Saturday, July 22, 2017

Groundwork Jacksonville partners with FSCJ to expand their Green ... and other top stories.

  • Groundwork Jacksonville partners with FSCJ to expand their Green ...

    Groundwork Jacksonville partners with FSCJ to expand their Green ...
    The shelf held both a collection of makeshift hydroponic gardens and the attention of a cluster of Jacksonville high school students. Already, the teenagers — many who’ve never participated in gardening at all — knew the procedures to keep their little crop alive. Jada Cummings, a 16-year-old member of Groundwork Jacksonville’s Green Team, lifted her canister’s lid and dipped a piece of paper into the water. The paper, a soft yellow, turned blue-green as it reacted with the liquid’s acidity lev..
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  • Mark Woods: Preparing to travel Jacksonville the old-fashioned way ...

    Mark Woods: Preparing to travel Jacksonville the old-fashioned way ...
    When I walked the length of Jacksonville last summer, the hook for a series of columns was that the city is the largest by land area in the contiguous United States. But, of course, a lot of that land area isn’t actually land. Between the starting point (Nassau River) and finish line (Julington Creek) of the walk, I crossed bridges over the St. Johns River, Trout River, Broward River, Goodbys Creek, Christopher Creek and more. Out of 874 square miles inside the Jacksonville city limits, more th..
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  • Sunday Editorial: Jacksonville needs to do a better of promoting its ...

    Sunday Editorial: Jacksonville needs to do a better of promoting its ...
    So much of Jacksonville’s history is not known or celebrated. As a result, this plays into our city’s well-known identity issues. What is Jacksonville, anyway? Along with Tampa, we are the oldest major cities in the state. And the stories we could tell. Many of them are described in the fascinating book “Finding Florida.” Jacksonville’s history experts know them, of course. The problem is that many of the city’s movers and shakers haven’t been listening. Oh, the stories we could tell. There is ..
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  • Jacksonville mansion where Latitude 360 CEO lived cited for illegal ...

    Jacksonville mansion where Latitude 360 CEO lived cited for illegal ...
    by: Jenna Bourne, Action News Jax Updated: Jul 21, 2017 - 10:35 PM JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The new owner of the lavish mansion where Latitude 360 CEO Brent Brown used to live has been cited for illegally renting out the property as an event venue. Action News Jax found evidence that Brown still has connections to the property. Brown lived in the sprawling waterfront estate at 4424 Kelnepa Drive while his employees’ paychecks bounced, and while government records show he failed to pay taxe..
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  • Jacksonville business owner says counterfeiters on Amazon ...

    Jacksonville business owner says counterfeiters on Amazon ...
    by: Jenna Bourne, Action News Jax Updated: Jul 21, 2017 - 1:32 PM A Jacksonville T-shirt company owner said Chinese counterfeiters on Amazon are killing his business by selling low-quality knock-offs to would-be customers. When T-Shirt Bordello first started selling shirts on Amazon, owner Don Myers said the company was shipping out 80 shirts a day. Myers said that number dropped to a couple of shirts a week after Chinese counterfeiters got a hold of his designs. LOCAL NEWS: Jacksonvi..
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  • 3 hurt after lightning strikes Jacksonville home

    3 hurt after lightning strikes Jacksonville home
    by: Brittney Donovan, Action News Jax Updated: Jul 21, 2017 - 7:12 AM A roofer who was stuck by lightning on Thursday is in critical condition, authorities said. Two other workers were also hurt when the lightning bolt struck a home on Marilyn Anne Drive. #JFRD responding Poss lighting strike w 2 electrocution victims. Marilyn Anne Dr W. Dist-51 — JFRDincidents (@JFRDIncidents) July 20, 2017 Police said the men were on top of the home wh..
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  • Longtime Jacksonville officer back at work after contracting deadly ...

    Longtime Jacksonville officer back at work after contracting deadly ...
    by: Letisha Bereola, Action News Jax Updated: Jul 21, 2017 - 11:05 PM A deadly bacteria almost killed a Jacksonville Sheriff's officer, but now he's back at work and on the road to recovery. Twenty-year JSO veteran Dennis Godfrey cut his leg while working during Hurricane Matthew. A huge gust of wind blew his patrol cruiser’s door onto his right shin. After the hurricane, Godfrey went fishing. He now knows his wound wasn’t fully healed and that’s when he contracted Vibrio. TRENDING: J..
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  • Forget the carpool lane, Jacksonville man paddleboards to work

    Forget the carpool lane, Jacksonville man paddleboards to work
    Forget the carpool lane, Jacksonville man paddleboards to work It only takes Tully about eight minutes to get to work at Safe Harbor Seafood where he works. Destiny Johnson, WTLV 11:30 PM. EDT July 21, 2017 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- On your way to work in Jacksonville, what do you do?Do you listen to a podcast, NPR, Metallica? Do you mumble under your breath at the driver who cut you off, or maybe, yell at them? Chances are you don't paddle alongside dolphins in the St. Johns River..
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  • It's anyone's golf tournament at the Jacksonville Amateur

    It's anyone's golf tournament at the Jacksonville Amateur
    Now it’s a golf tournament. Former University of Florida player Toby Ragland is still the Jacksonville Amateur Championship leader but he came back to the field with a double-bogey on Friday at the par-4 18th hole of the Jacksonville Golf and Country Club and with a 74, is 3-under-par 141 after an opening 67 on Thursday. After his tee shot found a fairway bunker and his second shot went into the water, Ragland’s four-shot lead at the beginning of the day is now one over two former Bolles player..
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  • Teen shot in drive-by: Jacksonville police looking for white Chevy ...

    Teen shot in drive-by: Jacksonville police looking for white Chevy ...
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