Tuesday, November 24, 2015

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  • Budweiser Clydesdales trotting into Jacksonville

    Budweiser Clydesdales trotting into Jacksonville
    Colette DuChanois, First Coast News10:48 a.m. EST November 24, 2015Clydesdales of the east coast hitch getting their experience.(Photo: Anheuser-Busch)JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The iconic Budweiser Clydesdale are taking a break from saving puppies and traveling to Jacksonville for the Thanksgiving holiday.As part of the nationwide journey to celebrate their 82nd anniversary with Anheuser-Busch, the hitch team and red wagon will be visiting theJacksonville Brewery, located at 111 Busch Drive, from Tue..
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  • Syrian refugees enjoy century-old roots in Jacksonville | jacksonville

    Syrian refugees enjoy century-old roots in Jacksonville | jacksonville
    George Mackoul stood behind the lectern at the Salaam Club, and a hundred familiar faces looked back.The grandson of Syrian immigrants, son of a veteran, born in Jacksonville, the 78-year-old used the Syrian American organization’s Thanksgiving feast on Sunday to bring attention and prayers to the violence in his ancestors’ homeland.“If ever there were a day to give thanks and to make peace, it is today,” he said. “It is, unfortunately, not a peaceful world. Any effort toward peace, even the sma..
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  • Law & Order: Fire destroys home in Atlantic Beach

    Law & Order: Fire destroys home in Atlantic Beach
    An Atlantic Beach home was destroyed late Monday afternoon after dozens of Jacksonville and Navy firefighters spent an hour containing the blaze in the 300 block of 10th Street.The fire was so intense at one point that siding on a home about 15 feet away “was already experiencing heavy charring” from the heat, Jacksonville Fire and Rescue department spokesman Tom Francis said.“In the immediate aftermath it was obvious that the house impacted was a total loss with partial roof collapse and hundre..
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  • Home and Garden calendar

    Home and Garden calendar
    SATURDAYJacksonville Farmers Market, dawn to dusk daily year round, 1810 W. Beaver St. Features local, organic, ethnic and specialty produce, along with other foods and agricultural products. (904) 354-2821 or jaxfarmersmarket.com.Amelia Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, Shops of Omni Amelia Island Plantation, Fernandina Beach. No pets. ameliafarmersmarket.com.Fernandina Beach Market Place and Arts Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, North Seventh Street and Arts Market adjacent to the farme..
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  • Guest Column: HRO will show Jacksonville values all people - and all families | jacksonville

    I met my wife here, in Jacksonville, in 2007. She had recently been relocated for her job doing business technology, and I was newly 24 and living in Jacksonville after moving here to attend Florida Coastal School of Law.We moved to Chicago together in 2008 for my wife to attend graduate school, and we returned to Jacksonville in 2013.Leaving Florida as lesbians in 2008 was not a difficult decision. We had no state protection individually, we had no relationship protection and our family unit ha..
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  • Pardon Our Interruption

    Pardon Our Interruption
    Pardon Our Interruption... As you were browsinghttp://www.bizjournals.comsomething about your browser made us think you were a bot. There are a few reasons this might happen: You're a power user moving through this website with super-human speed. You've disabled JavaScript in your web browser. A third-party browser plugin, such as Ghostery or NoScript, is preventing JavaScript from running. Additional information is available in thissupport article..
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  • Middleburg motorcyclist in critical condition after Tuesday morning...

    A 40-year-old Middleburg man is listed in critical condition after his motorcycle overturned Tuesday morning and slid into a pickup truck in Jacksonville, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.Sean M. Lewis was northbound on Cecil Commerce Center Parkway about 7:45 a.m. when 79-year-old Ed W. Harris of Jacksonville was turning a Toyota Tacoma from the southbound lanes onto Argyle Forest Boulevard, according to the Highway Patrol.Lewis was taken to UF Health Jacksonville in critical condition, ..
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  • TaxSlayer Bowl narrows its focus

    TaxSlayer Bowl narrows its focus
    Three games this week may go a long way in determining the teams that will play in the 71st TaxSlayer Bowl on Jan. 2 (Noon, ESPN).All involve SEC teams: No. 14 Florida State (9-2) plays at No. 10 Florida (10-1); No. 19 Ole Miss is at No. 23 Mississippi State; and Texas A&M (8-3) plays at LSU (7-3).Other games that might play a role in determining the matchup are Georgia (8-3) at Georgia Tech (3-8). On the Big Ten side of the equation is Penn State (7-4) at No. 9 Michigan State (10-1) and Wis..
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  • Armada names Meola head coach

    Armada names Meola head coach
    Sixteen years ago, Tony Meola arrived to man the net for a Jacksonville soccer milestone, the U.S. national team's 3-0 victory over Germany at EverBank Field on Feb. 6, 1999.On Tuesday, Meola opened a new chapter in Northeast Florida soccer history when the Jacksonville Armada announced the former United States international goalkeeper as the club's fourth head coach.The hiring comes after a turbulent debut season in which the Armada used three coaches - Argentines Jose Luis Villarreal and Guill..
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  • Charities

    CHILDRENBoys and Girls Club, P.O. Box 16003, Fernandina Beach. Need monetary donations. For other ways to donate, go online and click on Get Involved. (904) 261-8666 or bgcnassau.org.Boys and Girls Club of Northeast Florida, 555 W. 25th St., Jacksonville, FL 32206. Serving youths 6-18. Need new, unwrapped toys for the Holiday Toy Drive. (904) 396-4435 or bgcnf.org.Child Cancer Fund, 44720 Salisbury Road, Jacksonville, FL 32256. Need volunteers and monetary donations. Deadline is Dec. 9. (904) 39..
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