Five years ago, 2018
• The Charter Review Commission recommends a pay hike for county commissioners.
• A building at Kings Tree Apartments on Kingsley Avenue is destroyed by fire, displacing 15 families.
• Attendance boundaries are set for Discovery Oaks Elementary that’s under construction.

10 years ago, 2013
• The county commission votes to approve digital billboards, but rejects a plan for electronic gambling.
• The battle over a toxic waste site in Middleburg enters its fourth year after a man accepted 16,000 tons of toxic coal ash on his 30-acre property.
• Following the resignation of Debbie Ricks, the Green Cove Springs votes to fill a vacant seat on the city council with Ray Braly.

20 years ago, 2003
• One hundred forty-two members of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office donate $30 each to Quigley House as part of its “Beards and Blossoms” program.
• Nine students at St. Johns Country Day School are selected for Cum Laude Society.
• Bono’s Bar-B-Q opens on Fleming Island.

30 years ago, 1993
• The BCC rejects a plan to create the Clay Utility Board.
• The Orange Park High wrestling team dominates Ed White with a 52-27 win.
• Three county churches combine to open Annunciation Catholic School in Middleburg – the first Catholic school in the county.

40 years ago, 1983
• Dorothy I. Hatcher retires after driving a \Clay County District Schools bus for 35 years.
• County Commissioners discuss building a new sports complex with two soccer fields off Moody Road in the Meadows Subdivision.
• The school board considers a plan to reorganize grade levels in Green Cove Springs schools to better utilize facilities and schools.