Five years ago, 2018
• After listening to several county department leaders, the Board of County Commissioners reverse course and vote to return Rescue Unit 19 to Orange Park.
• The school board votes to reinstate Orange Park art teacher Michael Bowman, who was dismissed after he was accused of receiving pay and training as park of a fraudulent work scheme.
• Cleveland Browns defensive back Jacob Hagen and UCF defensive lineman Seyvon Lowry visit Ridgeview Elementary to encourage students to embrace a “Finish Strong Attitude” ahead of the Florida Standards Assessment test.

10 years ago, 2013
• The Florida Charter School Appeal Commission approves the application for Orange Park Performing Arts Academy after the Clay County School Board denied the school’s application.
• Walmart announces it will open a Neighborhood Market on the corner of College Drive and County Road 220 in Middleburg.
• The Green Cove Springs City Council votes to borrow $3.1 million to build a new police department headquarters.

20 years ago, 2003
• Former Orange Park Mayor Garry McIntyre is charged with battery after a woman in the public works office said he “patted her” down at town hall.
• An elderly man is found floating face down at Spring Park in Green Cove Springs.
• Green Cove Springs continues to debate whether to shuttle its fire department and merge with Clay County Fire Rescue.

30 years ago, 1993
• A Green Cove Springs woman, Joan Susanna Burns, is arrested and charged with first degree murder of 87-year-old Lewis Hensley in St. Augustine.
• Middleburg High senior Jane Glover is selected as one of 20 finalists for the Johnson and Wales University Cooking Contest.
• Despite facing a lawsuit after a child drowned at Keystone Beach, the city decides to reopen the popular site on Lake Geneva.

40 years ago, 1983
• Wayne Floyd Bateson, 30, is sentenced to 80 years in prison for kidnapping and raping a 43-year-old grandmother.
• Florida Container Express in Orange Park sets up donation spots to ship supplies to victims of flooding in Louisiana and Mississippi.
• Publix Supermarkets in Clay County change their policy and plan to be open on Sundays.