CJ Lewis wants to prove doubters wrong at Jacksonville and other top stories.

• CJ Lewis wants to prove doubters wrong at Jacksonville

  

  Buy PhotoCape Coral senior CJ Lewis signed with Jacksonville on Friday.(Photo: Jack Hardman/The News-Press, Jack Hardman/The News-Press)Buy PhotoWhen National Signing Day arrived last month, Cape Coral senior CJ Lewis was still weighing his options.Time made no difference to the Seahawks' wide receiver, as long as the eventual decision resulted in a positive path for the next four years of his life.He had choices ranging from a preferred walk-on package with the Florida State University football..

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• Concert review: Jacksonville Symphony's 'American Landscape' is a ...

  I love Americana concerts, where the spirit of our heritage is recalled without the overblown filter of politics. Thursday night in Jacoby Symphony Hall, guest conductor Michael Butterman led the Jacksonville Symphony through an all-American program featuring two of Copland’s greatest hits, as well as works by Tobias Picker and Jeff Midkiff. Our first stop on this scenic musical tour of America was an Eastern Texas bayou. In the inscription at beginning of his score, Picker describes a high bri..

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• Blessing of Jacksonville's fleet scheduled for March 20

  

  Jacksonville’s 32nd annual Blessing of the Fleet will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 20, in the St. Johns River at Southbank Riverfront Park at 1400 Riverplace Blvd. The Captain’s Club and Jacksonville Sail and Power Squadron will present the free blessing at the Lone Sailor Statue on the Southbank Riverwalk in a ceremony to help ask for good weather and safe boating conditions for the upcoming navigational season. The blessing will include a wreath-laying ceremony, while the parade of boat..

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• Sleepless in Jacksonville: The Bruce Irvin free agency breakdown

  

  Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports After a recent Jacksonville follow-spree on Twitter, it appears to be that Bruce Irvin is interested in the Jaguars. Is this a sign for free agency? Is Irvin a fit in the Jaguars defense? After Seattle Seahwaks soon-to-be free agent Bruce Irvin's sudden Twitter following spree for Jacksonville Jaguars fans, writers, and players, the rumors have been flowing like wine. So now that Bruce Irvin follows Big Cat Country, I feel like it is appropriate to addr..

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• Cheers: Delores Barr Weaver makes another outstanding contribution

  Cheers to Delores Barr Weaver, an icon in Jacksonville philanthropy, for making yet another major difference in the lives of our most vulnerable citizens. Not long ago, Weaver’s philanthropic fund made a challenge to Volunteers in Medicine donors by offering to match their individual donations up to $100,000. And, boy, the donors responded in enthusiastic and inspiring fashion. Volunteer in Medicine’s recent fundraising campaign brought in more than $150,000 in donations, which — combined with..

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