admin 0

By Lynn (Jones) Turpin – Jean Ribault Senior High School, home of Trojan Nation recently held their annual Mrs. And Mrs. Ribault pageant inside the school’s auditorium. For 63 years the Misses have held court […]

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For This Southerner Philanthropy is Not About Party or Personality but Responsibility

October 7, 2020 admin 0

By Free Press Staff: Growing up in a segregated Florence, S.C, a young Helen Chestnut often asked her mother why things were the way they were. Little boys and little girls her same age could […]

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