Five years ago, 2019

• The North Florida Land Trust acquired 20 acres near Camp Blanding as part of a 463-acre purchase for the Ocala to Osceola Wildlife Corridor to connect the Ocala and Osceola National Forests.

• The Board of County Commissioners will give the Green Cove Springs City Council $300,000 to build the Augusta Savage Museum.

• The county gives Orange Park 10 acres at Nelson Point for a riverfront park.

10 years ago, 2014

• The Fleming Island football team won the challenge among the county’s football teams by collecting the most non-perishable food to benefit the Food Pantry of Green Cove Springs.

• The Lake Asbury Junior High’s wrestling team wins the Cougar Growl Invitational.

• The Florida Department of Transportation presents a five-year plan to widen Blanding Boulevard to six lanes in Middleburg.

20 years ago, 2004

• The television show “American Justice” came to Clay County to record an episode on the 1995 murder-for-hire trial of Linda Jones of Lake Asbury.

• Clay County Supervisor of Elections Barbara Kirkman was elected vice president of the Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections statewide.

• The Clay County Sheriff’s Office checked 1,054 vehicles in a two-day traffic stop with assistance from the Florida Highway Patrol and the Starke Police Department.

30 years ago, 1994

• The Green Cove Springs City County tabled a request to increase the number of proposed homes built in the Magnolia Point Golf and Country Club from 740 to 975.

40 years ago, 1984

• St. Johns River Community College President Robert L. McLendon Jr. presented Clay County Superintendent Jesse Tynes and St. Johns County Superintendent Douglas Hartley with special awards for their contributions to education.

• Middleburg residents celebrated the opening of the first branch library,