Jacksonville, Florida
In observance of Thanksgiving, the following City government offices and facilities will be closed Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday, Nov. 29. Closures include: City Hall at St. James, 117 W. Duval St. Ed Ball Building, 214 N. Hogan St. Jake M. Godbold City Hall Annex, Read More …
The sinister shenanigans started by Sleiman Enterprises’s fence fiasco seem to be behind them, and Perfect Rack Billiards, Buchner’s Bierhalle, Blackhat Vapor, and Beautifully Divine DIY Woodcraft Studio & Custom Gift Boutique will all be open for business soon. Once again, a big shout out to Goin Read More …
This past All Hallows’ Eve Sleiman Enterprises put up a fence blocking access to the rear areas of Perfect Rack Billiards, Buchner’s Bierhalle, Blackhat Vapor, and Beautifully Divine DIY Woodcraft Studio & Custom Gift Boutique. That action initially caused the closure of Perfect Rack Billiards Read More …
Jax Examiner published an article last week titled Sleiman Enterprises has Perfect Rack Billiards behind the eight ball. In that story we revealed that Perfect Rack Billiards, 1186 Edgewood Ave. S would be forced to stop serving food last Sunday, after Sleiman Enterprises put up Read More …
Most of the Murray Hill neighborhood on Jacksonville’s westside has heard that Perfect Rack Billiards, 1186 Edgewood Ave. S will be forced to stop serving food tomorrow, after Sleiman Enterprises put up a fence blocking access to their dumpster, to their grease holding tank, and Read More …
The Duval County Clerk of Courts has announce it will be holding another Operation Green Light Event in October. Joining with nearly 60 other Clerk’s Offices from around the State of Florida, Operation Green Light is a special program allowing individuals who have overdue traffic Read More …
The Sheriff did not say walking while black is still a crime, at least not in those words. However, the policies and practices of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office scream those words every day. They scream those words despite being rebuked by a Times-Union/ProPublica Investigation, “Walking Read More …
JEA’s website made the case to keep JEA city owned, until the new CEO, Aaron Zahn and the new board deleted it. For years the JEA website had, in one version or another, a list of the benefits that public power provided. The benefits also Read More …
Tomorrow our nation will remember and honor those lost in the September 11th terror attacks 18 years ago. Local events are listed below and will be updated throughout the day. Wednesday Sept. 11, 2019 in remembrance of 9/11. St. Augustine Fire Department’s annual 9/11 ceremony of remembrance: 101 Read More …
As we had reported last week in our article titled Local Mega Church may return to its roots First Baptist Church, Jacksonville’s downtown footprint is going to be getting smaller, even smaller than we had originally been told. Latest information finds them going from 10 Read More …
Big changes are afoot at First Baptist Church, Jacksonville. FBC Jax has a main auditorium that seats just shy of 10,000 people. At one time, when membership peaked at 28,000, the church held two separate Sunday services, and occasionally, also utilized the church dining room Read More …
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Late yesterday I went to the City of Jacksonville’s website. Wednesday is recycle day and though I recycle everything that can be recycled I don’t purchase much in such containers. With that being the case, along with a recycle bin that is three times the Read More …
The Main Street Bridge and the Mathews Bridge will be closed for maintenance this weekend. Traffic on the Main Street Bridge will be detoured to the Acosta Bridge from 7am to 4pm on both Saturday and Sunday. Traffic on the Mathews Bridge will be detoured to the Read More …
The City of Jacksonville’s Disabled Services Division with the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department and Brooks Rehabilitation unveiled the first of three adaptive kayak launches at Hanna Park. The other two will be in Mandarin Park and Bethesda Park. What a great way for Read More …
Happy Birthday Jacksonville! COJ took to the streets and asked the people of Duval just how old they think our city is today.
There is a year-round burn ban in Duval County. As for fireworks, the temperature outside isn’t a legal consideration but you should exercise caution because when it’s dry outside it’s easier for a fire to start. According to Florida State Statute 791, fireworks must be Read More …